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 (B)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>French Huguenots (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Germans (B)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Middle class (B)</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 (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Predestination (B)</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 (D)</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 (B)</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 (A)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Salutary neglect (A)</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 (D)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one significant achievement of the Confederation government?

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

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