Compared to the British, the French in North America     
 had much worse relations with the Indian populations.    
 did not resort to violence or cruelty when confronted with Indian opposition.    
 * tended to have better relations with the Indians.    
 were more interested in expanding into Indian territories.    
    

All of the following were likely colonial assumptions due to frontier heritage except:     
 acceptance of forced labor    
 expectation of land ownership    
 acceptance of violence against native peoples    
 * belief in democracy    
    

During the eighteenth century, the middle colonies exhibited certain characteristics that distinguished them from New England. Among these was     
 the settlement of planned communities.    
 * high rates of mobility.    
 religious uniformity.    
 communal land distribution.    
    

The Deerfield Raid illustrates the population conflict among the     
 English, French, and Spanish.    
 French and the Iroquois.    
 * English, French, and Indians.    
 African Americans, and Spanish.    
    

All of the following would have had the character of a mixed community except:     
 * Boston    
 Detroit    
 St. Augustine     
 Kahnawake    
    

Colonial government in New Spain and New France in the eighteenth century     
 organized settlements individually to allow local control.    
 collapsed as local disputes plagued imperial officials.    
 closely paralleled the British representative model.    
 * was highly centralized and authoritarian.    
    

The Great Awakening had its deepest effects on     
 * young people.    
 the elderly.    
 persons who had little previous association with a church.    
 the well-to-do.    
    

In 1740, Parliament passes this law for the British colonies:     
 religious toleration    
 * naturalization    
 Second Navigation Act    
 neutrality with Indians    
    

The majority of farmers of eighteenth century North America were interested in     
 commercial farming.    
 * small, self-sufficient communities.    
 little diversity of activities.    
 breaking free from farming.    
    

In 1750, most land in North America was under the control of      
 Spanish colonies.    
 French colonies.    
 British colonies.    
 * American Indians.    
    

The British colonial group most comfortable with religious and ethnic pluralism was the     
 Puritans.    
 Anglicans.    
 Huguenots.    
 * Quakers.    
    

Social class in America was     
 non-existent.    
 based on land monopoly.    
 * based on economic rank.    
 similar to European aristocracy.    
    

English authorities made the Church of England the official state religion in     
 New England.    
 Pennsylvania.    
 Rhode Island.    
 * the Chesapeake colonies.    
    

Which of the following describes the shape of New France?     
 * crescent    
 circle    
 triangle    
 rectangle    
    

By the middle of the eighteenth century, the following colony had the highest population:      
 New France    
 New York    
 * New England    
 Northern New Spain    
    

If you had emigrated to America as a redemptioner, it meant you were      
 escaping religious persecution in Restoration England.    
 * an emigrant without means to emigrate.    
 a convict sentenced to hard labor.    
 someone who had earned "freedom dues" in England.    
    

Which of the following describes English immigration policy?     
 They wanted to keep colonies Catholic.    
 They limited migration because they did not want to lose population.    
 * They had a liberal policy for both English and foreign nationals.    
 They allowed only English-speaking Protestant settlers.    
    

All of the following are areas where you would find "long-lot" patterns today except:     
 Detroit    
 Sault Ste. Marie    
 Louisiana    
 * San Francisco    
    

An Enlightenment thinker would emphasize that     
 the natural world imposed restrictions on humans that they could not overcome.    
 the rhythms of life and nature guide human behavior.    
 * humans were capable of understanding natural laws and using them to improve their condition.    
 progress occurred through the natural working of God's laws.    
    

In the 1700s, the designation "middling sort" could be applied to what percentage of all white settlers in North America?     
 10%    
 40%    
 50%    
 * 70%    
    

How did royal bureaucracies and regulations affect the French and Spanish colonies?     
 They stimulated immigration.    
 They established colonial self-government.    
 They fueled widespread rebellion.    
 * They stifled economic growth.    
    

