Chapter 6 Quiz
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The decision by the delegates to the First Continental Congress that each colony should have one vote:
A) solved the most difficult problem facing the convention delegates.
B) threatened the democratic principle of one man one vote.
C) angered the larger colonies, which believed their interests were not represented.
D) preserved the provincial autonomy of the individual colonies.
E) was not resolved until the end of the Congress.
2. The failure of the Albany Conference to bring greater unity to the colonies indicates:
A) the fear of the Bristish that colonial union would bring revolution and independence.
B) the concern on the part of the colonists that an all-colonial union would increase their taxes.
C) the unwillingness of individual colonies to relinquish any of their powers.
D) that power and influenced still wielded by the Bristish authorities over the colonies.
E) the influence of the Iroquois who saw colonial unity as a threat to their Confederacy.
3. Areas of conflict between the British and French in North America during the Seven Years' War included all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Montreal.
B) Quebec.
C) Florida.
D) Louisburg.
E) the Ohio country.
4. In response to the Proclamation of 1763:
A) colonists ignored British law and puhed west across the Appalachians.
B) colonial movement across the Appalachian Mountains ceased.
C) colonists petitioned the Bristish government to buy land west of the Appalachians.
D) Native Americans attacked settlements just east of the Appalachians, hoping to push the colonists further to the east.
E) the British faced outright colonial rebellion, leading directly to the Revolutionary War.
5. After the French and Indian War, ties amoung the colonies increased as a result of all of the following EXCEPT:
A) increased contact with those of other colonies as a result of wartime experiences.
B) stage lines linking seaboard cities.
C) increased trade amoung the colonies.
D) a new all-colonial government, which was responsible for issues such as defense.
E) new roads connecting the colonies.
6. Republicans ideas were put forth by:
A) John Locke, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift.
B) Alexander Pope, Johnathan Swift, and James Franklin.
C) George Grenville, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift.
D) William Pitt, John Locke, and Alexander Pope.
E) James Franklin, George Grenville, and Jonathan Swift.
7. On the frontier, equality, which has traditionally been the american ideal:
A) existed only between the different ethnic groups as they all became "American."
B) existed because anyone could own as much land as he wanted.
C) existed only between white Christian men, regardless of religious preferences.
D) did not truly exist.
E) existed only between the genders, since women were doing the work of men.
8. The South had a tri-racial society where communities of black slaves:
A) French, and Spanish colonists intermingled.
B) Dutch, and Spanish colonists intermingled.
C) English, and Spanish colonists intermingled.
D) French, and English colonists intermingled.
E) Indians, and white colonists intermingled.
9. The majority of North American colonists made their living as:
A) subsistence farmers.
B) large planters.
C) hunters and trappers.
D) colonial officials.
E) merchant traders.
10. The Bristish caste system in North America:
A) was based on hereditary titles and connections.
B) was well-established and did not change until nineteenth century.
C) featured a great deal of social mobility.
D) was non-existent, as everyone was equal.
E) was based on ethnic orgins and racial purity.
11. English colonies grew more rapidly than those of France and Spain in part because:
A) they restricted immigration only to those willing to work.
B) they were not as tightly regulated by the mother country.
C) travel from England was cheaper due to the Triangular Trade routes.
D) English taxes were lower in the New World and land was cheaper.
E) unlike France and Spain, England allowed single women go to the New World.
12. Although Puritan minister___________ was a defender of the old order and believed in witches, he also embraced some aspects of Enlightenment thought and even advocated inoculation for smallpox.
A) John White.
B) John Locke.
C) Edmund Randolph.
D) Cotton Mather.
E) John Winthrop
13. Arminianism incorporated all of the following EXCEPT the:
A) change in the way God was viewed so that He was no longer seen as a ounishing father.
B) Enlightenment view that men could shape their own destinies.
C) Calvinist concept of predestination.
D) idea that good works played a role in salvation.
