US HISTORY FIRST Q EXAM

The average age of the colonists was ________________ years old.

16

The Scots Irish brought with them the Scottish secrets of microbrewery.

False

IF a person in Boston was poor, they had to identify themselves with a __________________ on their clothing.

P

The Southern Colonies had 80 percent of the slaves and already displayed a black-white divided population.

False

Gullah was a mixture of English and Angola languages.

true

The Scots-Irish sold their land

false

The _______________________________ was a small but nasty insurrection against eastern domination of the Colony’s affairs

Regulator

The Scots-Irish homes were built without roofs

False

The most honored profession was the Christian ____________________.

ministry

New England Colonies had the ____________________ amount of diversity.

Least

Slavery  widened the gap between rich and poor.

True

In parts of Philadelphia, the ______________________ were painted in both English and German.

street signs

Convicts were sent to the colonies for the crimes of

rape, robbery

Convicts sent to the colonies were called

jail birds

____________________ future presidents were Scots-Irish

12

Women manufactured ____________________ and weaving items.

spinning`

The _______________________ were not Irish at all and were an important non-english group because they spoke english.

Scot-Irish

The most populated colonies were Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and ____________________.

Massachusetts

In the New England Colonies, the size of the land owned was decreasing due to ____________________________.`

subdivisions

Strong backed laborers and _______________________ are scarce and highly prized.

craftsmen`

The American Colonies was considered a _______________________ due to its diverse population and has been one ever since.

melting pot`

The New Jersey Slave Revolt was a march of more than 50 resentful blacks to Spanish Florida.

False

Prominent individuals received leadership positions in churches and ________________.

Schools

The power of the dollar was bolstered by their disproportionate ownership of slaves.

True

__________________________ was a revival of colonial religion.

Great Awakening

No slave revolt matched the atrocity of the Paxton Boys.

False

Wealth was not evenly distributed in the south among whites.

True

_________________________ was the leading industry.

agriculture