Transcript America's History, Sixth Edition

Henretta • Brody • Dumenil
America’s History
Sixth Edition
CHAPTER 3
The British Empire in America
1660–1750
Copyright © 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
The Imperial Slave Economy
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The South Atlantic System
Africa, Africans, and the Slave Trade
Slavery in the Chesapeake and South Carolina
The Emergence of an African American Community
Resistance and Accommodation
William Byrd and the Rise of the Southern Gentry
The Northern Maritime Economy
The New Politics of Empire, 1713–1750
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The Rise of Colonial Assemblies
Salutary Neglect
Protecting the Mercantile System
The American Economic Challenge
Chapter 3
The British Empire in America1660–1750
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Map 3.1 The Dominion of New England, 1686–1689 (p. 74)
Map 3.2 Britain’s American Empire, 1713 (p. 78)
Map 3.3 Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1700–1810 (p. 81)
Map 3.4 The Rise of the American Merchant, 1750 (p. 92)
Figure 3.1 The Growth of Slavery in South Carolina, 1700–1740 (p. 85)
Figure 3.2 Family Connections and Political Power, New Jersey, 1700–
1776 (p. 94)
Power and Race in the Chesapeake (p. 68)
Rice Hulling in West Africa (p. 87)
African Culture in South Carolina, c. 1800 (p. 88)
The Politics of Empire, 1660–1713
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The Great Aristocratic Land Grab
From Mercantilism to Imperial Dominion
The Glorious Revolution in England and America
Imperial Wars and Native Peoples
1. The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina,
which initially governed the Carolina colony,
failed because
A. proprietors refused to move to America.
B. attempts to cultivate cotton and tobacco were
unsuccessful.
C. colonists rebelled against tobacco taxes.
D. the government established by the constitution
placed too much control in the hands of the
colonial legislature.
2. Pennsylvania differed from other proprietary
colonies created by Charles II primarily because it
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was granted in payment of a royal debt.
was settled primarily by small farmers.
guaranteed religious freedom.
was established as a refuge for British
Catholics.
3. Jacob Leisler’s rise to power in New York
demonstrated
A. ethnic divisions between Dutch and English New
Yorkers over political power.
B. widespread opposition to rule by royal officials.
C. the opposition of wealthy merchants to English
mercantilist policies.
D. the collapse of New York’s representative
assembly.
One way slavery in the Chesapeake differed
from slavery in South Carolina was that
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A. it was not a defining principle of the social
order.
B. the Chesapeake slave codes allowed
Christianized Africans to become free.
C. slaves in the Chesapeake were mainly skilled
laborers.
D. the slave population in the Chesapeake
increased naturally through reproduction.
5. To prevent another uprising like Bacon’s
Rebellion, by the late 1600s the Chesapeake gentry
had begun
A. dividing their estates into small tracts, which
they gave to small-scale planters.
B. lowering taxes on smallholders.
C. imposing a manorial system.
D. prohibiting smallholders to invest in slaves.
6.
Which statement best describes the role of
mob actions in colonial America?
A. They were directed only at the actions of royal
governors.
B. They were a tool manipulated by elites.
C. They rarely occurred outside of the South.
D. They expressed popular dissatisfaction with
unpopular edicts.
7. How did the Navigation Acts contribute to the
rise of the commercial economy in the colonies?
A. They forced colonial goods to be shipped to
England.
B. They gave monopolies to British manufacturers.
C. They promoted American factories.
D. They allowed Americans to own ships and
transport goods.
8. The Glorious Revolution changed the
imperial governance of the colonies by
A. increasing the centralization of the British
empire.
B. giving Parliament greater control over the
colonies.
C. freeing merchants and financiers from royal
controls.
D. removing all royal governors from office.
9.
The diplomatic strategy of the Iroquois
demonstrates
A. the inability of Native Americans to affect
European policies.
B. Native Americans’ use of European alliances to
attack their enemies.
C. the way European alliances could divide native
societies.
D. the ability of Native Americans to play
European nations against each other.
10. In what way did colonial assemblies follow
the doctrines of English Whigs?
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B.
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D.
They advocated democracy.
They won control over taxation.
They deferred to the authority of Parliament.
They utilized their patronage abilities to maintain
authority.
Answer Key for Chapter 3
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Answer is C
Answer is C
Answer is B
Answer is D
Answer is B
Answer is D
Answer is D
Answer is C
Answer is D
Answer is B