ICC - American History - Chapter 3
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- During the 17th century, at least three-fourths of the immigrants coming to America's Chesapeake colonies were what?
- Indentured servants
- How did the high mortality rate in the colonies.
- Weakened the traditional patriarchal structure
- In Puritan colonies what was the primary economic and religious unit in the community?
- The Family
- In the mid 1690's what was a turning point in American history that effected the black population?
- The Royal African Company lost its monopoly
- What was one factor that effected if a person was subject to the slave codes in the British American colonies?
- Their African Ancestry
- Historian Edmund S. Morgan said that the institutionalization of African slavery in America reflected what?
- An economic and social needs for an easily recruited and controlled labor force
- What was the most numerous non-English immigrants to America?
- Scotish-Irish
- What were at least three reasons African slaves were valuable to planters along the Carolina and Georgia coasts?
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1)could be forced to do work
2)Came from rice producing regions in Africa
3)Use to the hot and humid weather - Why were conditions for agriculture good in Pennsylvania?
- Because the the Germans success use of European methods of intensive cultivation
- What was common problem in American commerce in the 17th. century.
- A lack of a commonly accepted currency
- This was a highly diverse maze of trade routes involving the buying and selling of rum, slaves, and sugar.
- Triangular Trade
- Description of 17th. century plantations.
- Rough and Small
- Did African slaves in the South begin to develop a society and culture of their own?
- YES
- This was the characteristic social unit in New England.
- Towns
- In colonial New England, tensions between cohesion, united community, and reality resulted in what events?
- The Witch Trials
- What were some functions of a colonial American city?
- Trade centers, Centers of Industry, and Intellectual Centers
- In matters of religion, the Americans were MORE or LESS tolerant of their English counterparts?
- MORE
- What are some reasons of the decline of piety in colonial America?
- Denominationalism, Rise of Towns, and Importation of Enlightenment Ideas
- What was the first great American Revival?
- The Great Awakening
- During the first half of the 18th century, colonial legislatures were generally what?
- A Reflection of democracy in their colonies
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(True or False)
After the 1650's natural increase became the most important source of population growth in New England. - True
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In colonial America few women remained unmarried for long. - True
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The survival rate of children in the South was greater than other regions. - False
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Because women were scarce in colonial America, they were not bound to a patriarchal authority. - False
- The "Middle Passage" was a route taken by settlers moving to the Ohio Valley region.
- False
- Between 1700 and 1775 the colonial population grew from 300,000 to 2 million.
- True
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The earliest non-English speaking immigrants to America were the Hugenots. - True
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During the colonial era, most colonists were self sufficient farmers. - False
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The largest industrial enterprise in English North America employed fewer than 100 people. - False
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Although colonial urban centers were small most of the activities associated with cities were carried on there. - True
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A great landowner was powerful on this estate, but had little influence beyond his property. - False
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Southern society was fluid and so not as stratified. - False
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There were no significant slave rebellions during the colonial period. - False
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The rigid patriarchal structure of the Puritans made it hard for younger males to strike out on their own. - True
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The witch trials were unique in New England, because most Puritans did not believe in Witches. - False
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During the colonial era, there was a preoccupation with the consumption of material goods, and that was directly associated with social status. - True
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With the access to "dame" schools, women enjoyed a greater rate of literacy than men. - False
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Most the colleges in America were started for religious reasons. - True
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In the John Peter Zenger case, the court ruled that criticism of the government was not libelous if factually true. - True