Chapter 5
Colonial Society on
the Eve of Revolution,
1700–1775
Question
All of the following were true of the Scots-Irish who
spearheaded the Regulator Movement EXCEPT
a) they “kept the Sabbath—and all else they could lay their hands
on.”
b) they tended to fail as organized leaders, and few rose to
prominence in American governments as a result.
c) pugnacious, lawless, and individualistic, they dotted the
Appalachian hills and hollows with their stills.
d) they cherished no love for the British government that had
uprooted them and still lorded over them—or for any other
government.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Scots-Irish who
spearheaded the Regulator Movement EXCEPT
a) they “kept the Sabbath—and all else they could lay their hands
on.”
b) they tended to fail as organized leaders, and few rose to
prominence in American governments as a result. (correct)
c) pugnacious, lawless, and individualistic, they dotted the
Appalachian hills and hollows with their stills.
d) they cherished no love for the British government that had
uprooted them and still lorded over them—or for any other
government.
Hint: See page 90.
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Question
All of the following were true of triangular trade EXCEPT
a) it supported the mercantile policies in vogue throughout the
burgeoning British Empire.
b) it was infamously profitable, though small in relation to total
colonial commerce.
c) the most famous example was trading rum for slaves in West
Africa, slaves for molasses in the West Indies, and molasses
for rum in New England.
d) it openly flouted the British Navigation Laws, which mandated
that all American commerce be directed through the Mother
country.
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Answer
All of the following were true of triangular trade EXCEPT
a) it supported the mercantile policies in vogue throughout the
burgeoning British Empire. (correct)
b) it was infamously profitable, though small in relation to total
colonial commerce.
c) the most famous example was trading rum for slaves in West
Africa, slaves for molasses in the West Indies, and molasses
for rum in New England.
d) it openly flouted the British Navigation Laws, which mandated
that all American commerce be directed through the Mother
country.
Hint: See page 94.
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Question
All of the following were true of the root of the Great
Awakening EXCEPT
a) it arose in part because religion was less fervid in the early
eighteenth century than it had been a century earlier, when the
colonies were first planted.
b) churchgoers increasingly complained about the “dead dogs”
who droned out tedious, over-erudite sermons from Puritan
pulpits.
c) some ministers worried that many of their parishioners had
gone soft and that their souls were no longer kindled by the
hellfire of orthodox Calvinism.
d) it embraced the beliefs of some worshipers now that human
beings might save themselves by good works.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the root of the Great
Awakening EXCEPT
a) it arose in part because religion was less fervid in the early
eighteenth century than it had been a century earlier, when the
colonies were first planted.
b) churchgoers increasingly complained about the “dead dogs”
who droned out tedious, over-erudite sermons from Puritan
pulpits.
c) some ministers worried that many of their parishioners had
gone soft and that their souls were no longer kindled by the
hellfire of orthodox Calvinism.
d) it embraced the beliefs of some worshipers now that human
beings might save themselves by good works. (correct)
Hint: See page 98.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Molasses Act
EXCEPT
a) Parliament bowed to pressure from influential British
West Indian planters.
b) it was aimed at squelching North American trade
with the French West Indies.
c) it struck a crippling blow to American international
trade and to the colonists’
standard of living.
d) American merchants responded to the act by bribing
and smuggling their way around the law.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Molasses Act
EXCEPT
a) Parliament bowed to pressure from influential British
West Indian planters.
b) it was aimed at squelching North American trade
with the French West Indies.
c) it struck a crippling blow to American international
trade and to the colonists’
standard of living. (correct)
d) American merchants responded to the act by bribing
and smuggling their way around the law.
Hint: See page 96.
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Question
All of the following represent sentiments expressed
in Poor Richard’s Almanack EXCEPT
a) “A good example is the best sermon.”
b) “Many have quarreled about religion that never
practiced it.”
c) “There is that of God in every man.”
d) “Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is
thought an easier service, and therefore more
generally chosen.”
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Answer
All of the following represent sentiments expressed
in Poor Richard’s Almanack EXCEPT
a) “A good example is the best sermon.”
b) “Many have quarreled about religion that never
practiced it.”
c) “There is that of God in every man.” (correct)
d) “Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is
thought an easier service, and therefore more
generally chosen.”
Hint: See page 98.
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Question
All of the following were Proprietary Colonies
EXCEPT
a) Maryland.
b) Pennsylvania.
c) Delaware.
d) Connecticut.
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Answer
All of the following were Proprietary Colonies
EXCEPT
a) Maryland.
b) Pennsylvania.
c) Delaware.
d) Connecticut. (correct)
Hint: See page 104.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Zenger trial
EXCEPT
a) Zenger’s newspaper had assailed the corrupt royal
governor.
b) charged with seditious libel, Zenger was hauled into
court.
c) he was defended by a former indentured servant,
now a distinguished Philadelphia lawyer, Andrew
Hamilton.
d) the jurors followed the judges’ instructions and
returned a verdict of guilty.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Zenger trial
EXCEPT
a) Zenger’s newspaper had assailed the corrupt royal
governor.
b) charged with seditious libel, Zenger was hauled into
court.
c) he was defended by a former indentured servant,
now a distinguished Philadelphia lawyer, Andrew
Hamilton.
d) the jurors followed the judges’ instructions and
returned a verdict of guilty. (correct)
Hint: See pages 103–104.
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Question
Jacobus Arminius was
a) the first Armenian Apostolic priest in the American
colonies.
b) a Dutch theologian who preached that individual free
will, not divine decree, determined a person’s eternal
fate.
c) a Roman Catholic priest who introduced the Latin
mass in Maryland.
d) a Jacobite follower of French revolutionaries during
the infamous Frondes of 1689.
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Answer
Jacobus Arminius was
a) the first Armenian Apostolic priest in the American
colonies.
b) a Dutch theologian who preached that individual free
will, not divine decree, determined a person’s eternal
fate. (correct)
c) a Roman Catholic priest who introduced the Latin
mass in Maryland.
d) a Jacobite follower of French revolutionaries during
the infamous Frondes of 1689.
Hint: See page 98.
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Question
All of the following were Royal Colonies EXCEPT
a) Rhode Island.
b) New Jersey.
c) New York.
d) North Carolina.
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Answer
All of the following were Royal Colonies EXCEPT
a) Rhode Island. (correct)
b) New Jersey.
c) New York.
d) North Carolina.
Hint: See page 104.
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Question
All of the following were true of Jonathan Edwards
EXCEPT
a) the Awakening was first ignited in Northampton,
Massachusetts, by this tall, delicate, and intellectual
pastor.
b) he was the deepest theological mind ever nurtured
in America.
c) he rejected the belief that hell was “paved with the
skulls of unbaptized children.”
d) “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was the title
of one of his most famous sermons.
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Answer
All of the following were true of Jonathan Edwards
EXCEPT
a) the Awakening was first ignited in Northampton,
Massachusetts, by this tall, delicate, and intellectual
pastor.
b) he was the deepest theological mind ever nurtured
in America.
c) he rejected the belief that hell was “paved with the
skulls of unbaptized children.” (correct)
d) “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was the title
of one of his most famous sermons.
Hint: See page 99.
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