Question 1

What was the biggest factor in leading to Spain having problems controlling New Mexico and Texas?

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A)   The French were exploring and then starting to migrate from Louisiana.
B)   The Pueblos had created a large army.
C)   Corruption in Mexico City made it difficult to govern the northern territory.
D)   The Comanche and Apache were constantly fighting.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

In the Chesapeake region, slavery:

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A)   was geographically restricted to the Tidewater area until transportation improved in the nineteenth century.
B)   rapidly became the dominant labor system after 1680.
C)   was the labor system preferred by planters as early as the 1620s.
D)   allowed planters to make vast profits from cotton and rice as well as from tobacco.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

What was Spain's "Sacred Experiment" in California?

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A)   It was a new strategy for converting Indians.
B)   It was an attempt to halt Russian incursions.
C)   It was mining for gold.
D)   It involved a military strategy to weaken the Indians.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 4

During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:

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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) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Who would southern colonists have seen as the best candidate for serving as the town's judge?

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A)   a tailor
B)   a wealthy planter
C)   a newspaper printer
D)   a teacherE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

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A)   It wanted to ban slavery.
B)   The English feared a French invasion of the South.
C)   The English government wanted Georgia to serve as a buffer between South Carolina and Spain's Florida.
D)   The English government wanted a colony to grow rice.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

How did colonial politics compare with British politics?

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A)   British politics were 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) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The participants in South Carolina's Stono Rebellion:

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A)   surrendered without any bloodshed and agreed to pledge loyalty to the colony.
B)   were mostly former indentured servants upset over the colony's Indian policy.
C)   included some who apparently had been soldiers in Africa.
D)   laid siege to Charleston but had to retreat when the Royal Navy brought reinforcements.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

According to colonial society, who would be a good example of a person that demonstrated virtue?

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A)   a planter who focused on punishing his slaves
B)   a lower-class farmer struggling to survive
C)   a planter who served on his or her town council
D)   a slave who resisted working because he or she wanted to be freeE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deerskins and furs to England as well as on:

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A)   the cultivation of cotton.
B)   small-scale manufacturing of firearms for use in raids against Spanish Florida.
C)   the export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean.
D)   shipbuilding.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Why were John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon important?

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A)   They promoted the idea of absolute monarchies.
B)   Their writings were critical of the Puritans.
C)   They warned educated colonial leaders about endangerments to liberty.
D)   They promoted British mercantilism and the significance of having colonies.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

The English finally became successful in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War under the leadership of:

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A)   William Pitt.
B)   Edward Braddock.
C)   Robert Carter.
D)   John Locke.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

What was a potential criticism from slaveowners about the task system?

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A)   Slaves would do no work.
B)   Slaves would have too much autonomy.
C)   It was not suited for rice plantations.
D)   It only worked with a small number of slaves.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Explain the causes of the growth of slavery in the British North American colonies between 1607 and 1754.

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Question 15

Olaudah Equiano's life underscored what eighteenth-century theme?

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A)   Slavery was going to continue to grow without ever having the possibility of ending.
B)   It was ironic that some men in the British colonies were slaves while others had their rights expanded.
C)   The British and French empires were headed on a collision course in North America.
D)   Most Christian ministers opposed the enslavement of Africans.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?

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A)   a pan-Indian identity
B)   European technology and material goods
C)   the enslavement of Africans
D)   an alliance with the FrenchE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

What made Olaudah Equiano an atypical slave?

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A)   He was fortunate enough to escape.
B)   He went directly from West Africa to Virginia.
C)   He survived the Middle Passage voyage.
D)   He led a rebellion.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:

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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) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Map: Atlantic Trading Routes
 
-Which of the following was an important effect of the eighteenth-century Atlantic trading routes depicted in the map above?

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A)   Dependence on indentured servitude in the North American economies increased.
B)   New labor systems emerged in the colonies.
C)   Spanish influence in the New World grew.
D)   The British colonies became more economically dependent on England.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Olaudah Equiano:

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A)   wrote the eighteenth century's most widely read account by a slave of a slave's own experiences.
B)   was popular with Europeans for telling them that their culture was far superior to that of Africans like himself.
C)   demonstrated in his writings that he perfectly fit the stereotype that blacks were savages incapable of becoming civilized.
D)   led several Central American slave insurrections before his death.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire, to 1763

Why were John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon important?

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What was a potential criticism from slaveowners about the task system?

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Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

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What made Olaudah Equiano an atypical slave?

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During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:

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The English finally became successful in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War under the leadership of:

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The participants in South Carolina's Stono Rebellion:

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What did Neolin tell his people they must reject?

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Explain the causes of the growth of slavery in the British North American colonies between 1607 and 1754.

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Map: Atlantic Trading Routes -Which of the following was an important effect of the eighteenth-century Atlantic trading routes depicted in the map above?

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What was the biggest factor in leading to Spain having problems controlling New Mexico and Texas?

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Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:

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In the Chesapeake region, slavery:

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Olaudah Equiano's life underscored what eighteenth-century theme?

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Who would southern colonists have seen as the best candidate for serving as the town's judge?

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The early South Carolina economy focused on the export of deerskins and furs to England as well as on:

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According to colonial society, who would be a good example of a person that demonstrated virtue?

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How did colonial politics compare with British politics?

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Olaudah Equiano:

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