Chapter 4 Colonial America Quiz

Which of the following helped make Philadelphia the fastest-growing city in the colonies?

• The city was a major trading post.

• Free African Americans fled to the city.

• Many colonists moved there from New York and Boston.

• The English took over the city and attracted English immigrants.

Which statement about Charles Town is NOT true?

• It had a large merchant community.

• Many plantation owners lived there part of the year.

• It was the fourth-largest city in the American colonies.

• Much of its trade was controlled by English and New England shippers.

During which time period did the number of enslaved Africans more than triple from the time period before?

• 1676-1700

• 1701-1725

• 1726-1750

• 1751-1775

What turned the grinding stones in gristmills?

• wind

• water

• horses

• farmers

Based on the graph, during what time period did the number of enslaved Africans arriving in the colonies increase by about 24,000?

• 1651-1675

• 1676-1700

• 1701-1725

• 1751-1775

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Under the Navigation Acts, what happened to European goods shipped to the colonies?

• They were first delivered to England, where they were inspected.

• They went to Caribbean ports first, where most of them were sold.

• They were shipped to New York or Boston because it was illegal to ship to other cities.

• They were sold immediately because the demand was so high.

This table shows population changes in the colonies between 1660 and 1770. 1660 Nine hundred Africans live in the Chesapeake region. 1720 One-fifth of the Chesapeake population are Africans. 1750 Two-fifths of Virginia's population are Africans. 1770 One-third to one-half of the Chesapeake population are Africans. Which contributed to these changes?

• a ban on indentured servitude

• a dependency on international trade

• the emergence of a plantation economy

• the failure of numerous cash crops

What was one result of the French and Indian War?

• France lost all its territory in North America.

• France gave land to Native Americans.

• France kept its territories.

• The British gained control of all of North America.

Why were gristmills usually built on rivers?

• because they were often used as bridges

• because it was easier for farmers to transport grain by boat

• because their grinding stones were turned by the river's flow

• because it was easy to provide farmers' horses with water to drink

Why did the South Carolina legislature prohibit enslaved people from learning to read and write in 1740?

• Legislators feared that literate enslaved people would understand the Bible.

• Legislators feared that literate enslaved people would understand state laws.

• Legislators feared that literate enslaved people would rebel as they had at Stono.

• Legislators feared that literate enslaved people would write accounts of their mistreatment.