STRAIGHTERLINE STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The witchcraft trials in Salem - Answer-saw the original accusers recant their charges.
George Whitefield is associated with the - Answer-Great Awakening.
In colonial New England, - Answer-dowries were a common feature of marriage.
In the North American colonies, mulatto children were - Answer-rarely recognized by
their white fathers.
By 1775, the non-Indian population of the English colonies was just over - Answer-2
million.
Over time, tensions in Puritan New England communities developed, primarily as a
result of - Answer-population growth and the commercialization of society.
Primogeniture refers to the - Answer-passing of property to the firstborn son.
Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true? -
Answer-Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk tradition.
The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves
was over - Answer-three-fourths.
By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America? - Answer-
more than half
Which statement about the economy of the northern colonies is true? - Answer-The
economy was more diverse than in the southern colonies.
In North America as a result of the Seven Years' War, England - Answer-confirmed its
commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions.
In the aftermath of King George's War - Answer-relations among the English, French,
and Iroquois deteriorated.
For most Indians in North America, the British victory in the French and Indian War -
Answer-had disastrous effects on their future.
According to the terms of the Peace of Paris of 1763, - Answer-France ceded Canada
and all of its claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great
Britain.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The witchcraft trials in Salem - Answer-saw the original accusers recant their charges.
George Whitefield is associated with the - Answer-Great Awakening.
In colonial New England, - Answer-dowries were a common feature of marriage.
In the North American colonies, mulatto children were - Answer-rarely recognized by
their white fathers.
By 1775, the non-Indian population of the English colonies was just over - Answer-2
million.
Over time, tensions in Puritan New England communities developed, primarily as a
result of - Answer-population growth and the commercialization of society.
Primogeniture refers to the - Answer-passing of property to the firstborn son.
Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true? -
Answer-Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk tradition.
The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves
was over - Answer-three-fourths.
By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America? - Answer-
more than half
Which statement about the economy of the northern colonies is true? - Answer-The
economy was more diverse than in the southern colonies.
In North America as a result of the Seven Years' War, England - Answer-confirmed its
commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions.
In the aftermath of King George's War - Answer-relations among the English, French,
and Iroquois deteriorated.
For most Indians in North America, the British victory in the French and Indian War -
Answer-had disastrous effects on their future.
According to the terms of the Peace of Paris of 1763, - Answer-France ceded Canada
and all of its claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great
Britain.
