CHAPTER 4 Flashcards
Which of the following is a true statement about the Atlantic slave trade’s effect in West Africa?
It helped lead to the rise of militarized states in West Africa, whose large armies preyed upon their neighbors in order to capture slaves.
What was the Middle Passage?
It was the second leg of the trans-Atlantic trade.
In the Chesapeake region, slavery:
rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680.
As the slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?
They lost many of their rights.
Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?
The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves.
What was a result of the northern colonies’ lack of a cash crop?
Slavery was not as integrated into the northern colonial economy as compared to the South.
When brought to the New World, with regard to religion, slaves:
mixed elements of Christianity with African beliefs.
Which of the following is true of eighteenth-century slavery in South Carolina and Georgia?
Plantation slaves enjoyed far more autonomy than they did in other colonies, allowing them to maintain more of their African culture.
The participants in South Carolina’s Stono Rebellion:
included some who apparently had been soldiers in Africa.
The British concept of liberty:
included both formal restraints on authority and a collection of specific rights.
“Republicanism” in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of __________ as the essence of liberty.
active participation in public life by property-owning citizens
What would be an example of John Locke’s views on liberalism?
a person who has the right to choose what church he or she will attend
The idea of liberalism in eighteenth-century British politics:
was compatible with inequalities in wealth and well-being.
“Salutary neglect” meant:
British governments left the colonies largely alone to govern themselves.
During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:
became more assertive.
In the eighteenth century how was freedom of the press viewed?
Governments in both England and the colonies viewed it as dangerous.
What would be a good representation of Enlightenment principles?
a botanist who studied nature to uncover why a certain plant kept dying
Why was the Proclamation of 1763 difficult to enforce?
It involved a large geographical area.
What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
to bring stability to the colonial frontier
Which of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years’ War?
strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire
