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Chapter 3
Society and Culture in Provincial America
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Most
seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were
2. aristocrats.
3. religious
dissenters.
4. laborers.
5. commercial
agents.
6. landowners.
Answer: C
Page: 66
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
2. In
the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to
the Chesapeake region were
3. slaves.
4. women.
5. convicts.
6. indentured
servants.
7. religious
dissenters.
Answer: D
Page: 68
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
3. Which
of the following was NOT a characteristic of the English indenture system?
4. Most indentured
servants received land upon completion of their contracts.
5. Contracts
for indenture generally lasted four to five years.
6. The
presence of indentured servants was a source of social unrest.
7. Female
indentured servants were typically not allowed to marry while under contract.
8. Female
indentured servants constituted one-fourth of the total arrivals.
Answer: A
Page: 66-67, 70
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
4. By
1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery
in part because
5. of a
declining birthrate in England.
6. of
worsening economic conditions in England.
7. landowners
in the southern colonies became less capable of paying indentured servant
wages.
8. the
English government had come to discourage the practice of indenture.
9. colonial
parliaments passed laws improving the status of indentured servants.
Answer: A
Page: 68
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
5. Regarding
colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century,
6. backcountry
settlers had a similar life expectancy to that of settlers in coastal areas.
7. life
expectancy was highest in the southern colonies.
8. one
in two white children in the Chesapeake died in infancy.
9. men
had a shorter life expectancy than women.
10.
life expectancy in New England was exceptionally high.
Answer: E
Page: 68
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
6. During
the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw
7. women
significantly outnumber men.
8. a
life expectancy for men of just over forty years.
9. few
single adults.
10.
eight out of ten children dying in infancy.
11.
an increasingly unbalanced sex ratio.
Answer: B
Page: 69
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
7. By
1775, the non-Indian population of the English colonies was just over
8. 1 million.
9. 2
million.
10.
4 million.
11.
6 million.
12.
8 million.
Answer: B
Page: 76
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
8. In
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners
9. became
increasingly professionalized.
10.
had little or no knowledge of sterilization.
11.
grew to understand the link between bacteria and infection.
12.
were nearly all males.
13.
rejected purging and bleeding as medical techniques.
Answer: B
Page: 69
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
9. The
seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was
based on
10.
Calvinist religious doctrine.
11.
scientific experimentation and observation.
12.
evidence that it helped in the recovery from illness.
13.
practices acquired from Indians.
14.
the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of
different bodily fluids.
Answer: E
Page: 69
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
10.
In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial
Chesapeake
11.
generally married later than in England.
12.
generally had a longer life expectancy than their husbands.
13.
rarely engaged in premarital sex.
14.
averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage.
15.
bore an average of four children apiece.
Answer: D
Page: 70
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
11.
Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women
12.
were more likely to become widows.
13.
were more likely to have their family remain intact.
14.
had fewer children.
15.
had much less legal authority in their marriages.
16.
lost their husbands earlier in life.
Answer: B
Page: 71
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
12.
In colonial New England,
13.
strict parental control made premarital sexual relations almost
nonexistent.
14.
choosing a spouse independent of a parent’s wishes was common.
15.
dowries were a common feature of marriage.
16.
widows tended not to remarry.
17.
gender equality was reinforced by the prevailing culture.
Answer: C
Page: 71
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
13.
In colonial New England Puritan communities, women
14.
were not highly valued.
15.
were considered to be socially equal to males.
16.
were expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their
husbands and households.
17.
could not be official members of the church.
18.
were more likely to become pregnant before marriage than in the
South.
Answer: C
Page: 71
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
14.
In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family was
15.
highly valued.
16.
expected to be under the authority of women.
17.
marked by relatively loose parental supervision.
18.
both highly valued and expected to be under the authority of
women.
19.
neither highly valued nor expected to be under the authority of
women.
Answer: A
Page: 71
Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life
15.
The term “middle passage” refers to the movement of enslaved
Africans
16.
from the coastal regions of colonies to their interiors.
17.
from Africa to Europe.
18.
from the Caribbean to the mainland colonies.
19.
between individual North American colonies.
20.
from Africa to the New World.
Answer: E
Page: 71
Topic: The Changing Lives of Slaves
16.
The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the
Americas as slaves is estimated to have been as many as
17.
4 million.
18.
7 million.
19.
11 million.
20.
19 million.
21.
