US History Chapter 3

Women in America married earlier than women in Europe because

The American Indians did not introduce any new foods to European settlers.

What was the name of Benjamin Franklin's publication?

Cotton Mather supported inoculation to help battle smallpox.

The Old Devil Act was a Massachusetts law based on the view that basic education is essential.

Which of the following was not true about education in the colonies?

Which of the following was true about education in the southern colonies?

American businessmen wore wigs like the Europeans.

The Pennsylavania Dutch were

Which of the following was not an epidemic that seriously reduced the population of New England?

Which one of the following foods was already in North America when the Europeans came to settle?

What was the standard text for educating young people during the colonial period?

What were dame schools?

Most southern planters lived in stately white mansions

Which type of food was not considered standard fare for a colonial meal?

The settlers took the Great American Road from Philadelphia to the backcountry.

A well-known minister in the colonies

In education, the middle colonies and the South lagged behind New England because

What paddle-shaped board did the colonists' children use for reading?

Infant death rates in the colonies were

Few Germans wanted to move to the backcountry

American's population increased greatly during the eighteenth century.

Puritans enjoyed few pleasures in their lives.

Puritans emphasized education primarily because they wanted children to

Instruction regarding Christian beliefs is called

Rice was a crop in

What is another name for the "colonial style" of architecture?

Scots-Irish and German settlers

Flooded ditches were necessary to grow what crop?

The Protestant Reformation improved spiritual conditions but did not affect education.

Children were an important labor source on colonial farms

Epidemics in the colonies were more common during the eighteenth-century colonies than during the previous because

Which of the following is not a characteristic of early colonial settlers?