E) image of God as a loving
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The decision by the delegates to the First Continental Congress that each colony should have one vote:
A) solved the most difficult problem facing the convention delegates.
B) threatened the democratic principle of one man one vote.
C) angered the larger colonies, which believed their interests were not represented.
D) preserved the provincial autonomy of the individual colonies.
E) was not resolved until the end of the Congress.
2. The failure of the Albany Conference to bring greater unity to the colonies indicates:
A) the fear of the Bristish that colonial union would bring revolution and independence.
B) the concern on the part of the colonists that an all-colonial union would increase their taxes.
C) the unwillingness of individual colonies to relinquish any of their powers.
D) that power and influenced still wielded by the Bristish authorities over the colonies.
E) the influence of the Iroquois who saw colonial unity as a threat to their Confederacy.
3. Areas of conflict between the British and French in North America during the Seven Years' War included all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Montreal.
B) Quebec.
C) Florida.
D) Louisburg.
E) the Ohio country.
4. In response to the Proclamation of 1763:
A) colonists ignored British law and puhed west across the Appalachians.
B) colonial movement across the Appalachian Mountains ceased.
C) colonists petitioned the Bristish government to buy land west of the Appalachians.
D) Native Americans attacked settlements just east of the Appalachians, hoping to push the colonists further to the east.
E) the British faced outright colonial rebellion, leading directly to the Revolutionary War.
5. After the French and Indian War, ties amoung the colonies increased as a result of all of the following EXCEPT:
A) increased contact with those of other colonies as a result of wartime experiences.
B) stage lines linking seaboard cities.
C) increased trade amoung the colonies.
D) a new all-colonial government, which was responsible for issues such as defense.
E) new roads connecting the colonies.
6. Republicans ideas were put forth by:
A) John Locke, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift.
B) Alexander Pope, Johnathan Swift, and James Franklin.
C) George Grenville, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift.
D) William Pitt, John Locke, and Alexander Pope.
E) James Franklin, George Grenville, and Jonathan Swift.
7. On the frontier, equality, which has traditionally been the american ideal:
A) existed only between the different ethnic groups as they all became "American."
B) existed because anyone could own as much land as he wanted.
C) existed only between white Christian men, regardless of religious preferences.
D) did not truly exist.
E) existed only between the genders, since women were doing the work of men.
8. The South had a tri-racial society where communities of black slaves:
A) French, and Spanish colonists intermingled.
B) Dutch, and Spanish colonists intermingled.
C) English, and Spanish colonists intermingled.
D) French, and English colonists intermingled.
E) Indians, and white colonists intermingled.
9. The majority of North American colonists made their living as:
A) subsistence farmers.
B) large planters.
C) hunters and trappers.
D) colonial officials.
E) merchant traders.
10. The Bristish caste system in North America:
A) was based on hereditary titles and connections.
B) was well-established and did not change until nineteenth century.
C) featured a great deal of social mobility.
D) was non-existent, as everyone was equal.
E) was based on ethnic orgins and racial purity.
11. English colonies grew more rapidly than those of France and Spain in part because:
A) they restricted immigration only to those willing to work.
B) they were not as tightly regulated by the mother country.
C) travel from England was cheaper due to the Triangular Trade routes.
D) English taxes were lower in the New World and land was cheaper.
E) unlike France and Spain, England allowed single women go to the New World.
12. Although Puritan minister___________ was a defender of the old order and believed in witches, he also embraced some aspects of Enlightenment thought and even advocated inoculation for smallpox.
A) John White.
B) John Locke.
C) Edmund Randolph.
D) Cotton Mather.
E) John Winthrop
13. Arminianism incorporated all of the following EXCEPT the:
A) change in the way God was viewed so that He was no longer seen as a ounishing father.
B) Enlightenment view that men could shape their own destinies.
C) Calvinist concept of predestination.
D) idea that good works played a role in salvation.
E) image of God as a loving