Chapter 4 Flashcards
The 1741 Panic in New York City that led to 34 executions was sparked by?
A series of fires
How did colonial politics compare with british politics?
Colonists tended to agree with the british that owning property was related to having the right to vote
The British concept of liberty
Included both formal restraints on authority and a collection of specific rights
The task system
Assigned slaves daily jobs and allowed them free time upon completion of those jobs
Neolin, a Delaware Indian and religious prophet, helped inspire ______ rebellion in 1763
Pontaic’s
Property qualifications for holding office
Meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures
Deists concluded that the best form of religious devotion was to
Study the workings of nature
What did the Paxton boys demand?
That the indians be removed from Pennsylvania
The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deer skins and furs to England as well as on?
The export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean
Pontiac’s rebellion
Although named for an Ottawa warrior, owed its origins as much to the teachings of a religious prophet
The French and Indian war began because some American colonists felt that
France was enroaching on land claimed by the Ohio company
Which one of the following did NOT contribute to the expansion of the public sphere during the 18th century
The founding of the California missions
What did Junipero Serra hope to do in California?
Convert Indians to Christianity and to settled farming
Why was slavery less prevalent in the Northern colonies
The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the slave trade in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world?
Slightly more than half of slaves from Africa were taken to mainland North America (what became the United States)
The American Philosophical Society in its modest beginnings was called:
The Junto
Georgia was established by James Oglethorpe, whose causes included improved conditions for imprisoned debtors and the abolition of:
Slavery
During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:
Became more assertive
What did the British acquire from the Netherlands in the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713?
The right to transport slaves from Africa to Spain’s New World colonies
The British Country Party:
Sought to stop corruption in British politics
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 English finally became successful in defeating the French in the Seven Years’ War under the leadership of:
William Pitt
Slave resistance in the eighteenth century:
Included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies
What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763
To bring stability to the colonial frontier
Revivalist preachers during the Great Awakening frequently:
Criticized commercial society
As slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?
They lost many of their rights
The French in North America:
Were greatly outnumbered by the British on the continent
In the eighteenth century, the Spanish empire in North America:
Rested economically on trading with and extracting labor from surviving Native Americans
When brought to the New World, with regard to religion, slaves:
Mixed elements of Christianity with African beliefs
In the forest regions of West Africa, before being captured slaves worshipped:
Aspects of nature
Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:
Science could uncover God’s laws that governed the natural order
Which of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years’ War?
Strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire
The participants in South Carolina’s Stono Rebellion:
Included some who apparently had been soldiers in Africa
“Salutary neglect” meant:
British governments left the colonies largely alone to govern themselves
How did John Locke reconcile his belief in natural rights and his support for slavery?
He believed that the free individual in liberal thought was the propertied white man
Which of the following was true of Georgia
Colonists sought self-government to gain the right to introduce slavery
John Peter Zenger’s libel trial:
Probably would not have ended in his acquittal if he had attacked someone other than the colonial governor
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:
Gullah
Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin
In the Chesapeake region, slavery:
Rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680
The most famous Great Awakening revivalist minister was:
George Whitefield
Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region:
Helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism
The American version of the Enlightenment:
Was exemplified by Benjamin Franklin
Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Awakening?
Its more subdued style of preaching appealed to a wider audience than the older, bombastic style employed by the Puritans
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
Which one of the following statements about slaves in the Chesapeake is FALSE?
Slave communities remained distinctly African in culture
In the northern colonies, slaves:
Were far less important to New England than the Middle Colonies
What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?
European technology and material goods
The idea of liberalism in eighteenth-century British politics:
Was compatible with inequalities in wealth and well-being
During the eighteenth century, British patriotism:
Celebrated individual freedom and the rule of law
The development of rice plantations in South Carolina:
Led to a black majority in that colony by the 1730s
It is estimated that between _______ percent of adult white men could vote in eighteenth-century colonial British America.
50-80
Olaudah Equiano:
Wrote the eighteenth century’s most widely read account by a slave of a slave’s own experiences
Which issue divided colonial governors appointed by the king and legislatures elected by colonists?
To deal with scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors
The most successful colonial governors:
Used their appointive powers and control of land grants to win allies in colonial legislatures
The assumption among ordinary people that wealth, education, and social prominence entitled leaders to public office was called:
Deference
The language of British liberty:
Was used by humble members of society as well as by the elite
“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
John Locke’s political philosophy stressed
A contract system between the people and the government
All of the following statements are true of the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century EXCEPT:
Although important, slave-grown crops actually accounted for only a small portion of the value of the trade
