The 18th Century
Choose the correct answer for each question.
1
Which of the following is NOT true of the population of the American colonies in the 18th century?
Virgina was the largest colony in population.
Thousands of immigrants came to the colonies each year.
Half of the colonists by mid-18th century were from Africa.
The largest ethnic group was people of English descent.
2
Which is NOT true of the class system in the 18th century?
There was more social equality than in England.
Three fourths of the white population was in the Middle Class.
Hired farmhands and indentured servants were in the Lower Class.
Lawyers and Merchants were in the Middle Class.
3
Which of the following was an advantage that the American colonists had over people in England.
Land was more available.
It was easier to find employment.
It was easier to move up in class.
More people could vote.
Living standards were higher.
All of the Above
A, B and E only
4
Which of the following was NOT a change from the 17th century to the 18th century in the colonies?
There was more religious toleration.
More people were able to vote.
Colonial governers increased their power.
Colonial Assemblies increased their power.
People on the frontier were beginning to feel a common bond with other backwoodsmen regardless of colony.
5
Which of the following would have been an example of the policy of "salutary neglect?"
England passed a law limiting the manufacture of iron but then did not enforce the law.
England sent out a new man to be governor of North Carolina.
England passed a law taxing the import of sugar into the colonies.
England passed a law requiring the shipping of all colonial exports on British ships.
6
Which of the following was NOT true of John Peter Zenger.
He was a New York journalist.
He was accused of criminal libel for criticizing the governor.
He denied that he had done so.
He was found not guilty by the jury.
7
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Awakening?
Ties between church and state strengthened.
The colonists gained a sense of independence because they had successfully challenged established church beliefs.
The colonists felt more unified because they now had a common religion.
There was a greater sense of equality because the preachers stressed the equality of all.
America developed a distinctly American religion.
8
Which of the following was NOT an advantage the British had aat the outbreak of the French and Indian War?
Their colonies were clustered along the coast rather than widely spread out.
They ruled the seas.
Their population was greater.
They were more unified.
9
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the French and Indian War on British-American relations.
Since France was no longer a threat, Britain now did not seems so important to the defense of the American colonies.
Britain was now in debt.
Britain perceived that the policy of salutary neglect had been a success.
The colonists realized that they needed to cooperate on defense and in economic matters.
Americans lost respect for the English military
10
Which of the following was NOT part of the 1763 Treaty of Paris?
England gained Canada from France.
England gained the Ohio River Valley from France.
England gained the French territory between the Appalachian Mountains and and the Mississippi River.
France retained control of New Orleans.
Spain gave Florida to the British.
France gave their territory west of the Mississippi to Spain.
France retained their islands in the West Indies.