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Chapter 5
American History
Question | Answer |
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All major cities in colonial America were | Ports or centers for the fur trade |
An export shipment from New England in the middle of the 18th century would have most likely consisted of | Livestock for the West Indies |
Any newcomer to a colonial town was most likely to learn the most about the place and its people by | Talking to people at taverns |
The Enlightenment was a belief that | Understanding and improving the universe could be achieved through the human mind |
The Great Awakening in the 1740s was a | Revival movement with an emotional appeal |
Between 1619, possibly when the first African slaves reached Virginia, and the elimination of the international slave trade in the United States in 1808, approximately how many Africans arrived? | Slightly more than 500,000 |
What did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment have in common? | They criticized established authority |
The largest number of those arriving in American colonies in the 18th century were | Africans |
Colonies that welcomed the widest variety of immigrants | Were the most prosperous |
What accounted for the relative autonomy of slaves in the South Carolina low country? | The absence of owners on large plantations |