7th Social Studies Ch 4

Who was America's first published poet?

• Phyllis Wheatley

• Anne Hathaway

• Anne Bradstreet

The Magna Carta was the first document to do what?

• Claim independence for the colonies

• Place limits on an English ruler's power

• Offer land grants to new settlers

During the Enlightenment, European thinkers argued that there were natural laws that governed politics, society, and economics. These ideas led Englishmen in the colonies to...

• expect a voice in government

• give women more freedom

• make education mandatory for children

In which way were public schools in colonial times NOT different from public schools today?

• Colonial schools were not compulsory

• Colonial schools taught religion

• Colonial schools were supported with public money

Another name for the upper class of colonial society (wealthy landowners, merchants, etc) is...

• gentile

• gentry

• gentle

An indentured servant is

• A servant who wears dentures

• Someone who has been purchased and made to work for free

• Someone who agrees to work for a number of years in exchange for ocean passage to America

What was the name of the preacher during the Great Awakening who called on people to examine their lives and commit their lives to God?

• William Graham

• Jonathan Edwards

• Thelonius Monk

The name for the brutal route of slaves across the Atlantic from West Africa to the Americas is ....

• the Triangular Trade route

• the Northwest Passage

• the Middle Passage

Which colony had a ban on slavery until the 1750's?

• Rhode Island

• Georgia

• Massachusetts

What was the name of the newspaper publisher who was accused of libel for printing the truth, paving the way for freedom of the press?

• Andrew Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Peter Zenger