Deck 3: Colonial Ways of Life

Question 1

By 1700, tobacco, rice, and indigo were the most important export crops of Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Throughout the colonies, husbands expected what from their wives?

A) submission to their authority
B) an equal partnership in managing the household
C) instruction in religion and morality
D) romantic love as the basis of marriage
E) toleration of sex outside of marriage

Answer 2

submission to their authority

Question 3

Benjamin Franklin believed a major reason for colonial population growth was:

A) government bounties for large families
B) English immunity to contagious diseases
C) rapid advances in medical science
D) couples marrying later than in Europe
E) an abundance of cheap land

Answer 3

an abundance of cheap land

Question 4

Although diseases were widespread in North America, colonists were less susceptible because:

A) of the dispersed nature of the American population
B) Americans had been exposed to most diseases in Europe and had built immunity
C) the colonies had much better doctors than England
D) the diseases themselves were not as virulent as their European cousins
E) American cities were cleaner than their European counterparts

Question 5

Belief in witchcraft was widespread throughout Europe in the seventeenth century.

Question 6

In the New World, people were generally safe from disease and epidemics.

Question 7

In 1691-1692, mass hysteria struck the town of Salem, Massachusetts, in the form of an outbreak of alleged witchcraft.

Question 8

Which of the following was an advantage for women in North America regarding an expanding population?

A) Colonists married and started families earlier in Europe.
B) Women often had a child every two or three years before menopause.
C) Diseases and epidemics ran rampant.
D) Miscarriages were uncommon.
E) Infant mortality rates were uniformly low.

Question 9

During the eighteenth century, demand for slaves in the southern colonies declined slightly.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about women's labor is NOT true?

A) Unmarried women often worked outside the home.
B) Women often did piecemeal work like spinning thread into yarn.
C) Women were not expected to work in highly skilled occupations.
D) Farm women had a very diverse realm of responsibilities.
E) Marriage usually isolated women to their own homes and gardens.

Question 11

Most colonists strongly believed in the inferiority of women.

Question 12

In British North America, black men and women were often excluded from religious services out of the belief that Christianized slaves might seek to gain freedom.

Question 13

England transported more than 50,000 convicts to the North American colonies for settlement.

Question 14

Jonathan Edwards saw emotionalism as a weakness among Christians.

Question 15

The colony of Pennsylvania was one of the most diverse in English North America, with English, German, Scots-Irish, and a variety of smaller national and ethnic groups represented.

Question 16

New Englanders, more than southerners, turned to the sea for their livelihood.

Question 17

George Whitefield was a great preacher who impressed even Benjamin Franklin with his eloquence.

Question 18

Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Question 19

The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco.

Question 20

Initially, in the early seventeenth century, many of the first slaves were treated like indentured servants and earned their freedom.

Question 21

Women in the American colonies:

A) generally had lower status in society than did women in Europe
B) often remained confined to the domestic sphere
C) could vote and hold office
D) were not likely to find eligible men to marry
E) lived lives of quiet and leisure

Question 22

In regard to religion, women:

A) frequently served as ministers
B) were more likely to be churchgoers than men
C) experienced more equality in Puritan churches
D) were more likely than men to question religious authority
E) were frequently employed as faith healers

Question 23

The covenant theory from which the Puritans drew their ideas contained:

A) the justification for New England's strict theocracy
B) the notion that the king replaced God as the head of the government of the people
C) the notion that men were capable of governing themselves well because they had been absolved of all sin when they entered the church
D) a fundamental belief in democracy
E) certain kernels of democracy in both church and state

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT true of New England home life?

A) New Englanders lived in plain and sturdy dwellings.
B) Most people went to bed at dark regardless of the season.
C) The "chair man" sat at the head of the table at dinner.
D) Family life was centered around the main room with a fireplace.
E) Most New Englanders had well-appointed homes with glass windows.

Question 25

In the seventeenth century, the cash crop that was the basis of the economy in Virginia and Maryland was:

A) rice
B) tobacco
C) indigo
D) cotton
E) barley

Question 26

Which of the following statements about early colonial life in the Chesapeake region is true?

A) Settlers lived in very primitive houses.
B) Colonists were devoutly religious.
C) Men and women had very large families.
D) Indians tended to ignore and avoid English communities.
E) Settlers lived in small but ornate houses.

Question 27

Which of the following was true of New England in the seventeenth century?

A) Residents were required to be members of the Puritan church.
B) Residents were intensely loyal to the wishes of the king and Parliament.
C) Church and state were separated in all New England colonies.
D) Considerable cultural and racial open-mindedness was practiced.
E) It was more governed by religious concerns than the middle and southern colonies.