In establishing the half-way covenant, the Puritans     
 denied church membership to most second-generation Puritans in colonial America.    
 required a conversion experience for acceptance into church membership.    
 allowed the children of church members all the privileges of church membership.    
 * managed rather than resolved the problem of church membership.    
    

Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three?     
 George Whitefield    
 * Old Lights    
 William Tennent     
 New Lights    
    

What was the purpose of the Toleration Act of 1689?     
 improve Anglo-Indian relations    
 * eliminate religious persecution    
 alleviate the plight of African slaves    
 improve Anglo-French relations    
    

All of the following characterized the political situation in the British colonies except:     
 decentralized administration    
 deference to natural hierarchies    
 increasing power of colonial assemblies    
 * a strong belief in democracy    
    

All of the following were true of colonial culture in relation to their European homeland except:     
 They tended to follow the same living patterns.    
 A sense of nostalgia encouraged a conservative cultural outlook.    
 They preserved an essentially medieval view of the world.    
 * They saw the individual as more important than the community.    
    

Compared to the French and Spanish colonies, the British ones      
 * celebrated social mobility.    
 claimed descent from European nobility.    
 lived less extravagantly.    
 had no class system.    
    

In Poor Richard's Almanac, Ben Franklin tried to promote this to ordinary folk:     
 * Enlightenment thought    
 the Great Awakening    
 representative government    
 colonial unity    
    

Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three?     
 Arminianism    
 Enlightenment    
 * Predestination     
 Good works    
    

All of the following played a role in the extraordinary population growth in the British colonies except:      
 * a drastic increase in the amount of slaves taken from Africa    
 relatively low infant-mortality rate    
 high birth rate    
 less restrictive immigration policies    
    

The existence of "strolling poor" indicated an eighteenth century trend in     
 * less available land.    
 lack of literacy.    
 a decline of apprentices.    
 a dependence on slave labor.    
    

Ten-year old Eunice Williams represented those captives who     
 * chose to remain with their captors' community.    
 returned but defended their captors' culture.    
 escaped, killing numerous people in the process.    
 were already of mixed ancestry and successfully acculturated.    
    

By 1760, European settlers had occupied all of     
 the Lower South and all of New England.    
 the Upper South and all of New England.    
 * the Upper South and Pennsylvania, up to the Backcountry.    
 New York State and all of New England.    
    

When did George Whitefield first tour the colonies?     
 1732    
 1740    
 1760    
 * 1738    
    

What was the first college founded in the British North American colonies?     
 * Harvard    
 Yale    
 College of William and Mary    
 Princeton    
    

A significant characteristic of Spanish colonial communities was     
 the great prosperity most of them experienced.    
 * their close association with religious missions.    
 the rigid segregation practiced between Indians and Europeans.    
 the close contact maintained with the administrators of New Spain.    
    

What was the original purpose of colonial colleges such as Harvard and Yale?     
 to train colonial government officials    
 to train ministers    
 * to promote Enlightenment beliefs    
 to promote literacy    
    

Permanent European settlers entered the Backcountry     
 by 1720.    
 * by 1740.    
 by 1760.    
 after the American Revolution.    
    

In the British colonies of the eighteenth century, the ability to read was     
 * much more widespread than in the French and Spanish colonies.    
 confined to the elite classes of those colonies.    
 seen primarily in communities where religion was important.    
 viewed as not essential given the primitive nature of existence in most of those colonies.    
    

George Whitefield first tours the colonies and sets in motion the Great Awakening in     
 1644.    
 1693.    
 * 1738.    
 1769.    
    

In the 1730s, these Indian groups were set back by French violence:     
 * Natchez and Fox    
 Chickasaw and Creek    
 Iroquois and Huron    
 Chippewa and Ottawa    
    

The log cabin, which became an American symbol, was actually introduced by these immigrants:     
 * Scandinavians    
 Germans    
 Scots-Irish    
 Pilgrims    
    

The Spanish Empire in 1781 extended as far as which of today's major cities?     
 San Diego    
 * Los Angeles    
 San Francisco     
 Sacramento