3-4: Life in the English Colonies

What was the significance of the English Bill of Rights?

• It led to the bloodless overthrow of James II.

• It influenced the writers of the U.S. Constitution.

• It emphasized the authority of the English monarchs.

• It resulted in the Committees of Correspondence.

In European nations, the practice of carefully controlling trade to create and maintain wealth was called

• mercantilism

• brokering

• capitalism

• profiteering

What effect did the ideas of the Great Awakening have on political life in the colonies during the 1730s?

• Jonathan Edwards’ sermons persuaded colonists to petition the royal governor, which led to the abolition of tariffs.

• Sermons on spiritual equality led colonists to ask for political equality, which set the stage for the American Revolution.

• Spiritual leaders argued that a social contract, or covenant, tied colonists to the British Crown in the eyes of God.

• George Whitefield preached against slavery, which soon caused slave uprisings against colonists in the South.

What was one result of the French and Indian War?

• France lost land claims in North America while Britain gained Canada and most French lands east of the Mississippi River.

• Spain gained Canada and Britain gained New Orleans.

• Land east of the Mississippi River was divided equally between France and Britain.

• France began moving west to settle new lands.

The purpose of the series of Navigation Acts passed by Parliament between 1650 and 1696 was to

• require colonists to do their trading only with England.

• establish duties, or taxes, on items exported to the colonies.

• benefit the colonists by promoting a spirit of free trade.

• give England freedom to buy and sell goods in any market.

The English Bill of Rights reduced the powers of the English monarch while

• Sir Edmund Andros ruled all of England.

• King James ruled all of England.

• Parliament gained power.

• Parliament lost power.

From the late 1600s to the early 1700s, colonists did all of the following to undermine British restrictions on trade, except

• complain to representatives of the Crown.

• smuggle sugar, molasses, and rum into the colonies.

• trade with plantation owners in the West Indies.

• charge taxes on goods exported to England.

What was the Great Awakening?

• a movement of thinkers who believed in the idea that reason and logic could improve social and political life

• the migration of thousands of English people to the New England colonies and the Caribbean islands

• the series of witchcraft trials in which groups of young girls accused church ministers of casting spells

• a religious movement that swept through the colonies and changed colonial religion, society, and politics

What was the social impact of the Great Awakening?

• It unified various groups of Americans who shared evangelical beliefs.

• It led ministers to condemn non-believers and non-established religions to hell.

• It deepened misunderstandings between American Indians, slaves, and white settlers.

• It strengthened the cultural authority of the upper-class colonists.

What event marked the start of the French and Indian War?

• George Washington surrendered to the French.

• The Seven Years’ War broke out in Europe.

• George Washington attacked the British in Quebec.

• Great Britain and France signed the Treaty of Paris.