Question 1

New Englanders did not adopt the English system of primogeniture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline of

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A)   family.
B)   piety.
C)   community.
D)   freedom.
E)   tolerance.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence in part because of

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A)   the abolishment of the British Navigation Acts.
B)   the development of a substantial colonial manufacturing industry.
C)   illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire.
D)   new access by non-British ships to the colonial carrying trade.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 4

During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by

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A)   the quickly rising purchasing power of members of the lower classes.
B)   the association of material possessions with loyalty to the crown.
C)   the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists.
D)   increasing class distinctions within society and the association of material possessions with status in the upper class.
E)   the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists and the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

The exchange of rum, slaves, and sugar has been called the ________.

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Question 6

In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of mixed races had a

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A)   higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
B)   higher status than pure Africans in English America.
C)   lower status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
D)   higher status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America.
E)   lower status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D) A

Question 7

In the English colonies, Roman Catholics

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A)   suffered their greatest persecution in Maryland.
B)   made up a large minority population of most colonies.
C)   were officially illegal.
D)   were generally well treated.
E)   suffered their greatest persecution in the Carolinas.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B) A

Question 8

English America recognized no distinctions between pure Africans and people of mixed race.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 9

The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is estimated to have been as many as

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A)   4 million.
B)   7 million.
C)   11 million.
D)   19 million.
E)   26 million.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Some enslaved Africans became skilled crafts workers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Skin color was the only factor in determining whether a person was subject to slave codes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The characteristic social unit in New England was the nuclear family living on a farm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In colonial New England Puritan communities, women

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A)   were not highly valued.
B)   were considered to be socially equal to males.
C)   were expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households.
D)   could not be official members of the church.
E)   were more likely to become pregnant before marriage than in the South.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

African slaves engaged in the cultivation of rice, but they were not very adept at it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Church of England was established as the official religion in all of the following colonies EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)   Virginia.
B)   New York.
C)   Maryland.
D)   Georgia.
E)   Massachusetts.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the English indenture system?

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A)   Most indentured servants received land upon completion of their contracts.
B)   Contracts for indenture generally lasted four to five years.
C)   The presence of indentured servants was a source of social unrest.
D)   Female indentured servants were typically not allowed to marry while under contract.
E)   Female indentured servants constituted one-fourth of the total arrivals.F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 17

In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was limited to

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A)   all land-owning adults.
B)   "selectmen."
C)   adult males who were church members.
D)   all church members.
E)   land-owning males.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 18

Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were

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A)   aristocrats.
B)   religious dissenters.
C)   laborers.
D)   commercial agents.
E)   landowners.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

Indentured servitude developed out of practices in England.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Rice production in colonial America

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A)   was very difficult and unhealthy work.
B)   relied largely on free white labor.
C)   was a new crop to most Africans.
D)   was found mostly in the Chesapeake colonies.
E)   mostly occurred in inland regions.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Exam 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America

New Englanders did not adopt the English system of primogeniture.

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In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline of

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By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence in part because of

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During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by

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The exchange of rum, slaves, and sugar has been called the ________.

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In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of mixed races had a

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In the English colonies, Roman Catholics

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English America recognized no distinctions between pure Africans and people of mixed race.

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The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is estimated to have been as many as

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Some enslaved Africans became skilled crafts workers.

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Skin color was the only factor in determining whether a person was subject to slave codes.

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The characteristic social unit in New England was the nuclear family living on a farm.

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In colonial New England Puritan communities, women

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African slaves engaged in the cultivation of rice, but they were not very adept at it.

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The Church of England was established as the official religion in all of the following colonies EXCEPT

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Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the English indenture system?

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In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was limited to

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Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were

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Indentured servitude developed out of practices in England.

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Rice production in colonial America

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