WorksheetsStandard 2 (c and d): Salutary Neglect & Great Awakening
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
The items in the list above most directly relate to which historical event?
Civil War
Gilded Age
Great Awakening
American Revolution
One of the most important and lasting effects of the Great Awakening on life in colonial America is that the movement caused a large increase in
ethnic diversity.
rights for women.
religious diversity.
loyalty to the Pope.
Which of the following BEST describes the Great Awakening and its impact on colonial America?
It was a reform movement aimed at improving the colonial educational system.
It was a patriotic movement beginning just before the American Revolutionary War.
It was a spiritual movement that reawakened colonial interest in Christianity.
It was a cultural movement that emphasized the American experience in art.
What was the period of Salutary Neglect?
a time in which colonial governments received no support from the English government
a time in which all members of colonial governments were appointed by the King of England
a time in which the colonies were allowed to expand west if they maintained peace with American Indians
a time in which the colonies were allowed to govern themselves if the colonies remained profitable.
How did Britain economically benefit from its colonies during the period of Salutary Neglect?
Colonists made money through trade and spent that money on British goods.
The colonies were only allowed to trade with Britain, and Britain controlled prices.
The colonists traded with American Indians for farming tools that helped increase yields.
Britain set production quotas for the colonies, and colonists could only sell to Britain.
· Jonathan Edwards
· George Whitefield
· Gilbert Tennent
All of these people are MOST associated with what aspect of 18th century colonial life in British North America? (2d)
The Great Awakening
The Sons of Liberty
Bacon’s Rebellion
The American Revolution
Which group of colonies were defined by villages with town meetings, small farms and commercial fishing, and the first American college?
New England Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Southern Colonies
Spanish Colonies
In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed principles of mercantilism by
outlawing the African slave trade
encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies
limiting the colonies' trade with other nations
establishing laws against business monopolies
