America in the 18th Century

Choose the correct answer for each question.

1 The biggest colony in population in the first half of the 18th century was Pennsylvania. True False 2 As the colonists moved farther inland the differences among the 13 colonies became more distinct. True False 3 The strongest African influence was in South Carolina because the African slaves made up the largest percentage of the population in South Carolina compared to the other colonies. True False 4 Since more people could own land in the 13 colonies than in other places in Europe, more people had the right to vote. True False 5 Living standards in the 13 colonies never reached the level of living standards in England. True False 6 Colonial governors became more powerful in the 18th century because they gained the power to raise or lower taxes. True False 7 By the 1720's, all colonies had laws that restricted the right to vote to white Christian men over the age of 21. True False 8 The English seemed to believe that the colonies existed in order to serve the Mother country. True False 9 The British government didn't expect to pay money for the upkeep of the colonies and if they did have to pay money they expected those who lived in the colonies to refund that money through their taxes. True False 10 Leaders in England kept up with developments in the New World and had a good idea of how the colonies were doing economically. True False 11 John Peter Zenger was found guilty of criminal libel. True False 12 The largest class of white colonists was the lower class. True False 13 Puritanism became a stronger force in American religious life in the 18th century. True False 14 Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were two of the most prominent preachers of the Great Awakening. True False 15 During the Great Awakening, Americans began to question traditional authority and institutions. True False 16 The Great Awakening gave a distinctly American quality to religions in the 13 colonies. True False 17 One of the most important effects of the Great Awakening was to unite Americans in different colonies. True False 18 In the first half of the 18th century threre was an increase in religious intolerance as more and more immigrants of different religious backgrounds arrived in the colonies. True False 19 The evangelical preachers of the Great Awakening encouraged people to accept the authority of the established churches. True False 20 The two largest ethnic groups in the colonies in the 18th century were people of English descent and people of Scottish descent. True False