Question 28

Eliza Pinckney could be called a modern woman living in the colonial world for the following reasons EXCEPT:

A) she managed three plantations
B) she was a dedicated wife and mother
C) she occupied a supervisory role over her male counterparts
D) she managed her family affairs in addition to her other responsibilities
E) she cultivated indigo as a very lucrative cash crop

Question 29

Of the following colonies, which one most embraced religious and ethnic diversity?

A) New York
B) Massachusetts
C) Pennsylvania
D) Virginia
E) Maryland

Question 30

Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England?

A) the abundance of fish and whales off its coast
B) the region's extensive forests
C) the growing American navy
D) the need for transporting southern cotton
E) southern purchases of New England-made ships

Question 31

The largest number of German immigrants to the colonies settled in:

A) Rhode Island
B) South Carolina
C) New York
D) Delaware
E) Pennsylvania

Question 32

The best explanation for the Salem witch craze is:

A) the playacting and false accusations of teenage girls
B) the presence of real witches in Salem Village
C) social division and anxieties within the village
D) the low rate of literacy among the villagers
E) natural hallucinogens in the local water supply

Question 33

New England was settled by:

A) a joint-stock company
B) religious fundamentalists
C) military officers
D) the king and his family
E) ex-convicts and debtors

Question 34

The middle colonies:

A) included Rhode Island and Maryland
B) lacked a suitable base for commerce
C) for many years had a black-majority population
D) were dominated by plantation agriculture
E) geographically and culturally stood between the New England and southern colonies.

Question 35

The witch craze in Salem started when:

A) a slave named Tituba cursed the village minister
B) Indians attacked and looted the village
C) several people died of a mysterious illness
D) adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions
E) the town minister was caught in a sex scandal

Question 36

Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived:

A) in harmony with the local Indian tribes
B) in communities loyal to the Church of England
C) on large farms
D) in a religiously tolerant society
E) in communities where church and state were not separate

Question 37

During the colonial period, prostitution:

A) was practically unknown
B) was legal in most cities and states
C) was especially common in port cities
D) resulted in equal punishment for men and women
E) was one of the few occupations open to women

Question 38

The success of rice as a perfect crop for South Carolina was helped by:

A) plentiful labor and land in the colony
B) the native population's willingness to work in the fields
C) the minimal amount of labor it required
D) the creation of irrigation systems that allowed laborers to flood and drain the fields
E) the lack of rain in the region

Question 39

New England's most important commodity was:

A) corn
B) molasses
C) fish
D) turkeys
E) rum

Question 40

Which of the following terms related to land policy in New York?

A) patroonship
B) headright
C) royal grants
D) plantation tracts
E) Dutch Estates

Question 41

Education in the colonies was:

A) most advanced in the South
B) primarily intended for young women
C) most advanced in frontier regions
D) hampered in New England by the Puritans' anti-intellectual tradition
E) usually seen as the responsibility of family and church

Question 42

By the end of the colonial period, American cities:

A) were limited to the middle colonies
B) were characterized by increasing social and economic equality
C) held no more than 10 percent of the total population
D) were cleaner, safer, and healthier than rural environments
E) had majority-non-English populations

Question 43

Jonathan Edwards's famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," described:

A) a distant and uncaring God
B) the gruesome reality of hell
C) the beauty of God's creation
D) the possibility of universal salvation
E) God's desire that Americans economically prosper

Question 44

The Great Awakening developed in reaction to the:

A) attempt of British officials to regulate colonial churches
B) increasing education and sophistication of backwoods settlers
C) increasing role of emotionalism in religion
D) tendency of the Enlightenment to place great emphasis on formal religion
E) Deism and skepticism associated with the Enlightenment

Question 45

The English revivalist who preached to thousands and so impressed Benjamin Franklin was:

A) James Davenport
B) Jonathan Edwards
C) Evander Osteen
D) George Whitefield
E) William Tennent

Question 46

Slave codes:

A) helped potential runaways plan their escapes
B) outlined the local laws that governed slave life and ownership
C) were universal rules that applied to all slave owners regardless of colony
D) outlined the kinds of work slaves could do in certain geographic areas
E) guaranteed slaves the right to worship weekly

Question 47

The largest city in the colonies at the end of the colonial period:

A) had a population of about 1 million
B) had a population of about 2,000
C) was Boston
D) was Philadelphia
E) had as many people as London

Question 48

The events surrounding a suspected slave revolt in New York City in 1741 offer parallels to:

A) the English Civil War
B) the Salem witch craze
C) the American Revolution
D) Bacon's Rebellion
E) the Great Awakening

Question 49

John Peter Zenger's trial in 1735 established:

A) that truth is a defense in libel cases
B) absolute freedom of the press
C) private ownership of newspapers
D) the right to send newspapers through the mail
E) the legal difference between libel and slander

Question 50

Puritan commitment to education is best explained by their:

A) need for a literate workforce
B) commitment to Enlightenment principles
C) prior exposure to schools in England
D) innate love of learning
E) need to read the Scriptures

Question 51

The Stono Rebellion:

A) took place in Virginia
B) was the only successful slave revolt of the colonial era
C) was incited by a law forcing Christianity on slaves
D) came about as a result of Spanish interference
E) tightened controls on slaves

Question 52

Which is NOT true of early colonial slavery?

