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Colonial law generally defined
slaves as chattels. This meant that slaves were considered as?: |
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human beings with limited rights. |
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pieces of property with no rights. |
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servants who served for a limited period of time. |
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slaves who received freedom upon the death of their masters. |
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employees who received pay for their work. |
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| 2 |
Colonial cities functioned primarily
as?: |
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mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and
distributing imported manufactured goods. |
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places where most poor immigrants settled and worked as independent
artisans. |
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centers where large scale financial and banking operations were
conducted. |
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places to which wage earners commuted from numerous surrounding
communities. |
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centers of light manufacturing. |
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| 3 |
According to the Whig ideology, the
best defense against corruption and tyranny rested in the?: |
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increased power of the executive. |
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maintenance of a strong standing army. |
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suppression of dissent and sedition. |
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eternal vigilance by the people. |
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| 4 |
Between 1650 and 1750, family life
in the English colonies changed such that in?: |
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both northern and southern colonies, it grew more
patriarchal. |
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northern colonies it grew less patriarchal, while in southern colonies it
grew more patriarchal. |
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both northern and southern colonies, it grew less patriarchal. |
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northern colonies it grew more patriarchal, while in southern colonies it
grew less patriarchal. |
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By the early 1700s, the slave codes
of the English colonies in North America established all of the following rules EXCEPT
that they?: |
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made slavery a permanent condition. |
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limited the rights of slaves severely. |
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provided that the children of slaves would also be slaves. |
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allowed a slave with some white ancestry to apply for freedom. |
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Anglo-American women in colonial
times?: |
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could own property or execute legal documents only if they
were widowed or unmarried. |
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enjoyed more liberties and rights than did Native American women. |
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attended church less frequently than did Anglo-American men. |
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were more likely than men to do agricultural work. |
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were required by law to learn to read and write, in order to teach their
children. |
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The Salem Village witchcraft crisis
occurred for which of the following reasons?: |
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experiencing feelings of powerlessness and insecurity, many
Puritans found in witchcraft an explanation for the disorder and change around them. |
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as the poor felt more and more powerless, they tried to take out their
frustrations on the wealthy by charging them with practicing witchcraft. |
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old-guard Puritans created the crisis to regain their power and restore
morality to the community. |
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the crisis was primarily the result of a power struggle among leading
Puritan families. |
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| 8 |
Benjamin Franklin's concept of the
"ideal American" differed from John Winthrop's in which of the following ways?: |
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Franklin included women and blacks; Winthrop did not. |
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Franklin emphasized devotion to one's family; Winthrop emphasized
devotion to God. |
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Franklin emphasized political activism; Winthrop shunned political
involvement. |
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Franklin valued individualism; Winthrop valued the submission of
individual will to the good of the community. |
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| 9 |
Thomas Jefferson once observed that
the best school of political liberty the world ever saw was the?: |
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College of William and Mary. |
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New England town meeting. |
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Chesapeake plantation system. |
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Virginia House of Burgesses. |
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Congregationalist meeting house. |
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Which of the following is NOT TRUE
of English colonial families in mid-18c America?: |
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physical punishment was the normal method of enforcing
unquestioned obedience from children. |
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women lost virtually all of their legal rights as individuals once they
married. |
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most families bore children who lived long enough to bear children of
their own. |
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more than 90% of families lived in rural areas at about this time. |
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women, while subservient to their husbands, set the moral standards by
which children were raised and decided how the children would be educated and trained. |
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What did the Great Awakening,
inter-colonial trade and American attitudes toward English culture and constitutional
theory have in common?: |
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they created disdain for England. |
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they contributed to a growing sense of shared American identity. |
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they created a rebellious spirit in America. |
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they helped create imperial rivalry between England and France. |
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