Chapter 5 Test 1. What was the Great Awakening? a. an English ship b. a colonial newspaper c. a religious movement d. a theatrical performance 2. What did the Enlightenment emphasize as the path to knowledge? a. reason and sciences b. religion and prayer c. hard work and education d. art and humanities 3. Who benefitted from the Magna Carta? a. slaves and indentured servants b. nobles and freemen c. merchants and craftsmen 4. Under the English Bill of Rights, what two parties had to agree to cancel laws or impose new taxes? a. ministers and laymen b. merchants and sailors c. governor and legislature d. king/queen and Parliament 5. What was the effect of salutary neglect on England s colonies? a. The colonies became used to acting independently b. England enforced all laws in the colonies c. Trade profits suffered due to England s interference d. Colonial governors abolished all apprenticeships 6. What was the Albany Plan of Union? a. a formal proposal to separate from England b. a formal proposal to unite with the French c. a formal proposal to unite the colonies 7. What was the turning point of the French and Indian War for Britain? a. Braddock s defeat b. Pontiac s Rebellion c. the proclamation of 1763 d. the Battle of Quebec
8. What did the French lose under the Treaty of Paris? a. Florida b. power in North America c. Cuba and the Philippines 9. What action drove the Native Americans toward Pontiac s Rebellion? a. the French withdrew from the region b. British settlers moved onto Native American land c. the British gave Native Americans smallpox-infected blankets d. the colonists killed Native Americans who had not attacked them 10. Which of the following was a response to Pontiac s Rebellion? a. The Albany Plan of Union b. Treaty of Paris c. Proclamation of 1763 d. Magna Carta 11. Ben Franklin, a man of reason and science, was a good example of the a. Great Awakening in the American colonies b. Enlightenment in the American colonies c. Glorious Revolution in the American colonies d. salutary neglect in the American colonies 12. The first formal plan to unite the colonies was proposed by: a. Edmund Andros b. Increase Mather c. John Peter Zenger d. Ben Franklin 13. The Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Glorious Revolution all played a part in: a. the growth of representative government in the colonies b. the king acquiring nobles money to finance war c. the end of smuggling trade in the British colonies d. keeping the colonies from being represented in Parliament
14. The basic cause of the conflict among Native Americans groups West of the Appalachian Mountains was: a. French immigrants in the region b. ritual differences between tribes c. land and the fur trade 15. The great Enlightenment thinker John Locke argued that the people have: a. a moral obligation to obey their king b. certain rights that the government must protect c. inner religious emotions d. the sovereignty and goodness of God 16. One reason for the growth of self-government in the colonies was: a. the policies of Edmund Andros b. conflicts in the Ohio River Valley c. Braddock s defeat d. England s policy of salutary neglect 17. One result of the Glorious Revolution was that New England colonists: a. refused to pay taxes b. could not hold town meetings c. could once again elect assemblies are true 18. Which was not true of the French and Indian War? a. It began after the French aided Pontiac s Rebellion against the English b. The French and English fought in North America and Europe. c. It was the result of conflicting English and French claims in the Ohio River Valley d. It grew out of a war between Native American groups over land and fur trade 19. Among the effects of the French and Indian War was that: a. Control of Canada passed from France to England b. English colonist expected to expand onto lands won from France c. England banned colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains d. All of the above
20. What two elements gave English colonial farmers the chance to prosper? a. Native American assistance and fur trade b. apprenticeships and English assistance c. cheap farmland and plentiful natural resources d. religious freedom and the Great Awakening 21. In the social ranks of colonial life, what social position did women hold? a. women were not part of the ranking system b. women hold the same rank as their most successful child c. women were considered high rank d. women held the same rank as their husband or father 22. What was the main reason for the colonists mandate that children learn to read? a. because they were future leaders b. so that they could understand the Bible c. in order to begin apprenticeships d. so they could sign their name 23. Most colonial assemblies had an advisory council appointed by the governor. What was the background for this system? a. from the Magna Carta b. from changes that developed during the Glorious Revolution c. from the English Bill of Rights d. from ideas rooted in the Enlightenment 24. In what way did the Great Awakening change colonial culture? a. Congregations argued over religious practices and often split apart b. People left their old churches and joined new Protestant groups c. Some churches welcomed Native Americans and Africans d. All of the above
25. How did the Enlightenment influence American Colonists? a. It abolished slavery in the colonies and ended slave trade b. it introduced ideas of natural rights and government by agreement c. it gave women the right to own property and vote d. it inspired colonists to help others and start homes for orphans 26. What did American colonists used the English Bill of Rights to justify? a. criticizing New York s governor in news papers b. proposing the Albany Plan c. teaching their children to read so they would be educated citizens d. jailing Governor Andros and asking Parliament to restore their legislatures 27. What important right was upheld in the John Peter Zenger trial? a. life, liberty, and property b. freedom of the press c. right to bear arms d. freedom of religion 28. What caused the French and Indian War? a. conflict between English and French fur traders in the Ohio River Valley b. Fighting between France and England in Europe c. fighting among Native American tribes 29. Which of the following did not happen after the French and Indian War? a. Britain claimed all of North America b. France gave Spain; New Orleans and Louisiana c. Britain seized Cuba and the Philippines from Spain d. The Treaty of Paris ended French power in North America
Use the Map for questions 30-42 30 39 35 31 40 38 36 42 33 41 37 34 32 a. Connecticut b. Delaware c. Georgia d. Maryland e. Massachusetts f. New Jersey g. New Hampshire h. New York i. North Carolina j. Pennsylvania k. Rhode Island l. South Carolina m. Virginia
Use the chart to answer the following questions. 43-47 43. In what year did the middle colonies have about the same number of churches as the southern colonies had in 1770? a. 1680 b. 1710 c. 1740 d. 1770 44. In which colonial region did churches grow the fastest between 1680 and 1740? a. New England colonies b. Middle colonies c. Southern colonies d. Other colonies 45. Which of the colonial regions had the smallest growth in churches between 1680 and 1740? a. New England colonies b. Middle colonies c. Southern colonies d. Other colonies 46. What event in colonial history best explains the growth in churches in the Southern colonies between 1740 and 1770? a. Great Awakening b. Enlightenment c. Seven Years War d. Treaty of Paris
47. What other trend in colonial life might explain the growing number of churches? a. Cheaper lumber to build churches b. a sudden rise in clergy immigrants c. the growing population of the colonies d. a reaction to a plague that killed thousands 48. What two groups would have made up high rank in colonial society? a. Small farmers and Church officials b. government officials and unskilled workers c. slaves and large landowners d. plantation owners and government officials 49. Two groups that would have not been represented in colonial assemblies were: a. small farmers and women b. slaves and women c. experienced craftsmen and slaves d. Native Americans and church officials 50. The movement that led to the start of orphanages; a. enlightenment b. Proclamation of 1763 c. great awakening d. French and Indian War