History: Chapter 4 – Flashcards

"Republicanism" in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of __________ as the essence of liberty.

Deists concluded that the best form of religious devotion was to:

During the eighteenth century, British patriotism:

During the eighteenth century, colonial assemblies:

John Locke's political philosophy stressed:

John Peter Zenger's libel trial:

The development of rice plantations in South Carolina:

The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that:

The language of British liberty:

Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region:

What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

Which one of the following is true of eighteenth-century slavery in South Carolina and Georgia?

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the slave trade in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world?

Which one of the following was a consequence of the Seven Years' War?

Which one of the following was true of Georgia?

A higher percentage of the population in Britain enjoyed the suffrage as compared to the American colonies.

Colonial governments generally viewed freedom of the press as dangerous.

Deists emphasized that the best form of religious devotion was to devoutly worship in organized churches.

Father Junípero Serra established the first mission in California and converted many Indians to Christianity, but his missions also relied on forced Indian labor and brought devastating diseases.

Helping the British to win the Seven Years' War was the capture of Louisbourg on the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.

In eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

In West Africa, slavery grew from a minor institution to creating newly emerging and powerful African kingdoms.

Increasingly in the eighteenth century, liberty was being used to express a right to rebel.

Initially, the proprietors of Georgia banned the introduction of both liquor and slaves.

John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered as part of civil society.

Most Britons believed that the king was above the law.

Most of the slaves carried to the New World were destined for mainland North America.

Most slaves in eighteenth century British America had been born in the colonies.

Rice plantations in South Carolina needed to be larger in size when compared to tobacco plantations in Virginia.

Slaves made up a high percentage of the population in New England.

The religious emotionalism of the Great Awakening was confined to the American colonies in the mid-eighteenth century.

The Spanish and French North American empires were densely populated areas.

The transatlantic slave trade was not a vital part of world commerce.

When compared to the seventeenth century, colonial assemblies in the eighteenth were more assertive.

With the Peace of Paris of 1763, France increased its territory in North America.