Chapter 4 (Part 2) – Mid-Term 1301

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How did John Locke reconcile his belief in natural rights and his support for slavery?
a. He did not have to, because he opposed slavery.
b. He believed that the free individual in liberal thought was the propertied white man.
c. His belief in democracy meant that if a majority wanted to own slaves, they should be free to do so.
d. He explicitly argued that Africans were not truly human and therefore possessed no natural right to liberty.
e. He suggested that natural rights only applied to the English, not to other Europeans and certainly not Africans.

b. He believed that the free individual in liberal thought was the propertied white man.

It is estimated that between ____________ percent of adult white men could vote in eighteenth-century colonial British America.
a. 5 and 10
b. 25 and 40
c. 33 and 50
d. 50 and 80
e. 75 and 90

d. 50 and 80

How did colonial politics compare with British politics?
a. British politics was far more democratic, befitting the British belief in liberty and the number of proprietary and royal colonies.
b. Colonists tended to agree with the British that owning property was related to having the right to vote.
c. Most colonies, unlike Britain, at least allowed propertied women to vote.
d. Elections throughout the colonies were more hotly contested than British ones, with many different candidates and parties represented on the ballot.
e. Colonial politics proved far more corrupt until the Licentiousness Act of 1694.

b. Colonists tended to agree with the British that owning property was related to having the right to vote.

Property qualifications for holding office:
a. were the same in every colony as they were for voting.
b. meant that women served regularly in colonial legislatures.
c. meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures.
d. existed for legislators but not for judges, who were esteemed for their legal ability.
e. disappeared from Parliament before they were eliminated by colonial legislatures.

c. meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures.

The assumption among ordinary people that wealth, education, and social prominence carried with them a right to public office was called:
a. liberalism.
b. Lockeanism.
c. Deism.
d. deference.
e. suffrage.

d. deference.

"Salutary neglect" meant:
a. providing little oversight of slaves engaged in the task system.
b. colonial legislatures were supposed to meet only when absolutely necessary.
c. failing to salute British officers was a punishable offense for colonists.
d. the same thing that "child neglect" means today.
e. British governments left the colonies largely alone to govern themselves.

e. British governments left the colonies largely alone to govern themselves.

During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:
a. lost political power to colonial governors.
b. remained purely advisory bodies to the royal governor.
c. became more assertive.
d. concentrated on the patronage system.
e. rejected the theories of the English Country Party.

c. became more assertive.

The most successful colonial governors:
a. blocked the rising power of colonial assemblies, thereby pleasing the king and Parliament.
b. used their appointive powers and control of land grants to win allies in colonial legislatures.
c. abolished the colonial judicial system, whose members frequently overturned their executive orders and legislative action.
d. were able to stay in office during the Revolutionary War and went on to enjoy political power after independence.
e. had to leave office after twelve years, because the king and Parliament imposed term limits.

b. used their appointive powers and control of land grants to win allies in colonial legislatures.

Which one of the following did NOT contribute to the expansion of the public sphere during the eighteenth century?
a. the establishment of literary and philosophical clubs
b. widespread literacy
c. the proliferation of newspapers and libraries
d. the trial of John Peter Zenger
e. the founding of the California missions

e. the founding of the California missions

Which issue divided colonial governors appointed by the king and legislatures elected by colonists?
a. Legislatures wanted universal white male suffrage, and the governors wanted to maintain the less democratic system under which British politics functioned.
b. They were divided about how to respond to the lack of economic growth in the colonies—legislators wanted to act to help the economy, and governors preferred to let events take their course.
c. To deal with a scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors.
d. Governors wanted slavery outlawed because they considered it antithetical to the British idea of liberty, but legislators supported it.
e. Governors wanted life terms for judges, and legislators sought elections every ten years.

c. To deal with a scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors.

The American Philosophical Society in its modest beginnings was called:
a. the Junto.
b. Cato’s Club.
c. Common Sense.
d. Publick Occurrences.
e. Britannia.

a. the Junto.

John Peter Zenger’s libel trial:
a. resulted from his publication of news stories questioning the intelligence of the king.
b. probably would not have ended in his acquittal if he had attacked someone other than the colonial governor.
c. set back freedom of the press when it ended in his conviction and imprisonment for printing the truth.
d. showed that the public was not yet ready to accept the idea of freedom of speech.
e. led to the overturning of the Licentiousness Act of 1694.

b. probably would not have ended in his acquittal if he had attacked someone other than the colonial governor.

The American version of the Enlightenment:
a. produced no one who achieved world renown, unlike the English and French versions.
b. led to the increased popularity of Arminianism but not of Deism.
c. was exemplified by Benjamin Franklin.
d. had no impact on religion.
e. was sparked by Isaac Newton’s colonial tour in 1739.

c. was exemplified by Benjamin Franklin.

Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:
a. the universe was unknowable.
b. Christ’s divinity was beyond question.
c. science could uncover God’s laws that governed the natural order.
d. God did not exist.
e. divine revelation was necessary for a proper understanding of truth.

c. science could uncover God’s laws that governed the natural order.

