Give Me Liberty! Ch 3

In the 1700s, 90 percent of colonists in British North America worked farms

True

In the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692,

Almost 150 people mostly women were accused of witchcraft

By the late 1600s the majority of enslaved labor in the west Indies worked on:

Sugar plantations

Carolina grew slowly until planters discovered what staple crop?

Rice

In the walking purchase of 1737, the money Lenni Lanape Indians of Pennsylvania Lost more land than they had anticipated when governor James Logan hired a team of runners to mark off the amount of land a man could walk in 36 hours

True

Which was not an element and Leisler’s rebellion

Leisler’s success meant French domination of New York

After 1667, the Virginia House of burgesses held that Christians could not enslave other Christians

False

During the first half of the 18th century, the flow of non-English migrants to British North America was larger than that of English migrants

True

During the 18th-century British colonies diversified along ethnic and religious lines

True

In human history, slaves have all been blacks.

False

Which was not part of the Glorious Revolution?

It secured catholic succession to the throne of England

By 1775, 3/5 of the English owned no land, but two thirds of the free mail colonists and British North America owned land.

True

In 1705, the house of burgesses and acted strict slave codes.

True

Which of the following was not a key factor behind the introduction of black slavery in the Chesapeake.

A fear that West Africans, if left alone, might seek to establish colonies of their own in North America, or even Europe

Which of the following was an effect of Bacons rebellion?

The increased use of African slaves

Which of the following was not a theme of 17th century British mercantilism

Trade should flow freely among all lands, unimpeded by government policy

In 1678, when the Lords of trade and England queried the Massachusetts government about how well it was following the navigation acts, the Lords receive the reply from the colony that the navigation acts did not apply to the colony unless the colonies own government (not the British Parliament, but rather the Massachusetts general court) approved them.

True

Which was not part of the dominion of New England (1686-88)

Vermont

Which is not true regarding King Philip and king Phillips war?

Indian tribes phot together under the unified leadership of MetaCom

Which of the following was not a significant feature of the Salem witch craft hysteria of the early 1690s?

Many were tried on charges of witchcraft, but no one was actually convicted

Prior to being taken over by the English and 1664, New York was:

Called new Netherland, and controlled by the Dutch

The Dutch primarily settled in:

New York and New Jersey

14 women and five men for hanged as witches in the Salem witch trials of 1692

True

There were no banks in 1700s colonial America

True

He made 1700, per capita, the richest people in the world were most likely the non-slave colonists and what would later become the United States

True

During the early to mid 18th century, consumption of manufactured goods penetrated deep into the colonial countryside.

True

Sleeves showed little inclination to challenge their enslavement and the 17th and early 18th century Virginia

False

In the first half of the 18th century, low taxes, for lack of a military draft, high wages for skilled workers, and an abundance of liberties characterized by for many whites and the British colonies of America

True

In the late 17th century the Iroquois’s were known for their fears hatred and courageous fighting against British colonists

False

"Racism"- the idea that some races are inherently superior to others and entitled to rule over them-was fully developed in the 17th century colonial Virginia

False

By 1700, almost 2,000,000 acres of land was owned by five New York families

True

Which was not a characteristic view of mercantilism?

A country’s imports should exceed its exports

In the English colonies as a whole, half of the wealth at mid century was concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of the population

True

Under the 17th century British navigation acts, certain goods produced in the colonies had to be taken in English ships and sold in ports in England

True

In 1667, Virginia House of burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage

True

Which of the following was not central to William Penn’s vision for his quaker colony?

A hands off policy toward private behavior

The colony founded by a leader who helped women and blacks would be given a quality along with all persons was:

Pennsylvania

When Nathaniel bacon lot of rebellion against the governor of Virginia, he called for all except:

He freeing of slaves particularly enslaved Christians

In 1691, Massachusetts was transformed when a new charter, issued by the English government, absorbed Plymouth into Massachusetts, and:

Made property ownership, not church membership, I requirement for voting in general court elections

The English eclipse the dots as the leading producer and trader inexpensive consumer goods in the 18th century

True

During the 18th-century, women’s work in the world North grew less taxing and less rigidly defined

False

One significant consequence of the glorious Revolution for the American colonies was:

A renewed sense of entitlement to liberty, as the birthright of all English subjects

Tituba, Who was one of the people accused of being a witch in Salem, was originally an Indian from the Caribbean who, in 1962, was a slave in Massachusetts

True

In mid 18th century colonial America’ leading commercial port was:

Philadelphia

Virginia’s upper class in the 1700s but sometimes called a "cousinocracy"

True

Bacons rebellion of 1676 was a rebellion over tax increase on bacon

False

The English word slave drives from the word "Slav" that is a people from Eastern Europe who were enslaved by other Europeans in the 1400s

True

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

Establishment of dominion of new England; glorious revolution in England; parliamentary declaration of rights

Which did not characterize free blacks such as Anthony Johnson in Virginia and Maryland in the 1600s?

They could not own African slaves

The largest group of immigrants from continental Europe worth the

Germans

Pennsylvania charter of liberty:

Required persons to affirm Jesus Christ’s divinity

Which was not part of the aftermath of king Phillips war?

The Iroquois’s, having attack the colonists, were destroyed.

The fundamental constitutions of Carolina 1669 ended hereditary nobility, and abolished landgraves and caciques

False

By 1750, colonial America had become a land of the very rich and desperately poor; the in between ranks of yeomen and craftsmen had all but disappeared

False

Over the Sentry between 1650 and 1750, the apicultural economies of new England, the middle colonies, and the back room grew more and more alike

False

New York was named after King Charles II’s brother, James, the Duke of York

True

Which of the following was not a major cause of Bacons rebellion?

A determination to abolish slavery in Virginia

The rise of black slavery in Virginia develop gradually, over several generations

True

Fastly more people living in the colonies had far greater opportunities-to vote to own land worship freely-than existed in Europe

True

The Indians defeat king Phillips war hastened the introduction of slavery in Carolina

False