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Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that: |
science could uncover laws that governed the natural order rather than God. |
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Georgia was established by James Oglethorpe, whose causes included improved conditions for imprisoned debtors and the abolition of: |
slavery. |
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How did colonial politics compare with British politics? |
Colonists tended to agree with the British that owning property was related to having the right to vote. |
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How did John Locke reconcile his belief in natural rights and his support for slavery? |
He believed that the free individual in liberal thought was the propertied white man. |
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In the eighteenth century, the Spanish empire in North America: |
was thinly populated and weaker economically than the British colonies. |
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In the northern colonies, slaves: |
made up only a small percentage of these colonies’ populations |
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John Peter Zenger’s libel trial: |
demonstrated that popular sentiment opposed prosecutions for criticism of public officials. |
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Olaudah Equiano: |
wrote the eighteenth century’s most widely read account by a slave of a slave’s own experiences. |
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Over time in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks? |
They lost many of their rights. |
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Property qualifications for holding office: |
meant that the landed gentry wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures. |
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Slave resistance in the eighteenth century: |
included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies. |
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The 1741 panic in New York City that led to thirty-four executions was sparked by: |
a plan to burn the city. |
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The assumption among ordinary people that wealth, education, and social prominence carried with them a right to public office was called: |
deference. |
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The British concept of liberty: |
included both formal restraints on authority and a collection of specific rights. |
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The development of rice plantations in South Carolina: |
led to a black majority in that colony by 1770. |
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The English finally became successful in defeating the French in the Seven Years’ War under the leadership of: |
William Pitt. |
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The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that: |
France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company. |
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The French in North America: |
included a significant number of Nova Scotians who relocated to southern Louisiana, creating the group known as Cajuns. |
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The idea of liberalism in eighteenth-century British politics: |
was reinforced by republicanism and constitutional government. |
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The language (with mixed African roots) spoken by African-American slaves on the rice plantations of South Carolina and Georgia during the eighteenth century was known as: |
Gullah. |
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The most successful colonial governors: |
used their appointive powers and control of land grants to win allies in colonial legislatures. |
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Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region: |
helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism. |
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What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763? |
to bring stability to the colonial frontier |
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Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union? |
Benjamin Franklin |
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Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies? |
The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves. |