8th S.S. - Ch. 5 Quiz (Beginnings of the American Identity)

Benjamin Franklin, a man of reason and science, was a good example of the

• Great Awakening in the American colonies

• Enlightenment in the American colonies

• Glorious Revolution in the American colonies

• Salutary neglect in the American colonies

The first formal plan to unite the colonies was proposed by

• Edmond Andros

• Increase Mather

• John Peter Zenger

• Benjamin Franklin

The Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Glorious Revolution all played a part in

• a growth in representation government in the colonies

• the king acquiring nobles' money to finance the war

• the end of the smuggling trade in the British colonies

• keeping the colonies from being represented in Parliament

The basic cause of the conflict among Native American groups west of the Appalachian Mountains was

• French immigrants in the region

• ritual differences between tribes

• land and the fur trade

• all of these are true

The great Enlightenment thinker John Locke argued that people have

• a moral obligation to their king

• certain rights that governments must protect

• inner religious emotions

• the sovereignty and goodness of God

One reason for the growth of self-government in the colonies was

• the policies of Edmund Andros

• conflicts in the Ohio River valley

• Braddock's defeat

• England's policy of salutary neglect

The Albany Plan of Union was the

• first proposal to unite the colonies

• journal published by John Zenger

• right to complain to the king or queen in Parliament

• colonist's model for representative government

What was the Great Awakening?

• an English ship

• a colonial newspaper

• a religious movement

• a theatrical performance

What did the Enlightenment emphasize as the paths to knowledge?

• reason and science

• religion and prayer

• hard work and education

• art and humanities

Who benefited from the Magna Carta?

• slaves and indentured servants

• nobles and freemen

• merchants and craftsmen

• all of these