Ch 4 Rule Britannia! The English Empire 1660-1763

To what does the term "Restoration" refer?

• the restoration of New York to English power

• the restoration of Catholicism as the official religion of England

• the restoration of Charles II to the English throne

• the restoration of Parliamentary power in England

What was the predominant religion in Pennsylvania?

• Quakerism

• Puritanism

• Catholicism

• Protenstantism

Which of the following represents a concern that those in England and her colonies maintained about James II?

• that he would promote the spread of Protestantism

• that he would reduce the size of the British army

• that he would advocate for Parliament's independence from the monarchy

• that he would institute a Catholic absolute monarchy

What was the Dominion of New England?

• James II's overthrow of the New England colonial governments

• the consolidated New England colony James II created

• Governor Edmund Andros's colonial government in New York

• the excise taxes New England colonists had to pay to James II

The Negro Act of 1740 was a reaction to _________________

• fears of a slave conspiracy in the setting of thirteen fired in New York City

• the Stono Rebellion

• the Royal African Company monopoly

• the growing power of maroon communities

What was the "conspiracy" of the New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741?

• American patriots conspiring to overthrow the royal government

• indentured servants conspiring to overthrow their masters

• slaves conspiring to burn down the city and take control

• Protestants conspiring to murder Catholics

What was the First Great Awakening?

• a cultural and intellectual movement that emphasized reason and science over superstition and religion

• a Protestant revival that emphasized emotional, experimental faith over book learning

• a cultural shift that promoted Christianity among slave communities

• the birth of an American identity, promoted by Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following is not a tenet of the Enlightenment?

• atehism

• empiricism

• progressivism

• rationalism

What was the primary goal of Britain's wars for empire from 1688-1763?

• control of North America

• control of American Indians

• greater power in Europe and the world

• defeat of Catholicism

Who were the combatants in the French and Indian War?

• France against Indians

• Great Britain against Indians

• Great Britain against France

• Great Britain against France and their Indian allies