Colonial Life

Which of the following describes correctly some of the rights of British Colonists?

• a. You did not have to own land to vote or hold political office.

• b. Generally only white male landowners had the right to vote.

• c. Women could not vote and they could not own property without their husband’s permission.

• d. Answers b & c.

Which of the following most accurately describes the life of children during colonial times?

• a. Children as young as 3 or 4 were expected to be “useful”.

• b. Young boys from the ages of 6-11 often helped their fathers either on the farm or in their shops.

• c. Though older boys often became apprentices, older girls were often sent off to other households to learn specialized skills such as weaving or cheese making.

• d. All of the above.

Which of the following is a false statement?

• a. Most children were taught to read so they could read the Bible.

• b. Poorer children sometimes learned to read from their mothers.

• c. It was legal to teach slaves to read.

• d. Children’s textbooks emphasized religion.

Which of the following is a false statement?

• a. In the early 1700’s many colonists feared they had lost the religious passion of their ancestors.

• b. a. In the 1730’s & 1740’s, a religious movement called the Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Congregations argued over religious practices and often split apart leaving their old churches and joining other Protestant groups.

• c. The Great Awakening inspired colonists to help people such as orphans, Native Americans, and African Americans. It also inspired ideas such as equality, and challenging authority.

• d. a. The Great Awakening, though it lasted for years, did not change colonial culture.

Which of the following is not true about the Enlightenment?

• a. The Enlightenment which started in Europe emphasized reason and science as paths to knowledge.

• b. The Enlightenment began as scientists discovered natural laws governing the universe such as Sir Isaac Newton’s law of gravity.

• c. The English philosopher John Locke applied the idea of natural law to human societies arguing that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property. Also arguing that people create governments to protect their natural rights. Should a government fail in its duties to protect people’s rights then the people have the right to change it.

• d. The enlightenment ideas of natural rights and government by agreement did not influence colonial leaders causing them to consider whether the British government was protecting their rights and freedoms and to later rebel and form a new government.

Which of the following is true about the Magna Carta?

• a. The Magna Carta limited the powers of England’s king, King John, in 1215.

• b. The Magna Carta was not the first step towards guaranteeing the rights of the English colonists.

• c. Under the Magna Carta English kings had to respect the rights of those who were bound to a master.

• d. The Magna Carta did not protect the rights of English noblemen and freemen.

Which of the following is not true in regards to England’s Parliament?

• a. England’s chief lawmaking body, Parliament, became a general pattern for America’s chief lawmaking body, Congress.

• b. England’s Parliament is a two house legislature made up of The House of Lords and The House of Commons

• c. The English Parliament was never shut down by an English king.

• d. Parliament had no representatives from the colonies.

Which of the following is true about England’s Glorious Revolution?

• a. King James II was England’s most popular king.

• b. King James did not respect Parliament’s rights.

• c. Parliament named William of Orange from Spain, and Mary his wife, the new monarchs of England.

• d. The English Bill of Rights allowed the king or queen to cancel Parliament’s laws, make use of cruel punishments and excessive fines, and arrest people who complained against them.

Which of the following is not true about the French and Indian War?

• a. Prior to the war, France claimed American land from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains. England had at least 10 times more settlers living in America than the French.

• b. All the Native Americans sided with the French in the French and Indian War.

• c The war lasting from 1754-1763 was partially caused by British fur traders and settlers who began moving into the Ohio River valley which the French considered part of New France.

• d. The British eventually won the war with the turning point of the war being when the British defeated the French at the Battle of Quebec.

Which of the following was an outcome of the French and Indian War?

• a. For having helped the French in the war, Spain was rewarded all of France’s lands between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.

• b. By the Treaty of Paris, Britain claimed all of North America (including Canada) east of the Mississippi River.

• c. Due to Pontiac’s Rebellion which occurred in the aftermath of The French and Indian War, the British government saw that defending the Western lands in America would be costly. Therefore they issued the Proclamation of 1763 which forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachians.

• d. All of the above.