Question 1

Who would be most likely to hold the position of legislator in South Carolina in 1750?

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A)   a tailor
B)   a planter
C)   a carpenter
D)   a minister
E)   a yeoman farmerF) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered part of civil society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the early eighteenth century, only one-quarter of the northern urban elite owned at least one slave.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The English finally succeeded in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War thanks to the leadership of

Accepted Answer

A)   George Washington.
B)   Edward Braddock.
C)   Robert Carter.
D)   John Locke.
E)   William Pitt.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 7

Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

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A)   It wanted to ban slavery.
B)   The English feared a French invasion of the South.
C)   The English wanted a buffer between South Carolina and Spain's Florida.
D)   It wanted a colony to grow rice.
E)   It wanted another colony that would focus on tobacco as a cash crop.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

What led to slavery decreasing in Philadelphia after 1750?

Accepted Answer

A)   Quakers pushed to outlaw slavery.
B)   There were no cash crops in Philadelphia.
C)   Many slaves escaped to New England.
D)   A smallpox epidemic killed thousands of slaves.
E)   Artisans and merchants turned more to wage laborers.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770?

Accepted Answer

A)   nearly 10 percent
B)   nearly 50 percent
C)   nearly 75 percent
D)   nearly 1 percent
E)   nearly 90 percentF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Which statement is true about slavery in the Chesapeake region?

Accepted Answer

A)   As slavery expanded, wealth among the white population became more equally distributed.
B)   Race became an increasingly important social division.
C)   Most enslaved men worked in skilled crafts.
D)   Most enslaved women worked in households doing domestic work.
E)   Enslaved people in the Chesapeake mainly did field work on rice plantations.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 11

The French in North America

Accepted Answer

A)   had a rapidly expanding empire due to France's widespread encouragement of migration.
B)   refused to compete with the British due to strong alliances.
C)   won control of the Ohio Valley in the Seven Years' War.
D)   were greatly outnumbered by the British on the continent.
E)   were notorious for their poor relations with Native Americans.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region

Accepted Answer

A)   were so profitable that by the mid-eighteenth century their owners became the wealthiest people in British North America.
B)   did not have any slaves on small farms.
C)   helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism.
D)   were far less successful than tobacco plantations that developed in the lower southern colonies.
E)   were known throughout the world as models of how slaves should be treated.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Exam 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

In the early eighteenth century, only one-quarter of the northern urban elite owned at least one slave.

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What led to slavery decreasing in Philadelphia after 1750?

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Who would be most likely to hold the position of legislator in South Carolina in 1750?

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John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered part of civil society.

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Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region

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Which statement is true about slavery in the Chesapeake region?

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The French in North America

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The English finally succeeded in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War thanks to the leadership of

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Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

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What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770?

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Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

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In the eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

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In the early eighteenth century, only one-quarter of the northern urban elite owned at least one slave.

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What led to slavery decreasing in Philadelphia after 1750?

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Who would be most likely to hold the position of legislator in South Carolina in 1750?

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John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered part of civil society.

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Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region

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Which statement is true about slavery in the Chesapeake region?

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The French in North America

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The English finally succeeded in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War thanks to the leadership of

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Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

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What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770?

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Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

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