Standards 1 and 2: Colonization & Colonial Society

In what way were the sermons of revivalists of the Great Awakening, such as Pennsylvania's Gilbert Tennent and New England's James Davenport, similar to the writings of many prominent American revolutionaries?

• Revivalists preached that unless colonists united under a single church, the colonists were doomed to suffer, much like the American revolutionaries who said that the colonists would face certain death unless they united against the King of England.

• Revivalists asked the colonists to question their religious leaders, much in the same way that American revolutionaries would eventually ask the colonists to question the British monarchy.

• Revivalists preached the ideas at the heart of Manifest Destiny, that the American nation was destined to stretch from coast to coast, much like the American revolutionaries who argued that it was the colonists' destiny to establish their own nation.

• Revivalists insisted colonists had a moral duty to help finance the revivals, much in the same way that the American revolutionaries argued that colonists had a moral duty to finance the war effort.

"The diet of the [slaves] while on board, consists chiefly of horse beans boiled to the consistency of a pulp; of boiled yams and rice and sometimes a small quantity of beef or pork...Yams are the favorite food of the Eboe [Ibo] or Bight...and rice or corn of those from the Gold or Windward Coast; each preferring the produce of their native soil...They are commonly fed twice a day; about eight o'clock in the morning and four in the afternoon. In most ships they are only fed with their own food once a day."- Alexander Falconbridge, An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa (London, 1788).

Which conclusion is BEST supported by the quote?

• Slaves from different African cultures were often brought together and exposed to each other's cultures.

• Slaves transported through the Middle Passage were treated well and allowed to maintain elements of their cultures.

• Ship captains of the Middle Passage began the process of trying to remove all traces of slaves' individual cultures.

• Ship captains of the Middle Passage encouraged the mixing of African cultures into a new African American culture for slaves.

Which of the following is a reason why representative government developed in the colonies?

• distance from Great Britain

• the king wanted them to govern themselves

• colonists got rich from mercantilism

• the beginning of the slave trade

What document was signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 in order to create the first self government in the colonies?

• House of Burgesses

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

What is a social contract?

• Something you sign when you buy something.

• An agreement between members of society.

• Getting in touch with other people.

• An official announcement.

Which of these is a true statement?

• The cold Southern climate made it good for farming.

• The bad soil made the Middle Colonies bad for growing grain.

• Large plantations were not possible in the South due to the rocky soil.

• Large forests in New England made shipbuilding an important industry.

How did the colonists feel about mercantilism?

• Thought it gave Britain the advantage.

• Thought it was fair.

• Thought it gave the colonists the advantage.

What was the section of Triangular Trade that contained the slave trade called?

• Middle Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

What religious group founded the New England colonies?

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Catholics

In ____, the first permanent English settlement in North America, _____,was established. 

• 1607, Roanoke
• 1619, Jamestown  
• 1620, Plymouth
• 1607, Jamestown