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What kinds of paintings were most popular among important people of the colonial era?

• city paintings

• portrait paintings

• religious paintings

• estate paintings

What kind of story was particularly popular in the colonial era?

• captivity stories

• mystery stories

• biographical stories

• mythological stories

The Great Awakening encouraged

• loyalty to the king of England.

• loyalty to preachers.

• the development of self-rule.

• the development of education.

Benjamin Franklin influenced daily life in the colonies by

• promoting religious freedom.

• using reason to improve the world around him.

• explaining the law of gravity.

• improving trade.

The original purpose of colleges in colonial America was to educate

• doctors.

• lawyers.

• ministers.

• teachers.

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

How was education different in New England and the Middle Colonies?

• New England had public schools; Middle Colonies had private schools

• New England had private schools; Middles Colonies had public schools

• New England allowed slaves to go to school; Southern colonies did not allow slaves to go to school

• New England did not allow slaves to go to school; Southern colonies allowed slaves to go to school

Which of the following is NOT true about the Great Awakening?

• People who supported it split away to make new churches

• It made people more tolerant since there was suddenly more churches

• Everyone from different backgrounds loved and supported it

• It made people from different backgrounds come together

A young person (usually a boy in the colonies) who works for a master to learn a trade of craft. Would often live with the master.

• dame

• apprentice

• assumption

• libel

John Peter Zenger, a writer for Weekly Journal in New York City, was arrested for libel. However, he won the case! What allowed him to win?

• He had written true stories and therefore had not committed libel

• He did not actually write any of the stories

• He had given money to the judge so they would let him go

• He had powerful friends that pressured the court to drop his charges (let him be free)