History - Practice Test Questions (CLEP)

The French and Indian War led Great Britain to

• encourage manufacturing in its North American colonies

• impose revenue taxes on its North American colonies

• restrict emigration to North America

• ignore its North American colonies

• grant increased self-government to its North American colonies

All of the following were common characteristics of many colonial New England families EXCEPT?

• a hierarchical institution in which the father represented the source of authority

• a place that sheltered men from the workplace

• a social institution that cared for the needy and the poor

• a social institution that provided vocational training

• a basic farming unit

Which of these is correct about the use of slave labor in colonial Virginia?

• It was the first time Europeans enslaved African people.

• It fulfilled the original plans of the Virginia Company.

• It first occurred after the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, which greatly stimulated the demand for low-cost labor.

• It spread rapidly in the late-seventeenth century, as enslaved Africans replaced European indentured

Roger Williams defended liberty of conscience on the grounds that

• all religions were equal in the eyes of the Creator

• the institutions of political democracy would be jeopardized without it

• Puritan ideas about sin and salvation were outmoded

• theological truths would emerge from the clash of ideas

• the state should not interfere in church matters

Which of these is true of White women in the British North American colonies?

• They were allowed to be ordained as ministers.

• They were considered politically and socially equal to their husbands.

• They were eligible to work as teachers in public schools.

• They were eligible to run for political office.

• They were restricted in holding property and making legal contracts after marriage.

Which of these was NOT a consequence of the Great Awakening in the American colonies during the mid-eighteenth century?

• More accessible, democratized piety caused separatism and secession from established churches

• Heightened interest in the supernatural caused the renewed persecution of people for witchcraft

• The growth of institutions of higher learning to fill the need for more ministers to spread the gospel

• More intensive religious devotion caused the missionary spirit to flourish

• The lessening of doctrinal rigor and a concomitant appreciation for more direct experiences of faith

The present King of Great Britain . . . has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.

The protest that the king had “combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution” referred to George III’s

• alliance with the king of France

• use of Hessian mercenaries

• reliance on his representatives in the colonies

• approval of parliamentary laws impinging on colonial self-government

• intention to place a German prince on the throne of British America

By the time of the American Revolution, many American colonists had generally come to believe that the creation of a republic would solve the problems of monarchical rule because a republic would establish

• a highly centralized government led by a social elite

• a strong chief executive

• a small, limited government responsible to the people

• unlimited male suffrage

• a society in which there were no differences of rank and status

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania were written to

• record the soil, climate, and profitable crops in the Pennsylvania colony

• chronicle the history of William Penn’s colonization efforts

• argue against the power of Parliament to tax the colonists without representation

• petition King George III for colonial representation in Parliament

• encourage colonization of the western frontier

Under the Articles of Confederation, which of these was true about the national government?

• It had the power to conduct foreign affairs.

• It had the power to regulate commerce.

• It had a bicameral legislature.

• It had an independent executive branch.

• It included a federal judiciary.