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."At last to my new master's house I came, At the town of Wicocc[o]moco call'd by name,Where my Europian clothes were took from me,Which never after I again could see.A canvas shirt and trowsers then they gave,With a hop-sack frock in which I was to slave: No shoes nor stockings had I for to wear, Nor hat, nor cap, both head and feet were bare. Thus dress'd into the Field I nex[t] must go, Amongst tobacco plants all day to
hoe,At day break in the morn our work began, And so held to the setting of the Sun.My fellow slaves were just five Transports more, With eighteen Negroes, which is twenty four . . .We and the Negroes both alike did fare, Of work and food we had an equal share. . . As part of its mercantilist policy in the late seventeenth century, England committed which of the following actions? A. Drove the Dutch from New Netherland A. Drove the Dutch from New Netherland By the middle of the eighteenth century, Chesapeake planters displayed their dominance through A. arrogance. B. gentility. During the period between 1676 and 1750, how did the Virginia gentry try to reduce social discontent? A. They raised the annual poll tax from five to forty-five pounds of tobacco a year. B. The gentry urged even the smallest landholders to purchase slaves and thus support the slavery system. For which of the following reasons did Britain's King James II create the Dominion of New England in 1686? A. He aimed to strengthen royal control of the American colonies. A. He aimed to strengthen royal control of the American colonies. For which of the following reasons did the 1686 Dominion of New England anger American colonists? A. It invalidated the Massachusetts Bay colony's original land titles. A. It invalidated the Massachusetts Bay colony's original land titles. For which of the following reasons did war break out between England and Spain in the late 1730s? A. England offered support to the growing Spanish Protestant movement. C. Spain was angry over the English settlement of Georgia. How did South Carolina planters respond in the aftermath of the Stono Rebellion in 1739? A. They shipped most of their slaves to the West Indies. C. The planters decided to import fewer Africans In Maryland, the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution was characterized by A. an uprising that became a decade-long war. B. the establishment of the Church of England as the official church. In the mid-1700s, how were the English colonies throughout the British Atlantic empire primarily linked? A. A sophisticated system of roads connected the colonies. C. Trade relationships promoted ties between the English colonies. People from which of the following groups modeled themselves after the English aristocracy in the first half of the eighteenth century? A. Massachusetts farmers C. Chesapeake landowners The Americans' major objection to the Navigation Acts related to which of the following stipulations? A.
Americans' obligation to export all tobacco to England, unless there was a surplus ... The British colonists in eighteenth-century North America enjoyed a significant degree of autonomy over their royal governors mainly due to A. democratic election processes. C. their control over governors' salaries. The extent of violence perpetrated by whites against slaves in any particular geographic area depended on which of the following factors? A.
Its population density C. Its racial composition The Navigation Acts of the mid-seventeenth century included which of the following stipulations? A. American colonists were required to trade with the French West Indies. D. European goods imported to the colonies had to go through English ports. The Navigation Acts, implemented in the American colonies by Britain in the mid-seventeenth century, were originally intended to A. build up the colonial shipbuilding
industry. D. cut the Dutch and French out of the colonial trade. The term Middle Passage refers to which of the following? A. African slaves' perilous trans-Atlantic journey to the Americas A. African slaves' perilous trans-Atlantic journey to the Americas The transatlantic slave trade resulted in which of the following outcomes in the eighteenth century? A. The need to expand public
education in the northern and middle colonies B. The emergence of polygamous marriage in many African societies What did the British policy of salutary neglect of the American colonies in the early eighteenth century mean? A. Britain ignored Americans' hopes for independence instead of suppressing them violently. D. The British relaxed their supervision of the colonies' internal affairs while concentrating on defense and trade policies. What method did Chesapeake planters use in the early eighteenth century to prevent slave revolts? A. Planters paid slaves for extra work and permitted them to buy their own freedom. B. They bought slaves of different ethnic backgrounds to limit their ability to organize. What spurred slaves to organize the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina in 1739? A. The Spanish in Florida had prohibited the sale of slaves from South Carolina. D. The Spanish governor in Florida had promised freedom to fugitive slaves. When the early eighteenth-century Anglo-French wars temporarily ended with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, Britain had A. neither gained nor lost land because both sides
were exhausted and agreed to restore all territories taken from each other since 1689. D. won major territorial and commercial gains, including Newfoundland, Acadia, and the Hudson Bay region as well as access to the western Indian trade. Where did the first colonists who settled South Carolina and introduced racial slavery in the 1660s come from? A. Brazil D. Barbados Which agricultural product served as the foundation for the South Atlantic System in the eighteenth century? A. Rice B. Sugar Which American colony was established in the 1660s as a haven for Quakers? A. Massachusetts D. Pennsylvania Which of the following areas imported the smallest number of slaves in the early eighteenth century? A. British West Indies B. North America Which of the following changes occurred in white society in the Chesapeake colonies at the same time that slavery was being forced on Africans? A. Small planters found it easier to prosper by purchasing slaves, making white society more egalitarian. B. A more rigid class structure with a well-defined and highly visible economic and political elite began to emerge. Which of the following characterized tobacco, rice, and sugar production in eighteenth-century America? A. Each saved its respective production colonies from extinction. B. Each drove the expansion of the slave trade for a time. Which of the following combinations describes wealthy Chesapeake and Southern women in the first half of the eighteenth century? A. Illiterate and hardy D. Genteel and deferential Which of the following describes the character of Britain's empire in America before 1660? A. Angered by strict imperial rule, the colonists demanded their rights as Englishmen. C. The British ruled their American colonies in a haphazard and lax manner. Which of the following describes the process of tribalization that occurred in America in the early eighteenth century? A. Stateless peoples' adaptation to the demands imposed on them by neighboring states A. Stateless peoples' adaptation to the demands imposed on them by neighboring states Which of the following describes the significance of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England and America? A. The event led to a period of lax British rule of its American colonies, with few new
laws or taxes. B. The change represented a major step toward democracy in both England and the North American colonies.