A) Far more slaves went to the West Indies than to North America.
B) Slavery was present in all the English colonies.
C) Slaves had higher survival rates in North America than in the West Indies.
D) No colony had a majority-slave population.
E) All slaves could expect a lifetime in bondage.

Question 53

Enlightenment thinkers such as Isaac Newton stressed the:

A) value of traditional religion
B) virtue of divine right monarchy
C) ability of reason to discover the laws of the universe
D) superiority of art over science
E) presence of God in nature

Question 54

Slaves who lived in northern colonies:

A) usually lived and worked in cities and towns
B) were agricultural laborers like those in the South
C) enjoyed more humane treatment than those in the Chesapeake
D) usually possessed a trade or special skill
E) were forced to become Puritans

Question 55

Legally speaking, slaves were:

A) contracted workers
B) property
C) unfree laborers
D) necessary for economic success
E) largely Christian

Question 56

The religious revivals known as the Great Awakening did all the following EXCEPT:

A) affect all thirteen colonies
B) split a number of churches
C) feature traveling ministers
D) emphasize an emotional style of preaching
E) further promote Enlightenment thinking

Question 57

Which church dominated the Chesapeake region by 1700?

A) Anglican
B) Quaker
C) Puritan
D) Baptist
E) Presbyterian

Question 58

Which of the following was NOT a major immigrant group to Pennsylvania?

A) Puritans
B) Mennonites
C) Scots-Irish
D) Germans
E) Quakers

Question 59

Benjamin Franklin emphasized the Enlightenment in his:

A) denial of God's existence
B) rise from poverty to riches
C) passion for science and experimentation
D) scandalous sex life
E) work as a printer and publisher

Question 60

By 1700, the most democratic and important social institutions were:

A) coffee houses
B) churches
C) theaters
D) colleges
E) taverns

Question 61

Discuss the unique nature of colonial cities. Focus your emphasis on the social and political order as well as the urban web.

Question 62

Describe the early development of slavery in the American colonies.

Question 63

In what ways did settlement patterns, family life, population growth, and so forth differ in the New England and southern colonies in the seventeenth century? What factors might account for these differences?

Question 64

During the seventeenth century, race-based slavery was very important in the New World. Discuss the concept of blackness and how Europeans used it to justify their enslavement of Africans.

Question 65

Describe both American society and the economy of the middle colonies.

Question 66

New Lights differed from Old Lights by:

A) their readiness to approach their religious conflict as open warfare
B) discounting the element of choice in a person's faith
C) including elements like choir in church services
D) incorporating democracy and emotionalism into faith
E) promising to reinforce traditional Puritanism

Question 67

Which of the following institutions was NOT created as a result of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century religious developments?

A) University of Virginia
B) College of William and Mary
C) Harvard College
D) Yale College
E) College of New Jersey

Question 68

The Tennents did all of the following EXCEPT:

A) called old line ministers "cold and sapless"
B) urged people to renounce their ministers and pursue salvation on their own
C) were disciples of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
D) considered the gathering of wealth to be acceptable for Christians
E) urged parishioners to change their condition through political activity

Question 69

Describe the ecology of the Atlantic Seaboard. Be sure to detail the various factors that shaped America's ecosystems.

Question 70

Seventeenth-century slavery was unique in world history for its color basis. Examine the nature of this institution at that time, making sure to speak to the economic forces that drove it.

Question 71

Discuss the New England shipping industry and its impact on colonial trade.

Question 72

Examine mortality in the colonial era, making sure to note age, gender, and geographic considerations.

Question 73

Which had the most far-reaching consequences on American culture: the Enlightenment or the Great Awakening? Why?

Question 74

We often think about the colonial period as filled with religion and therefore filled with morality. With this in mind, discuss the immorality of the age.

Question 75

One result of the Great Awakening was that it spurred an increase in the number of:

A) slave rebellions
B) suicides
C) marriages
D) witch crazes
E) colleges

Question 76

According to the textbook, "Both geographically and culturally, the middle colonies stood between New England and the South." Explain this statement.

Question 77

Describe the status of women in colonial society. What factors might account for this?

Question 78

Compare and contrast the way Englishmen and Indians used the land in colonial New England.

Question 79

Explain the system of education in the colonies. Which groups had the greatest impact on expanding educational opportunities to colonial citizens?

Question 80

One of the most controversial elements of the Great Awakening was:

A) women who rose to speak during religious services
B) the revolutionary approach of the New Light theology
C) the democratizing of religion through revivalism
D) the acceptance of confrontation as an element of worship
E) the fearsome imagery of many of the sermons