Ch. 4 Life in the American Colonies

Which of the following means producing just enough to meet the family's needs, with little left over to sell or trade?

• harvesting
• cash cropping
• subsistence farming
• tidewater farming

Which group controlled the economic and political life of the Southern colonies?

• farmers
• merchants
• plantation owners
• teachers

What were the first colleges set up to do in the colonies?

• to train crafts people
• to train doctors
• to train ministers
• to train women

The American who was the best example of the Enlightenment way of thinking was

• Jonathan Edwards.
• Benjamin Franklin.
• William Penn.
• George Whitefield.

The Great Awakening represented

• a renewed interest in science.
• a religious revival.
• new ideas about freedom.
• a renewed belief in civic virtue.

What was the name of the small post George Washington established in the Ohio River Valley?

• Fort Albany Union
• Fort Duquesne
• Fort Monongahela
• Fort Necessity

During the wars between France and Great Britain, Native Americans helped the French by

• raiding British settlements.
• showing them secret paths.
• supplying their weapons.
• supplying them with food.

The British Prime Minister who drove the French out of America was

• Edward Braddock.
• Benjamin Franklin.
• William Pitt.
• George Washington.

What document marked the end of France as a power in North America?

• Treaty of France and Britain
• Treaty of the Ohio River Valley
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Treaty of Paris

A colony in which an owner or group of owners named the colony's governor is called a

• charter colony.
• compact colony.
• proprietary colony.
• royal colony.