Deists concluded that the best form of religious devotion was to:
a. read the Bible.
b. attend revival meetings.
c. worship in organized churches.
d. study the workings of nature.
e. appeal to divine grace for salvation.

d. study the workings of nature.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Awakening?
a. Its more subdued style of preaching appealed to a wider audience than the older, bombastic style employed by the Puritans.
b. It was due in part to concerns among ministers that religious devotion was in decline due to economic growth.
c. It involved several denominations, not just Congregationalists.
d. It increased social tensions because ministers criticized certain aspects of colonial society such as commercialism and slavery.
e. It was a transatlantic movement and not just an American one.

a. Its more subdued style of preaching appealed to a wider audience than the older, bombastic style employed by the Puritans.

The most famous Great Awakening revivalist minister was:
a. John Locke.
b. George Whitefield.
c. Cotton Mather.
d. John Peter Zenger.
e. James Oglethorpe.

b. George Whitefield.

Revivalist preachers during the Great Awakening frequently:
a. formed influential organizations dedicated to abolishing slavery.
b. praised Deism.
c. criticized commercial society.
d. sought to avoid emotional styles of preaching.
e. accepted financial support from colonial governments.

c. criticized commercial society.

In the eighteenth century, the Spanish empire in North America:
a. consisted of a few small and isolated urban clusters until Great Britain conquered it by force.
b. rested economically on trading with and extracting labor from surviving Native Americans.
c. attracted thousands of settlers after Spain built a series of missions and presidios.
d. helped the Native American population to grow considerably through the mission system.
e. forced Spanish priests to choose between loyalty to the Pope and loyalty to the king.

b. rested economically on trading with and extracting labor from surviving Native Americans.

What did Junípero Serra hope to do in California?
a. convert Indians to Christianity and to settled farming
b. explore the Sacramento River basin to find gold
c. claim the land for Spain and earn the praise of Queen Isabella
d. stop the common practice of using Indians as forced laborers
e. take over the Russian trading post at what is now Santa Barbara

a. convert Indians to Christianity and to settled farming

The French in North America:
a. had a rapidly expanding empire, in large part because of the strong encouragement the French government gave to citizens wanting to move to the New World.
b. made it a point to avoid competing with the British.
c. won control of the Ohio Valley in the Seven Years’ War.
d. included a significant number of Nova Scotians who relocated to southern Louisiana, creating the group known as Cajuns.
e. were notorious for their poor relations with Native Americans.

d. included a significant number of Nova Scotians who relocated to southern Louisiana, creating the group known as Cajuns.

The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that:
a. the Indians along the frontier finally had to be subdued once and for all.
b. France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.
c. they had to aid the English, who were fighting Napoleon in Europe.
d. taxes were too high, so they solicited help from both the French and Indians.
e. French Jesuits were converting too many Indians to Catholicism, endangering the Protestant majority on the North American continent.

b. France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.

The English finally became successful in defeating the French in the Seven Years’ War under the leadership of:
a. George Washington.
b. Edward Braddock.
c. Robert Carter.
d. John Locke.
e. William Pitt.

e. William Pitt.

Neolin, a Delaware Indian and religious prophet, helped inspire ____________ Rebellion in 1763.
a. Bacon’s
b. the Stono
c. Pontiac’s
d. the Yamasee
e. Leisler’s

c. Pontiac’s

What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?
a. a pan-Indian identity
b. European technology and material goods
c. the enslavement of Africans
d. an alliance with the French
e. the use of English in trade negotiations

b. European technology and material goods

Pontiac’s Rebellion:
a. greatly helped the British defeat the French in the Seven Years’ War.
b. although named for an Ottawa warrior, owed its origins as much to the teachings of a religious prophet.
c. established the Mississippi River as the western boundary of British North America.
d. ended with surrender of all the Indian forces only six months after fighting began.
e. led Britain to adopt the policy of salutary neglect in its American colonies.

b. although named for an Ottawa warrior, owed its origins as much to the teachings of a religious prophet.

What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
a. to end the slave trade
b. to protect the Indians
c. to open up more land for settlement
d. to bring stability to the colonial frontier
e. to prohibit Catholicism in the territory newly acquired from France

d. to bring stability to the colonial frontier

What did the Paxton Boys demand?
a. that liquor not be banned in Georgia
b. that slave codes be tightened in New York
c. that the Indians be removed from Pennsylvania
d. that the French be hanged in Quebec
e. that John Peter Zenger be tried for treason

c. that the Indians be removed from Pennsylvania

Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union?
a. George Washington
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. William Pitt
d. John Peter Zenger
e. Thomas Jefferson

b. Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years’ War?
a. strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire
b. the founding of the new colony of Ohio in territory acquired from France
c. a weakening of liberties as France made gains in North America
d. the creation of a central colonial government under the Albany Plan of Union
e. increased popularity of the Anglican Church among ordinary colonists

a. strengthened pride among American colonists about being part of the British empire

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