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42 Cards in this Set
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1. All these colleges (Harvard, Yale, King’s College/Columbia, Hamilton) were founded in the colonial period except…
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Hamilton
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2. Sarah Good, Tituba, and Sarah Osborne were accused of…
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consorting with the devil
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3. Who wrote "The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you"?
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Jonathan Edwards
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4. Approximately what portion of the people who settled in North America in the colonial period came as indentured servants?
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2/3
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5. The Great Awakening was largely restricted to…
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New England
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6. Which statement about 17th-century New England is false?
(a) most farmers lived in villages (b) most of the population attended church (c) great value was placed on higher education (d) most people dressed in gray or black |
(d) most people dressed in gray or black
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7. One of the few groups regularly to denounce slavery were the…
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Quakers
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8. The major American port in the mid-eighteenth century was…
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Philadelphia
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9. Georgia, the last of the thirteen mainland colonies to be settled, was founded in…
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1733
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10. The colony of Georgia had a boundary with (NC, VA, SC, or MD)…
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SC
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11. In New England colonial children were usually thought of as…
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worth schooling
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12. The growth of slavery in 18th-century Virginia was encouraged by all of the following except…
(a) high tobacco prices (b) low tobacco prices (c) the high cost of white labor (d) the familiarity of African with agriculture |
(b) low tobacco prices
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13. The theory that nations should increase their wealth, measured in gold, by policies that insure they will sell more than they import is known as…
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mercantilism
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14. The Salem witch trials ended when…
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prominent clergymen intervened
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15. When they married, most colonial women lost their…
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property rights
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16. Most of the executed Salem witches were…
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hanged
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17. A famous autobiography was written by…
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Benjamin Franklin
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18. The British government was…
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divided into three parts or bodies
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19. Lawyers for this man argued that truth is a defense against libel.
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John Peter Zenger
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20. Which is mispaired?
Anne Bradsheet—“To My Dear and Loving Husband” Michael Wigglesworth—“The Day of Doom” Samuel Sewall—New England diarist John Winthrop—“New England Courant” |
John Winthrop & “New England Courant”
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21. The colony of Delaware borders that of (NY, VA, MD, or ME)…
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VA
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22. The Salem witchcraft episode occurred during the decade of the…
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1690s
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23. In the folk song “Springfield Mountain” a youth is killed by…
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snakebite
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24. Which phenomenon is most opposed to the spirit of the Great Awakening?
the Enlightenment revivalism evangelism antinomianism |
the Enlightenment
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25. Gottlieb Mittelberger wrote on the subject of…
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the arrival of indentured servants
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26. Which statement about 18th-century New England is false?
many people read newspapers excellent literary works were composed most people were poor by European standards the drinking of rum was widespread |
most people were poor by European standards
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27. German redemptioners settled especially in…
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western Pennsylvania
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28. The word “enthusiasm” suggests the…
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Great Awakening
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29. Slave life was hardest…
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on rice plantations in South Carolina
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30. In the colonies voting was…
about as widespread as in Britain less widespread than in Britain more widespread than in Britain less widespread than in France |
more widespread than in Britain
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31. Important colonial exports included all but (tobacco, lumber, rice, horses)…
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horses
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32. Between 1730 and 1750 the colonial population…
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almost doubled
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33. The skin color of most indentured servants was…
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white
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34. The Scotch-Irish settled chiefly in…
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western Pennsylvania
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35. In the 17th century the slave population in Virginia grew…
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rather slowly
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36. William Penn is known for achieving good relations with the…
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native Americans
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37. Quakerism is most closely identified with the colony of…
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Pennsylvania
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38. Between 1660 and 1700 the colonial population…
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quadrupled
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39. A phenomenon in Virginia during the colonial era was…
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The increase in the value of land
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40. The religious revivalism of the Great Awakening was…
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socially disruptive
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Essay 3:1 – Describe the Great Awakening.
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Essay 3:2 – Discuss the early development of slavery in Virginia.
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