Chapter 4 Quiz

Front 1

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the slave trade in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world?

Back 1

Slightly more than half of slaves from Africa were taken to mainland North America (what became the United States).

Front 2

Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region:

Back 2

helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism.

Front 3

Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?

Back 3

The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves.

Front 4

“Republicanism” in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of __________ as the essence of liberty.

Back 4

active participation in public life by property-owning citizens

Front 5

John Locke’s political philosophy stressed:

Back 5

a contract system between the people and the government.

Front 6

Which one of the following did NOT contribute to the expansion of the public sphere during the eighteenth century?

Back 6

the founding of the California missions

Front 7

John Peter Zenger’s libel trial:

Back 7

demonstrated that popular sentiment opposed prosecutions for criticism of public officials.

Front 8

The American version of the Enlightenment

Back 8

had no impact on religion.

Front 9

The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that:

Back 9

France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.

Front 10

Which one of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years’ War?

Back 10

strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire

Front 11

The transatlantic slave trade was not a vital part of world commerce.

Back 11

False

Front 12

The religious emotionalism of the Great Awakening was confined to the American colonies in the mid-eighteenth century.

Back 12

False

Front 13

Initially, the proprietors of Georgia banned the introduction of both liquor and slaves.

Back 13

True

Front 14

John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered as part of civil society.

Back 14

True

Front 15

With the Peace of Paris of 1763, France increased its territory in North America.

Back 15

False