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D) Yankees. C) German. 100 What was the defining feature of the southern colonies in the eighteenth century? A) Small cotton farms B) The intense heat C) Slave labor D) Sugarcane farming C) Slave labor 100 How did the population of the colonies change during the eighteenth century? A) The colonies' population was eight times higher in 1770 than it was in 1700. B) The population became increasingly homogenous. C) The colonial English population increased more than other ethnic groups by 1770. D) The African population experienced a rapid decline. A) The colonies' population was eight times higher in 1770 than it was in 1700. 100 What was the largest group of non-Christians in eighteenth-century North America? A) Hurons B) Slaves C) Southerners D) Indentured servants B) Slaves 200 Which group dominated the commercial economy of New England? A) Artisans B) Farmers C) Printers D) Merchants D) Merchants 200 What was an early Pennsylvania policy encouraging settlement? A) The colony gave away land to adult white males. B) Pennsylvania paid settlers to farm Indian lands. C) Pennsylvania levied a very low property tax. D) The colony negotiated with Indians to purchase land. D) The colony negotiated with Indians to purchase land. 200 From a planter's perspective, what was one advantage to buying slaves in small groups? A) Small groups would be less likely to mount an insurrection. B) Small groups could be trained by seasoned slaves. C) Groups were bought jointly with another plantation owner. D) Buying slaves in small groups would allow planters to keep families together. B) Small groups could be trained by seasoned slaves. 200 In the eighteenth century, the majority of immigrants coming to America were Scots-Irish or A) English. B) German. C) African. D) Dutch. C) African. 200 Which statement characterizes colonial deists? A) Deists questioned the existence of God. B) Deists believed in predestination and a vengeful god. C) Deists sought to find gods in natural phenomena. D) Deists looked for God's laws with science and reason. D) Deists looked for God's laws with science and reason. 300 Compared with the poor in England, the least wealthy eighteenth-century New Englanders A) were much poorer. B) were equally poor. C) lived more comfortably. D) received no poor relief. C) lived more comfortably. 300 Poor Richard's Almanack mirrored the beliefs of its Pennsylvania readers in its glorification of A) Puritan religious values. B) the small subsistence farmer. C) economic profit. D) the slave as a “noble savage.” C) economic profit. 300 What was the purpose of “seasoning” slaves? A) To teach them English so that they could better communicate B) To break them so they would obey their masters without protest C) To help them become friends with the slaves already on the plantations D) To acclimate them to the environment of the southern colonies D) To acclimate them to the environment of the southern colonies 300 Why was the colonial economy in the eighteenth century unique? A) A few colonists held the overwhelming majority of the wealth. B) The free population enjoyed a relatively high standard of living. C) Almost all British colonists considered themselves wealthy. D) The majority of colonists were worse off than they had been in Europe. The free population enjoyed a relatively high standard of living. 300 What was the Great Awakening? A) A movement to convert Catholics B) A religious revival movement C) An appeal to reason, not emotion D) An appeal to Protestants to unite B) A religious revival movement 400 While the eighteenth-century Southern gentry privately looked down on poor whites, they publicly acknowledged them as A) necessary to the growth of Southern economy. B) their equals by virtue of belonging to the white race. C) a contemptible group of lost souls. D) the future heirs of the gentry. B) their equals by virtue of belonging to the white race. 400 Members of the eighteenth-century Southern gentry set a cultural standard of A) idleness. B) religious piety. C) extravagant leisure. D) racial tolerance. C) extravagant leisure. 400 Why did southern masters prefer black slaves over white indentured servants? A) Masters had to pay indentured servants a small sum each year. B) Indentured servants would not work as many hours as slaves. C) Indentured servants were surly and talked back. D) Slaves served for life with no legal way to gain freedom. D) Slaves served for life with no legal way to gain freedom. 400 Although the three regions of British North America became more distinct in the latter part of the eighteenth century, they still shared what unifying experience? A) A lessening reliance on religion B) Declining opportunities to buy land C) Growing concern over the slavery issue D) Decreasing interest in world affairs A) A lessening reliance on religion 400 Why did Spanish officials decide to build forts and missions on New Spain's northern frontier during the eighteenth century? A) To improve relations with Indians in the region B) To convert California Indians to Protestantism C) To disrupt competition from French fur traders D) To block Russian access to present-day California D) To block Russian access to present-day California 500 What was the status of colonial assemblies by 1720? A) They were constantly overruled by the crown. B) Assemblies lost the trust of the people. C) Colonial governors disbanded most assemblies. D) Assemblies won the power to initiate important legislation. D) Assemblies won the power to initiate important legislation. 500 Prominent colonists in the plantation South and in cities such as Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia belonged to which church? A) Presbyterian Church B) Anglican Church C) Catholic Church D) Congregational Church B) Anglican Church 500 What did the Stono rebellion prove about eighteenth-century slaves? A) Slaves were dangerous in large, organized numbers. B) They could arm themselves and achieve freedom. C) Slaves could not win a firefight for freedom. D) They could not organize against their armed masters. C) Slaves could not win a firefight for freedom. 500 The increasing presence of English goods in the colonial market in the eighteenth century A) caused the colonists to rebel and concentrate on home manufacture of goods. B) improved the colonial standard of living but increased resentment toward the British. C) spurred competition with goods imported from continental Europe. D) tied the colonists to the British economy and made them feel more British. D) tied the colonists to the British economy and made them feel more British. 500 Why did colonial governors have difficulty gaining the trust and respect of influential colonists? A) Their terms of office were often less than five years. B) They lived in England and rarely came to the colonies. C) Governors were poorly paid and accepted bribes. D) The colonists believed that they should not be tied to England. A) Their terms of office were often less than five years. Click to zoom Why were there so few slaves in New England during the 18th century quizlet?Why were there so few slaves in New England during the eighteenth century? New England's family farming was not suited for slave labor. persons who had obtained money for passage from a friend or relative in the colonies or by selling themselves as servants once they arrived.
Why did New Englanders possess only one fourth as much wealth as free colonists in the South in 1770?Why did New Englanders possess only one-fourth as much wealth as free colonists in the South in 1770? New England farms did not produce huge marketable surpluses of cash crops in quantities necessary to produce wealth.
What was the dominant feature of the eighteenth century New England economy?What was the dominant feature of the eighteenth-century New England economy? D. It was a diversified, worldwide commercial economy focused on the Atlantic world.
What was the dominant feature of the eighteenth century New England economy quizlet?What was the dominant feature of the eighteenth-century New England economy? It was a diversified, worldwide commercial economy focused on the Atlantic world.
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