26 million.
Answer: C
Page: 71
Topic: The Changing Lives of Slaves
17.
During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of
England
18.
deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North
American colonies.
19.
lowered the prices of slaves in order to increase their sale in
the North American colonies.
20.
sent the majority of its enslaved Africans directly to the
Chesapeake colonies.
21.
would only ship adult African men in the slave trade.
22.
stopped importing slaves directly from Africa.
Answer: A
Page: 72
Topic: The Changing Lives of Slaves
18.
What statement regarding slavery in English North America in
1700 is FALSE?
19.
There were about 25,000 slaves in the colonies.
20.
Blacks outnumbered whites in some areas.
21.
There were twice as many black men as black women.
22.
The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid
for them.
23.
Blacks were heavily concentrated in a few southern colonies.
Answer: D
Page: 72
Topic: The Changing Lives of Slaves
19.
In English North American colonies, the application of slave
codes was based on color and
20.
nothing more.
21.
religion.
22.
laboring skills.
23.
origin of birth.
24.
economic status.
Answer: A
Page: 74
Topic: The Changing Lives of Slaves
20.
In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and
English America, people of mixed races had a
21.
higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
22.
higher status than pure Africans in English America.
23.
lower status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
24.
higher status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English
America.
25.
lower status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English
America.
Answer: A
Page: 74
Topic: The Changing Lives of Slaves
21.
New England, for all its belief in community and liberty, was
far from an egalitarian society. “Some must be rich and some poor” is a
statement attributed to which seventeenth-century colonial?
22.
George Whitefield
23.
Charles Wesley
24.
Jonathan Edwards
25.
John Locke
26.
John Winthrop
Answer: E
Page: 88
Topic: Divergent Cultures in the Colonies
22.
The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period
were the
23.
French Huguenots.
24.
Scots-Irish.
25.
Moravians and Mennonites.
26.
Irish Catholics.
27.
Palatinate Germans.
Answer: B
Page: 75
Topic: Immigration to North America
23.
The seventeenth-century tobacco economy of the Chesapeake region
24.
was concentrated on many small farms with few slaves.
25.
went through numerous boom-and-bust cycles.
26.
often saw production not meet demand.
27.
saw planters cut back on production as a way of raising prices.
28.
saw prices rise steadily throughout the period.
Answer: B
Page: 77
Topic: The Colonial Economies
24.
Rice production in colonial America
25.
was very difficult and unhealthy work.
26.
relied largely on free white labor.
27.
was a new crop to most Africans.
28.
was found mostly in the Chesapeake colonies.
29.
mostly occurred in inland regions.
Answer: A
Page: 77
Topic: The Colonial Economies
25.
Which statement about the economy of the northern colonies is
true?
26.
Conditions for farming were more favorable than in the southern
colonies.
27.
Planters were more likely to rely on slave labor.
28.
Agriculture was not the dominant industry of the economy.
29.
New England was able to develop several major export crops.
30.
The economy was more diverse than in the southern colonies.
Answer: E
Page: 78
Topic: The Colonial Economies
26.
The first significant metals industry in the colonies was
developed for
27.
steel.
28.
iron.
29.
gold.
30.
silver.
31.
brass.
Answer: B
Page: 79
Topic: The Colonial Economies
27.
Industrialization in colonial America was hampered by
28.
English parliamentary regulations.
29.
a small domestic market.
30.
an inadequate labor supply.
31.
an inadequate transportation network.
32.
All these answers are correct.
Answer: E
Page: 79-80
Topic: The Colonial Economies
28.
In the seventeenth century, most colonial families
29.
owned spinning wheels or looms.
30.
were self-sufficient.
31.
did not own a plow.
32.
grew and processed their own grain.
33.
used wagons to transfer goods to market.
Answer: C
Page: 80
Topic: The Colonial Economies
29.
Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on
30.
barter.
31.
paper currency.
32.
gold.
33.
silver.
34.
credit.
Answer: A
Page: 80
Topic: The Colonial Economies
30.
The “triangular trade” in the Atlantic dealt with which
commodity?
31.
rum
32.
sugar
33.
slaves
34.
molasses
35.
All these answers are correct.
Answer: E
Page: 80
Topic: The Colonial Economies
31.
By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant
class came into existence in part because of
32.
the abolishment of the British Navigation Acts.
33.
the development of a substantial colonial manufacturing
industry.
34.
illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire.
