Lecture Notes Test True Or False

Question 1

Southern colonies consisted of many small farms

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Europeans began to show interest in colonizing North America by the end of the 17th century

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Although there was great diversity among the colonists, certain elements were common among them: fascination with technology, desire for fair government, ad focus on practical materials

Answer 3

False

Question 4

One common form of writing for puritans was drama

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Pilgrims were also known as separatists

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Puritans came to America to establish a city upon a hill that would stand as a holy example and show the Church of England the way

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The majority of Europeans who came to settle in North America were adventurers looking for gold

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The planting aristocracy of the southern colonies believed in public services

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Native Americans and european colonists interacted by exchanging ideas, values, beliefs. New Americans resulted from this exchange. Both groups were forever changed, and the flavor of the colonies was no longer quite European

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The middle colonies were known for religious tolerance

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The literature of native Americans was always written on bark

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Columbus kept a journal that formed the basis for his reports to Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 12

True

Question 13

There is a difference between puritans and pilgrims

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Early colonial writings were practical and linked to life, work, and beliefs

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Thomas Jefferson founded the university of Miami

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Patrick Henry could move his listeners to anger, fear, or laughter more easily than a talented actor

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Both Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson helped frame and sign the Declaration of Independence

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Ben Franklin was self educated and self made, and as a printer, author, musician, philosopher, inventor, diplomat, and statesman, he was considered a Renaissance man

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Patrick Henry was considered the worst orator of the American Revolution

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur wrote about the transformation of Americans into European

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Ben Franklin advocated moral mediocrity as can be seen in his autobiography

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Patrick Henry’s most famous line “give me liberty or give me death,” came from his Speech in the Virginia Convention

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Thomas Paine was known for his rhetoric and persuasiveness

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Thomas Paine wrote common sense in which he argued that Americans must fight for independence

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Phyllis Wheatley was a literary phenomenon in that she was a female slave who published sophisticated poetry in her second language

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Edward Taylor was the only American colonial poet of the metaphysical school of poetry

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Jonathan Edwards was an eminent theologian whose preaching sparked the Great Awakening

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Anne Bradstreets “To My Dear and Loving Husband” is written in the most common meter in American and English poetry-iambic pentameter

Answer 28

True

Question 29

John smith was the first successful leader of the first successful English colony in America

Answer 29

True

Question 30

William Bradford was reelected as governor of Plymouth colony 2 times

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Anne Bradstreet was Americas first published female poet

Answer 31

True

Question 32

A cultural revolution occurred in the midst of the revolutionary period

Answer 32

True

Question 33

The core of American identity and expression is the Declaration of Independence, the single most significant literary and political work of the 18 th century

Answer 33

True

Question 34

The war of words began in 1763 with religious intolerance and finally led to the American Revolution

Answer 34

False

Question 35

The American Revolution was fought not only with weapons but with thousands of pamphlets, essays, songs, poems and speeches.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Writers of the revolutionary period reflected the age of romanticism believing that by using reason, people could manage themselves and society without depending on authorities or past traditions

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Puritans believed that every man, woman, and child needed leisure time

Answer 37

False