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The map depicts which of the following ideologies?

mercantilism

What was the Middle Passage?

This was the name given to the second leg of the transatlantic trade in African slaves.

As the slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?

They increasingly found themselves treated as second-class citizens.

Why was slavery less prominent in the northern colonies?

The small farms of the northern colonies could not make effective use of slave labor.

Which of the following is a correct description of the practice of religion among enslaved persons brought to the New World?

Enslaved persons often mixed elements of Christianity with African beliefs.

In the eighteenth century, how was freedom of the press viewed?

Governments in both England and the colonies viewed it as dangerous.

Which of the following is correct about John Peter Zenger’s libel trial?

He was found innocent when he was able to prove he had published the truth.

The proponents of the Great Awakening would have had the most in common with which of the following people?

a New Light revivalist minister in Pennsylvania

Olaudah Equiano

survived the Middle Passage

Pontiac

was an Ottawa war leader

George Whitefield

was a Great Awakening preacher

Junípero Serra

founded the first mission in San Diego

Republicanism

celebrated virtuous elite giving themselves to public service

Deism

was a belief that God essentially withdrew after creating the world, leaving it to function according to scientific laws

Old Lights

as religious traditionalists, did not support revivalism

Stono Rebellion

was an incident that involved conflict between enslaved persons and whites in South Carolina and led to new legislation

In the eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was a vital part of world commerce.

true

Most colonists believed that the king was above the law.

false

Northern colonial ports in New York and Massachusetts actively participated in the slave trade.

true

Most enslaved persons in eighteenth-century British America were born in the colonies.

false

Pontiac’s Rebellion was a Native American revolt against British rule.

true

Deists pioneered an emotional form of Christian worship focused on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

false

On the rice plantations of South Carolina and Georgia, the birthrate of enslaved persons was high.

false

Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

true

Three distinct types of slavery developed in the thirteen colonies.

true

What was an important political origin of the American Revolution?

disputes over direct representation in Parliament versus virtual representation in Parliament

Who wrote the following: “One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is that nature disapproves it, otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule, by giving mankind an ass for a lion”?

Thomas Paine

In what ways was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense similar to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence?

Both painted the monarchy as tyrannical.

What was one important long-term legacy of the Declaration of Independence?

It inspired future revolutions against despotic governments.

Ultimately, what led to the colonists’ victory in the American Revolution?

Washington’s ability to keep an army in the field

What ultimately led to the Americans using black recruits in the Continental army?

fear of the British gaining an advantage by using ex-slaves

After what major event did the British government make the colonies bear part of the cost of running the British Empire in America?

the Seven Years’ War

What impact did the Committees of Correspondence have in America?

They provided widespread information on British abuses and colonial resistance.

The Sons of Liberty were originally organized primarily as a

citizen group designed to intimidate British authorities into repealing the Stamp Act.

The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers

fired into a mob and killed a number of Boston residents.

Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation horrified many southerners because of which of the following?

It promised freedom to enslaved persons who joined the British cause.

The opening portion of the text of the Declaration of Independence

presents a philosophical justification for revolution.

Which of the following was an American advantage at the outset of the Revolutionary War?

the fact that they were fighting a defensive war on their own lands

George Washington

served as commander of the Continental army and was a slaveholder from Virginia

Patrick Henry

declared “Give me liberty, or give me death!” while urging a Virginia convention to begin military preparations

Thomas Paine

wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis

Lord Dunmore

was the British governor in Virginia who offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British

Although a few were outraged by the Stamp Act, most politically active colonists actually supported it.

false

The Sons of Liberty enforced a boycott of British goods.

true

During the American Revolution, colonists in Canada were eager to join the American independence movement.

false

The Second Continental Congress raised an army and appointed George Washington as its commander.

true

Stamp Act

created one of the first new taxes on the colonies that went on to spur a crisis because colonists felt it violated their liberty

homespun virtue

was the idea of avoiding buying British goods and making do with nonimported goods

Common Sense

was a pamphlet that argued for American independence and declared America “an asylum for mankind”

East India Company

benefited from the Tea Act and was the victim of the Boston Tea Party