Colonial Immigration Groups Quiz
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What social class did small farm owners, shopkeepers, and craftworkers belong to in colonial society?

  • Merchant class
  • Lower class
  • Middle class (correct)
  • Upper class
  • What idea of children did Puritans hold, as depicted in the painting?

  • Children should be dressed like their parents were God-like
  • Children were gifts from God and should be well cared for and well dressed
  • No expense should be spared in clothing children
  • Children were considered small adults (correct)
  • Based on the given quotation, what kind of ship is most likely being described?

  • Irish immigrant ship in the early 1700s
  • Mayflower
  • American warship during the American Revolution
  • Slave ship bound for the Americas (correct)
  • What religious group had the greatest influence in New England after the initial phase of settlement?

    <p>Congregational Church</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following rights were married women in the colonies eventually able to exercise over time?

    <p>Attend college</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the second largest group of people to immigrate to the English colonies?

    <p>Scots Irish</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group came to the English colonies to escape religious persecution in the 1680s?

    <p>French Huguenots</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main reason for the Scots Irish to emigrate to North America from Ireland?

    <p>Economic opportunities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of immigrants had settled mainly in Pennsylvania by 1700?

    <p>Germans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a significant characteristic of the social class structure in the English colonies?

    <p>The size and wealth of the middle class</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which social class was dominant among white colonists in the English colonies?

    <p>Middle class</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the central idea of mercantilism?

    <p>The concept that colonies exist primarily for the benefit of the home country</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of the American Revolution, which act eliminated the 'power of the purse' held by colonial legislatures?

    <p>Townshend Acts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT an example of Enlightenment thinking?

    <p>Predestination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who among the following is most likely to have written the quote 'Of more worth is one honest man to society...'

    <p>Thomas Paine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was the battle of Saratoga in 1777 considered a significant event during the American Revolution?

    <p>It brought France into a formal alliance with the United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Great Awakening?

    <p>Increased Anglicanism influence in society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What major difference existed between slavery in Virginia and in the Carolinas and Georgia?

    <p>Most slaves in Virginia were imported, unlike in the Carolinas and Georgia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the French and Indian War, what was a major advantage for the British in North America?

    <p>The British colonies joined together through the Albany Plan of Union to wage war as a single unit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the British government not enforce the Proclamation of 1763?

    <p>The government aimed to prevent land speculation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which policy guided British colonial relations in the 1600s and 1700s?

    <p>Salutary neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the conditions included in the treaty to end the American Revolution?

    <p>Florida was given to the United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the major difficulty faced in governing under the Articles of Confederation?

    <p>Lack of a chief executive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one significant achievement of the Confederation government?

    <p>Establishing a way to admit new states</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event led to Florida becoming part of the United States?

    <p>Acquisition of land from Mexico in 1853</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was set up by the Homestead Act passed in 1862?

    <p>A system to give land to families in the West</p> Signup and view all the answers

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