35.
new access by non-British ships to the colonial carrying trade.
36.
All these answers are correct.
Answer: C
Page: 81
Topic: The Colonial Economies
32.
During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the
American colonies was encouraged by
33.
the quickly rising purchasing power of members of the lower classes.
34.
the association of material possessions with loyalty to the
crown.
35.
the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists.
36.
increasing class distinctions within society and the association
of material possessions with status in the upper class.
37.
the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists and
the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.
Answer: D
Page: 82
Topic: The Colonial Economies
33.
Seventeenth-century southern plantations
34.
enabled planters to control their markets.
35.
tended to be rough and relatively small.
36.
used many more slaves than indentured servants.
37.
rarely saw the landowner do any manual labor.
38.
created few new wealthy landowners.
Answer: B
Page: 83
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
34.
The first plantations in colonial North America emerged in the
tobacco-growing areas of
35.
New York and New Jersey.
36.
North Carolina and South Carolina.
37.
Georgia and South Carolina.
38.
Delaware and Pennsylvania.
39.
Virginia and Maryland.
Answer: E
Page: 83
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
35.
The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a
plantation of at least ten slaves was over
36.
one-fourth.
37.
one-third.
38.
one-half.
39.
three-fourths.
40.
nine-tenths.
Answer: D
Page: 84
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
36.
Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North
America is true?
37.
Most slaves worked as house servants.
38.
Whites rarely intruded upon the conventions of black society.
39.
Slaves had no opportunity to develop their own society or
culture.
40.
Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk
tradition.
41.
Slaves hardly ever resisted their masters.
Answer: D
Page: 84
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
37.
In the North American colonies, mulatto children were
38.
regarded as white by the white society.
39.
rejected by the rest of the slave community.
40.
rarely produced.
41.
rarely recognized by their white fathers.
42.
freed at birth.
Answer: D
Page: 84
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
38.
The Stono Rebellion
39.
led to the death of dozens of white Virginian colonists.
40.
saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape from the colony.
41.
led to the banning of the slave trade in Maryland.
42.
prompted Georgia to strengthen its laws on slavery.
43.
led planters to resume hiring indentured servants for their
labor needs.
Answer: B
Page: 85
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
39.
The most common form of resistance of enslaved Africans to their
condition was
40.
arson.
41.
destruction of crops.
42.
running away.
43.
subtle defiance or evasion of their masters.
44.
poisoning food.
Answer: C
Page: 85
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the Colonies
40.
Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE?
41.
Field hand was the predominant occupation of both male and
female slaves.
42.
Some slaves on larger plantations learned trades and crafts.
43.
Skilled slaves were at times hired out to other planters.
44.
A few slaves were able to buy their freedom.
45.
Colonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and
crafts.
Answer: E
Page: 85
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
41.
In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was
limited to
42.
all land-owning adults.
43.
“selectmen.”
44.
adult males who were church members.
45.
all church members.
46.
land-owning males.
Answer: C
Page: 86
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
42.
Primogeniture refers
to the
43.
right to vote.
44.
passing of property to the firstborn son.
45.
tending of a servant’s indenture.
46.
arrangement of authority within New England assemblies.
47.
practice of granting land only to those assured of salvation.
Answer: B
Page: 86
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
43.
Over time, tensions in Puritan New England communities developed
primarily as a result of
44.
religious dissent.
45.
the practices of land inheritance.
46.
calls for gender equality.
47.
population growth and the commercialization of society.
48.
population growth and calls for gender equality.
Answer: D
Page: 86
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
44.
In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England
colonial life, those accused were most commonly
45.
not members of the church.
46.
criminals.
47.
indentured servants.
48.
women of low social position.
49.
Indians or slaves.
Answer: D
Page: 86
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
45.
The witchcraft trials in Salem
46.
were unique in the history of colonial New England.
47.
saw the original accusers recant their charges.
48.
led to prison terms, but no executions.
49.
provided evidence of a decline in religious fervor.
50.
almost resulted in the revocation of Massachusetts’s charter.
Answer: B
Page: 86
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
46.
By the 1770s, the two largest port cities in colonial North
America were
47.
Philadelphia and New York.
48.
Boston and Newport.
49.
Philadelphia and Charleston.
50.
New York and Boston.
51.
Boston and Charleston.
Answer: A
Page: 87
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
47.
Class divisions in colonial North American cities were
48.
sharper than in corresponding European cities.
