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Chapter 3 Test: The American Colonies Take Shape

Part I Multiple Choice

1. Why did indentured servants migrate to the English colonies?

a. because they were too poor to pay their debts

b. because they sought religious freedom
c. because they were escaping religious persecution
d. all of the above

2. What other groups of immigrants settled the colonies after the English?

a. the Scots
b. Scot-Irish
c. Germans
d. All of the above

3. Why did the English turn to Africans as a source of labor?

a. because English immigration to the colonies decreased

b. because Africans sought a better life in America
c. because Africans were used to doing plantation labor
d. because Africans were more qualified to do plantation labor then white indentured
servants

4. Who participated in the Triangular Slave Trade?

a. European slave traders

b. African chiefs
c. Chinese merchants
d. Just a and b

5. Why was the Middle Passage so traumatic for enslaved Africans?

a. the voyage was extreme and brutal

b. enslaved African suffered the trauma of separation from their families
c. enslaved Africans were often branded with hot irons, placed in shackles, and
crowded into dark holes
d. sick people were often thrown overboard to stop the spread of disease
e. all of the above

6. What distinct languages did enslaved Africans identify with?

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a. Ashanti and Fulani
b. Ibo
c. Mende
d. All of the above

7. What type of labor did southern slaves perform?

a. raising crops of tobacco, rice, and indigo on large plantations

b. ship building in northern ports
c. house work and childcare
d. factory work in the northern colonies

8. How did some enslaved Africans rebel against being enslaved?

a. by refusing to work
b. by committing suicide
c. by running away and escaping to the forests or swamps
d. by killing their enslavers, or owners

9. What did the English Bill of Rights guarantee the people of England?

a. habeas corpus, or the idea that no one could be held in prison without being
charged with a specific crime
b. a monarch could not keep a standing army in times of peace without Parliament’s
approval
c. it gave English citizen the right to a trial by jury
d. all of the above

10. What was the main objective of British mercantilism?

a. to increase the power and wealth of its colonies

b. to free enslaved African people
c. to increase the wealth and power of England
d. all of the above

11. What goods were being traded between England and West African in the
Triangular slave Trade?

a. guns and cloth

b. sugar, timber, and tobacco
c. enslaved Africans
d. all of the above

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 12. What new ideas did enlightened philosophers focus on?

a. the idea that all men and women were created equal
b. the idea that the authority of monarchs was divine
c. the idea that the natural rights of man came from god and not from monarchs

Part II True-False (A for true and B for false)

13. The Great Awakening was a religious movement that stressed the importance of
seeking God’s salvation. It also led to the formation of new churches, an increase
in religious tolerance, and a rise in democratic beliefs.
14. The region of New England was a rugged landscape with cold winters and a short
growing season whereas as the region of the Middle Colonies was more temperate
thus enabling it to produce wheat and many fruits and vegetables. The southern
colonies enjoyed a warmer climate and a longer growing season.
15. The French tended to treat the Indians with cruelty. /they often enslaved the
Indians and forced them to work in the mines and plantations.
16. The Indians defeated General Braddock because he and the British army were
attacked by surprise and ambushed near Fort Duquesne.
17. The French and Indian War ended in a French victory over the English.
18. The Treaty of Paris ended with the French taking over the Ohio River Valley and
the 13 colonies.
19. The British government tried to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 because the
British government decided that it cost less if Britain made peace with the
Indians.
20. The Proclamation of 1763 did not irritate the colonists. They believed it was not
worth it to expand westward and risk a war with the Indians.

Part III Open Ended Question 20 points

Explain the consequences of the French and Indian War?