Chapters 5-8 Flashcards
In the 18th century colonial Virginia and cluneal Massachusetts for most alike in that both were
Royal colonies
The wealthiest people in pre-Revolutionary America where primarily?
Northern merchants and Southern planters
Which of the following moved in greatest Numbers into Appalachia as the American Indians of the region were defeated?
Scots Irish German and English immigrants
What is true of the first great awakening? (multiple choice Q)
It resulted in divisions within both the congregational and Presbyterian churches.
It created more denominations but also more unity in the colonies
What group was least likely to respond with Enthusiasm to the religious fervor of the great awakening in the 1730s and 1740s
Established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia
In 1734 and 1735, A celebrated legal case in New York involving John Peter Zenger established a precedent in support of what?
Freedom of expression or freedom of the press
What is true about cities during the colonial era
Poor sanitation left colonial cities vulnerable to epidemics,
religious and ethnic diversity was greater include your cities that in the colonial countryside,
most large cities grew around a port,
cities served as a cultural centers of the American colonies
What is the leading industry in the American colonies
Agriculture
What is true of the Scots Irish
Usually settle in front to your areas such as appellation Mountains, they led the armed March of the Paxton boys on Philadelphia in 1764, about a dozen future presidents were of Scots Irish descent, they tend to be pugnacious Lawless and individualistic
Who created the join, or die snake, and for what reason?
Ben Franklin’s exhortation to the colonies to unite against the French
Ben Franklin published the join or die cartoon to gain support for what?
Albany plan of union
During the mid 18th century conflict between France and Britain over North America centered on what area?
The Ohio Valley
What is true about what happened shortly after the end of the French and Indian war in 1763?
France yielded Canada to Britain, British colonists were not allowed to move west of appellation Mountains, chief Pontiac lead an uprising in the Ohio Valley, Spain was eliminated from Florida
In 1763 an American General distributed to the Indians blankets that were infected with what?
Smallpox
After 1763 changes in the British imperial system threatened the interest of what groups of American colonists
Land speculators with interest west of the Appalachians, newspaper editors and lawyers, farmers wishing to settle in the Ohio River Valley, Boston smugglers
The French and Indian war was the pivotal point in America relationship to Great Britain because it led Great Britain to what?
Impose revenue taxes on the colonies
The proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?
Set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachian beyond which the English colonists were for bidden to settle
The first Continental Congress met in what region
The middle colonies / Philadelphia
In what city and state did the British surrender that led to the end of the war
Yorktown Virginia
What are some facts about George Washington
At 21 years old he was a survey her and was sent to Ohio to forced French ouch, he became incredibly wealthy up on marrying Martha Custis, his brilliance during the Revolutionary war had more to do with his moral courage and leadership rather than his military ability, he wore his uniform to the second Continental Congress
By the time of the Revolution, the American colonists had generally come to the belief that the creation of the Republic would solve the problems of Monarch rule because republic what establish what?
A small limited government responsible to the people
What are some statements about African-Americans during the revolutionary war
Crispus Attucks a former slave was killed during the Boston massacre, blacks fought and died for the American cause at places like Trenton and Saratoga, most blacks who fought for America came from the northern states, blacks also served on the British side
The most significant manufacturing activity in the British North American colonies during the 18th-century was what?
Lumbering
According to the Olive branch petition the colonies were what?
Loyal to King George the third
As the war for Independence began Britain had the advantage of what?
Wealth and naval power
What is true of the slave system in 18th-century British North America
Slave owners gained increased legal power over their slaves