49.
more real and visible than in rural places.
50.
essentially nonexistent.
51.
weaker in the North than in the South.
52.
smoothed over by church and social registers.
Answer: B
Page: 87-88
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
48.
In the 1760s, the revolutionary crisis in English North America
began in cities because
49.
the majority of the population lived in urban areas.
50.
cities were the centers of intellectual information.
51.
rural populations had few grievances with the crown.
52.
city inhabitants tended to be rowdier than their rural
counterparts.
53.
All these answers are correct.
Answer: B
Page: 88
Topic: Divergent Cultures and Societal Structures in the
Colonies
49.
In the eighteenth century, religious toleration in the American
colonies
50.
flourished due to the diversity of practices brought by
settlers.
51.
was unmatched in any European nation.
52.
was enhanced because no single religious code could be imposed
on any large area.
53.
grew despite laws establishing the Church of England as the
official colonial religion.
54.
All these answers are correct.
Answer: E
Page: 89
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
50.
The Church of England was the official faith of
51.
New Jersey.
52.
Massachusetts.
53.
Virginia.
54.
Connecticut.
55.
all of the colonies.
Answer: C
Page: 89
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
51.
In the English colonies, Roman Catholics
52.
suffered their greatest persecution in Maryland.
53.
made up a large minority population of most colonies.
54.
were officially illegal.
55.
were generally well treated.
56.
suffered their greatest persecution in the Carolinas.
Answer: A
Page: 90
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
52.
In the English colonies, Jews
53.
had their largest community in Rhode Island.
54.
did not live in most of the colonies.
55.
enjoyed considerable toleration.
56.
could not practice their religion openly anywhere.
57.
could not vote or hold office.
Answer: E
Page: 90
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
53.
“Jeremiads” were
54.
a measurement of wealth.
55.
community experiments.
56.
sermons.
57.
witchcraft.
58.
town meetings.
Answer: C
Page: 90
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
54.
In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching
against the decline of
55.
family.
56.
piety.
57.
community.
58.
freedom.
59.
tolerance.
Answer: B
Page: 90
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
55.
The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s
56.
began as a call for young men to become ministers.
57.
had particular appeal with women and young men.
58.
alienated traditional New England Puritans.
59.
failed to take root in southern colonies.
60.
helped to smooth differences within existing congregations.
Answer: B
Page: 90
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
56.
George Whitefield is associated with the
57.
growth of American Catholicism.
58.
founding of the American Baptist Church.
59.
Quakers.
60.
Great Awakening.
61.
Enlightenment.
Answer: D
Page: 90-91
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
57.
A leading figure of the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards
preached
58.
highly orthodox Puritan ideas.
59.
the possibility of easy salvation.
60.
that women should join the ministry.
61.
that the ideas of predestination were outmoded for the times.
62.
salvation through good works.
Answer: A
Page: 91
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
58.
Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought
59.
emphasized the importance of religious faith.
60.
rejected most religious thought.
61.
had little influence on American intellectual thought.
62.
challenged concepts such as “natural laws.”
63.
suggested that people had considerable control over their own
lives.
Answer: E
Page: 91
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
59.
All of the following Americans made important contributions to
Enlightenment thought EXCEPT
60.
James Madison.
61.
Benjamin Franklin.
62.
Thomas Jefferson.
63.
John Locke.
64.
Thomas Paine.
Answer: D
Page: 92
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
60.
After the Bible, the first widely circulated publications in
colonial America were
61.
political pamphlets.
62.
hymnals.
63.
almanacs.
64.
historical writings.
65.
drinking songs.
Answer: C
Page: 92
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
61.
By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in
colonial America?
62.
less than a quarter
63.
about a third
64.
just less than half
65.
more than half
66.
almost all
Answer: D
Page: 92
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
62.
The Church of England was established as the official religion
in all of the following colonies EXCEPT
63.
Virginia.
64.
New York.
65.
Maryland.
66.
Georgia.
67.
Massachusetts.
Answer: E
Page: 89
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
63.
Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true?
64.
Most colleges were founded by religious groups.
65.
Colonists placed a low value on any formal education.
66.
Parliament regulated the establishment of American colleges.
67.
Most colonial colleges accepted female students.
68.
Most colonial leaders after 1700 went abroad to study.
Answer: A
Page: 93
Topic: Intellectual Culture in Colonial America
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