Life in the Colonies

Question 1

In colonial times, free African Americans were not allowed to:

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vote

Question 2

Slave traders set up posts along the ________________ coast.

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West African

Question 3

The first colonial poet was_____________. She wrote: "To My Dear and Loving Husband."

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Anne Bradstreet

Question 4

The upper class of colonial society were called the:

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gentry

Question 5

The first public school laws were from?

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Massachusetts

Question 6

It was outlawed to teach slaves how to________?

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read and write

Question 7

To the Puritans, education went hand and hand with:

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religion

Question 8

She was a slave in Boston. At age 14 she wrote and published her first poem. She is______?

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Phillis Wheatley

Question 9

Benjamin Franklin was married to__________?

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Deborah Reed

Question 10

This is the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God.

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Divine Right

Question 11

A group of European thinkers who believed all problems could be solved by reason in the 1600's

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The Enlightment

Question 12

A person who signed a contract to work from 4-10 years for anyone who would pay their passage.

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indentured servant

Question 13

These were the first people to bring enslaved Africans to the Americas.

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The Spanish and Portuguese

Question 14

A Massachusetts preacher called on people to commit to God.He wrote "Sinners of an Angry God.".

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Jonathan Edwards

Question 15

During their time of service, indentured servants had no...

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rights

Question 16

Schools that women opened in their homes to teach children how to read and write were called:

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Dame Schools

Question 17

Many students learned lessons from a __________?

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hornbook

Question 18

Which of the following did the parents not consider when choosing a husband for their daughter?

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love

Question 19

A pubic school is a school supported by:

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taxes

Question 20

Benjamin Franklin Invented all except:

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a hornbook

Question 21

In 1690, he published "Two Treatises on Government." He is _______?

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John Locke

Question 22

A French thinker, he liked separation of powers of government into three branches. He is:

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Montesquieu

Question 23

An emotional Christian movement that swept the colonies in 1730's- 1740's. It was called _____?

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The Great Awakening

Question 24

The colonists had more political rights than they would've had in England. Who could vote?

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White male land owners

Question 25

More than 10 million enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas between_

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1500-1800

Question 26

He wrote "Poor Richards's Almanack" from 1733 to 1753. He is______?

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Benjamin Franklin

Question 27

In 1215, English nobles forced King John to sign the:

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Magna Carta

Question 28

In colonial America, most women were expected to marry men chosen by:

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their parents

Question 29

According to Locke, these are rights that belong to every human being from birth.

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Natural Rights

Question 30

If they survived infancy, a colonial child had about this many years before they had to work.

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7

Question 31

Once slave ships reached America. Healthy men, women, and children were put on the__________:

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Auction Block

Question 32

Montesquieu suggested 3 branches: an executive branch, a judicial branch and a _____________?

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legislative branch

Question 33

These were strict laws that limited the rights and activities of slaves.

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slave codes

Question 34

The Puritan general council financed_______________?

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Harvard College

Question 35

Colonial schools included academics and_________?

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religion

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