Us History Chapter 4 Quiz

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Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:

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science could uncover laws that governed the natural order rather than God.

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Georgia was established by James Oglethorpe, whose causes included improved conditions for imprisoned debtors and the abolition of:

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slavery.

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How did colonial politics compare with British politics?

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Colonists tended to agree with the British that owning property was related to having the right to vote.

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How did John Locke reconcile his belief in natural rights and his support for slavery?

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He believed that the free individual in liberal thought was the propertied white man.

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In the eighteenth century, the Spanish empire in North America:

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was thinly populated and weaker economically than the British colonies.

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In the northern colonies, slaves:

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made up only a small percentage of these colonies’ populations

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John Peter Zenger’s libel trial:

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

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Olaudah Equiano:

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wrote the eighteenth century’s most widely read account by a slave of a slave’s own experiences.

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Over time in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?

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They lost many of their rights.

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Property qualifications for holding office:

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meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures.

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Slave resistance in the eighteenth century:

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included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies.

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The 1741 panic in New York City that led to thirty-four executions was sparked by:

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a plan to burn the city.

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The assumption among ordinary people that wealth, education, and social prominence carried with them a right to public office was called:

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deference.

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The British concept of liberty:

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included both formal restraints on authority and a collection of specific rights.

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The development of rice plantations in South Carolina:

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led to a black majority in that colony by 1770.

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The English finally became successful in defeating the French in the Seven Years’ War under the leadership of:

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William Pitt.

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

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France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.

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The French in North America:

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included a significant number of Nova Scotians who relocated to southern Louisiana, creating the group known as Cajuns.

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The idea of liberalism in eighteenth-century British politics:

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was reinforced by republicanism and constitutional government.

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The language (with mixed African roots) spoken by African-American slaves on the rice plantations of South Carolina and Georgia during the eighteenth century was known as:

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Gullah.

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The most successful colonial governors:

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used their appointive powers and control of land grants to win allies in colonial legislatures.

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Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region:

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helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism.

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What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

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to bring stability to the colonial frontier

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Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?

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Benjamin Franklin

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Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?

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