The American Promise CH 5 Video Review

This colonial period is considered a "paradox" because

• Only liberty is valued

• On one hand liberty is valued but yet there were enslaved people in the colonies

• Slavery was valued but liberty was not

• The Middle Colonies outlawed slavery but at the same time, the Southern Colonies allowed it.

What was the paradox of colonial America in the 1700s?

• The colonies were isolated from each other.

• The colonies were all the same.

• The colonies had no economic activity.

• The colonies were built on both liberty and slavery.

By 1770 what percentage of American Colonists were British?

• More than 50%

• More than 75%

• Less than 25%

• fewer than 50%

Middle Colonies​ (a)   ​ ​ Southern Colonies​ (b)   Northern Colonie​​s (c)  

• Bread Basket
• Slave labor
• Commerce/Trade

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The per capita wealth of colonists in the Southern colonies was __ greater than those in the Northern Colonies.

• two times

• three times

• five times

• four times

What was a key factor in the population growth of 18th-century British America?

• Decrease in birth rates.

• Massive immigration from Europe and Africa.

• Isolation from the rest of the world.

• Lack of economic opportunities.

Which region was known as the breadbasket of North America?

• New England

• The Middle Colonies

• The South

• The West Indies

(Choose all that apply) Which of the following colonial experiences was caused British colonists to start becoming more American than British?

• A shared consumer culture for British goods

• A desire to model their governments after the English Parliament

• Spiritual upheaval in the Great Awakening

• A shared political framework in the British Empire

What was the Great Awakening?

• A political movement.

• A shared consumer culture.

• A spiritual revival.

• A new trade route.