Which of the following events provoked a major crisis for Puritans in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century? A. A Dutch blockade of the Boston harbor C. The annulment of Massachusetts' charter Which of the following explains why Chesapeake planters treated their slaves less harshly than West Indian planters in the eighteenth century? A. West Indian planters denied slaves' humanity while Chesapeake planters recognized it. C. Profits on sugar were considerably higher than those made through tobacco production. Which of the following occurred as a consequence of the "tobacco revolution" in Virginia and Maryland in the late seventeenth century? A. Diminishing profits for planters D. The creation of a slave-based plantation economy Which of the following occurred in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688? A. Catholic Ireland came under the control of the English government. D. Plymouth, Maine, and Massachusetts Bay were joined to create a new royal colony. Which of the following statements characterized the currency problems that plagued the American colonies in the early and mid-eighteenth century? A. The Currency Act required New England colonies to set up land banks and to issue paper money, which quickly depreciated in value. B. The lack of currency in the colonies led New England states to issue paper money, which English creditors increasingly refused to accept. Which of the following statements characterizes African states' involvement in the Atlantic slave trade? A. The West African kingdom of Dahomey refused to allow the export of male slaves. C. The Asante kings used the profits of slave trading to expand their political dominion. Which of the following statements characterizes life for slaves in the West Indies in the 1700s? A. The slave population skyrocketed on some Caribbean sugar islands, such as Barbados, through natural reproduction. C. Because the price of slaves was low and the price of sugar was high, slave owners worked their slaves to death and then replaced them with new slaves. Which of the following statements characterizes the colonial shipbuilding industry during the early eighteenth century? A. Philadelphia alone built and launched about 15,000 tons of freighters annually. D. Colonial-built ships eventually made up about a third of the British merchant fleet. Which of the following statements characterizes the impact of the slave trade on Africa? A. The slave trade, which shrank Africa's population, reduced its larger states to loose tribal confederations. ... Which of the following statements characterizes the impact of the War for Spanish Succession (1702-1713) in the American Southeast? A. The Choctaw tribal peoples used the European war to expand their power into Georgia and northern Florida. B. The Creek nation used the European war to expand its power into northern Florida and North Carolina. Which of the following statements describes slaves' lives in the North American colonies in the eighteenth century? A. Traditional musical instruments and forms persisted in most African American cultures. ... Which of the following statements describes the change in English economic philosophy toward the colonies beginning in the 1650s? A. Confident in the colonies' solvency, the royal government no longer required payment of American colonial debts in gold or silver coins. B. No longer content with a favorable balance of trade with European countries, the English government controlled trade with the colonies. Which of the following statements describes the dominant approach to settlement in North Carolina in its early years? A. Independent yeoman farm families were recruited to settle both colonies. C. The proprietors planned to set up a manorial system, but this plan failed. Which of the following statements is true of the Quaker religion in the 1660s? A. It taught that God imbued all men and women with an "inner light" of grace. A. It taught that God imbued all men and women with an "inner light" of grace. Which of the following was an outcome of the Navigation Acts in the mid-seventeenth century? A. Violent protests broke out in every major colonial port city. C. Colonists were required to export their sugar and tobacco only to England. Which of the following was true for the Iroquois in New York during the period of imperial warfare in the early eighteenth century? A. The tribe allied with France and Britain and declared their intention to remain neutral. A. The tribe allied with France and Britain and declared their intention to remain neutral. Which of the following was true of slavery in the American colonies in the eighteenth century? A. Generally conditions were
better in South Carolina and the West Indies than in Virginia. B. Slaves created a sophisticated culture with extended kin relationships and traditions. Which of the following was true of the Restoration Colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Carolinas in the 1660s? A. They were created by Charles II as he expanded English power in America. A. They were created by Charles II as he expanded English power in America. Why was the Covenant Chain between New York and the Iroquois people in the eighteenth century significant? A. The treaty prevented the Dutch from regaining control of the colony after the Glorious Revolution. B. It served as a model for relations between the British Empire and other Native American groups. Which of the following statements about slavery in the Northern colonies in the 18th century is true?Which of the following statements about slavery in the northern colonies in the 18th century is true? Slavery was not as prevalent in the north because agriculture played less of a role in its economy than the economy of the south.
Which of the following represented a challenge to the English colonies by slaves?Which of the following represented a challenge to the English colonies by slaves? Slaves sometimes organized rebellions that resulted in numerous deaths and disrupted the economy.
Which of the following was an effect of the consumer revolution in the British colonies quizlet?Which of the following was an effect of the consumer revolution in the British colonies? Tea became as popular of a drink in the colonies as it was back in England.
Which of the following actions is an example of salutary neglect quizlet?An example of Salutary Neglect was Parliament's lack of enforcement of colonial taxes. Salutary Neglect was beneficial for both the colonies and for Britain (for a while). This was the first representative government in North America located in Virginia, but the Virginia Company had to approve any laws it passed.
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