Lecture Notes Test True Or False Flashcards
Southern colonies consisted of many small farms
False
Europeans began to show interest in colonizing North America by the end of the 17th century
False
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
False
One common form of writing for puritans was drama
False
Pilgrims were also known as separatists
True
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
True
The majority of Europeans who came to settle in North America were adventurers looking for gold
False
The planting aristocracy of the southern colonies believed in public services
True
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
True
The middle colonies were known for religious tolerance
True
The literature of native Americans was always written on bark
False
Columbus kept a journal that formed the basis for his reports to Ferdinand and Isabella
True
There is a difference between puritans and pilgrims
True
Early colonial writings were practical and linked to life, work, and beliefs
True
Thomas Jefferson founded the university of Miami
False
Patrick Henry could move his listeners to anger, fear, or laughter more easily than a talented actor
True
Both Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson helped frame and sign the Declaration of Independence
True
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
True
Patrick Henry was considered the worst orator of the American Revolution
False
Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur wrote about the transformation of Americans into European
False
Ben Franklin advocated moral mediocrity as can be seen in his autobiography
False
Patrick Henry’s most famous line “give me liberty or give me death,” came from his Speech in the Virginia Convention
True
Thomas Paine was known for his rhetoric and persuasiveness
True
Thomas Paine wrote common sense in which he argued that Americans must fight for independence
True
Phyllis Wheatley was a literary phenomenon in that she was a female slave who published sophisticated poetry in her second language
True
Edward Taylor was the only American colonial poet of the metaphysical school of poetry
True
Jonathan Edwards was an eminent theologian whose preaching sparked the Great Awakening
True
Anne Bradstreets “To My Dear and Loving Husband” is written in the most common meter in American and English poetry-iambic pentameter
True
John smith was the first successful leader of the first successful English colony in America
True
William Bradford was reelected as governor of Plymouth colony 2 times
False
Anne Bradstreet was Americas first published female poet
True
A cultural revolution occurred in the midst of the revolutionary period
True
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
True
The war of words began in 1763 with religious intolerance and finally led to the American Revolution
False
The American Revolution was fought not only with weapons but with thousands of pamphlets, essays, songs, poems and speeches.
True
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
False
Puritans believed that every man, woman, and child needed leisure time
False
