Question 1

How did colonial politics compare with British politics?

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A)   British politics were far more democratic, befitting the British belief in liberty and the number of proprietary and royal colonies.
B)   Colonists tended to agree with the British that owning property was related to having the right to vote.
C)   Most colonies, unlike Britain, at least allowed propertied women to vote.
D)   Elections throughout the colonies were more hotly contested than British ones, with many different candidates and parties represented on the ballot.
E)   Colonial politics proved far more corrupt until the Licentiousness Act of 1694.

Question 2

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

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A)   the establishment of literary and philosophical clubs
B)   widespread literacy
C)   the proliferation of newspapers and libraries
D)   the trial of John Peter Zenger
E)   the founding of the California missions

Question 3

Which of the following was true of Georgia?

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A)   Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery.
B)   It was the only colony to maintain a ban on liquor until independence.
C)   The philanthropists who founded it expected slavery to help the lower class Englishmen they brought to the colony.
D)   Its residents invaded Florida and took it from Spain in the War of Jenkins' Ear.
E)   It was named for the most important British queen of the eighteenth century.

Question 4

Property qualifications for holding office:

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A)   were the same in every colony as they were for voting.
B)   meant that women served regularly in colonial legislatures.
C)   meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures.
D)   existed for legislators but not for judges, who were esteemed for their legal ability.
E)   disappeared from Parliament before they were eliminated by colonial legislatures.

Question 5

Which issue divided colonial governors appointed by the king and legislatures elected by colonists?

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A)   Legislatures wanted universal white male suffrage, and the governors wanted to maintain the less democratic system under which British politics functioned.
B)   They were divided about how to respond to the lack of economic growth in the colonies-legislators wanted to act to help the economy, and governors preferred to let events take their course.
C)   To deal with a scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors.
D)   Governors wanted slavery outlawed because they considered it antithetical to the British idea of liberty, but legislators supported it.
E)   Governors wanted life terms for judges, and legislators sought elections every ten years.

Question 6

In the forest regions of West Africa, before being captured slaves worshipped:

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A)   Protestantism.
B)   Islam.
C)   Catholicism.
D)   aspects of nature.
E)   no religion.

Question 7

When brought to the New World, with regard to religion, slaves:

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A)   gave up practicing African beliefs.
B)   quickly converted to Christianity.
C)   mixed elements of Christianity with African beliefs.
D)   looked to convert colonists to African religions.
E)   did not see a connection between African-based spirits and Catholic saints.

Question 8

Most of the slaves carried to the New World were destined for mainland North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

All of the following statements are true of the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Although important, slave-grown crops actually accounted for only a small portion of the value of the trade.
B)   The profits from the slave trade in particular stimulated the rise of key English ports.
C)   New England and the Middle Colonies exported fish, grain, and lumber to the West Indies.
D)   Profits from the Atlantic trade helped finance the early Industrial Revolution.
E)   Europe was the primary market for colonial-grown products such as rice and indigo.

Question 10

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

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A)   the universe was unknowable.
B)   Christ's divinity was beyond question.
C)   science could uncover God's laws that governed the natural order.
D)   God did not exist.
E)   divine revelation was necessary for a proper understanding of truth.

Question 11

Evidence that slaves frequently tried to escape in the eighteenth century was the numerous advertisements in colonial newspapers for runaways.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

During the eighteenth century, British patriotism:

Accepted Answer

A)   reflected the rise of Spain as Great Britain's traditional enemy, in place of France.
B)   emphasized England's freedom of religion.
C)   celebrated individual freedom and the rule of law.
D)   included the admission that slavery and freedom were wholly contradictory.
E)   was the subject of numerous satires by Benjamin Franklin.

Question 13

Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   George Washington
B)   Benjamin Franklin
C)   William Pitt
D)   John Peter Zenger
E)   Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deerskins and furs to England as well as on:

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A)   the cultivation of cotton.
B)   small-scale manufacturing of firearms for use in raids against Spanish Florida.
C)   the export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean.
D)   shipbuilding.
E)   copper mining.

Question 16

The French in North America:

Accepted Answer

A)   had a rapidly expanding empire, in large part because of the strong encouragement the French government gave to citizens wanting to move to the New World.
B)   made it a point to avoid competing with the British.
C)   won control of the Ohio Valley in the Seven Years' War.
D)   were greatly outnumbered by the British on the continent.
E)   were notorious for their poor relations with Native Americans.

Question 17

In eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)   indentured servitude.
B)   a hereditary system.
C)   taxes.
D)   slavery.
E)   property requirements for voting.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)   protecting the natural rights of all humans
B)   active participation in public life by property-owning citizens
C)   a strong central state
D)   supporting royal authority as opposed to parliamentary authority
E)   voting rights for all adult men

Question 20

Increasingly in the eighteenth century, liberty was being used to express a right to rebel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

Which of the following was true of Georgia?

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Which issue divided colonial governors appointed by the king and legislatures elected by colonists?

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All of the following statements are true of the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century EXCEPT:

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In eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

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When brought to the New World, with regard to religion, slaves:

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Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?

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The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deerskins and furs to England as well as on:

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During the eighteenth century, British patriotism:

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

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How did colonial politics compare with British politics?

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Increasingly in the eighteenth century, liberty was being used to express a right to rebel.

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

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Property qualifications for holding office:

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The French in North America:

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

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Most of the slaves carried to the New World were destined for mainland North America.

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Evidence that slaves frequently tried to escape in the eighteenth century was the numerous advertisements in colonial newspapers for runaways.

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

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In the forest regions of West Africa, before being captured slaves worshipped:

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