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What was a consequence of the increased supply of items such as tobacco and sugar in eighteenth-century North America?

A) Colonists adopted a more sedentary lifestyle.
B) Southerners bought fewer slaves as tobacco prices fell.
C) Ordinary people purchased more luxury goods.
D) The colonies cut back on exports to England.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Who kidnapped Olaudah Equiano and sold him into slavery?

A) Other Africans
B) Portuguese traders
C) British merchants
D) American planters

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The rapid increase in the population of eighteenth-century colonial America resulted in an expanding economy, which sharply contrasted with the results of population booms in Europe. Discuss the fundamental economic environment that sustained New England's rapidly growing population. Include in your discussion the major causes of New England's significant population growth and analyze the effects of New England's growing population on land distribution, land usage, and the overall economy.

Why were there so few slaves in New England during the eighteenth century?

While the eighteenth-century southern gentry privately looked down on poor whites, they publicly acknowledged them as

The slave rebellion at Stono, South Carolina, was not followed by any similar uprisings during the colonial period. Describe the actions of the slaves, explain how the rebellion was suppressed, and identify the long-term consequences of this rebellion.

Most slaves brought to the southern colonies were

Although the societies of New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies grew increasingly differentiated during the eighteenth century, colonists throughout British North America shared certain unifying experiences. Identify three of these experiences and briefly explain how they unified the colonists.

Members of the eighteenth-century southern gentry set a cultural standard of

Although the three regions of British North America became more distinct in the latter part of the eighteenth century, they still shared what unifying experience?

What role did religion play in eighteenth-century American society? Explain how the role of religion was shaped by the Enlightenment. How was it also shaped by the Great Awakening?

In the eighteenth century, the majority of immigrants coming to America were Scots-Irish or

In the seventeenth century, how did New England families subdivide land under the policy of partible inheritance?

Match the term with the definition. -Name given by other colonists to German immigrants to the middle colonies; an English corruption of the German term Deutsch. Germans were the largest contingent of migrants from continental Europe to the colonies in the eighteenth century.

Prominent colonists in the plantation South and in cities such as Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia belonged to which church?

Match the term with the definition. -A kind of indentured servant; in this system, a captain agreed to provide passage to Philadelphia, where these individuals would obtain money to pay for their transportation, usually by selling themselves as a servant.

What industry produced the most economic growth in the Middle Colonies, particularly in Pennsylvania?

What was an early Pennsylvania policy encouraging settlement?

What was the largest group of non-Christians in eighteenth-century North America?

Describe the reciprocal nature of the trading relationship between Indians and colonists along settlement frontiers during the eighteenth century and identify the dilemma this relationship created for the Indians.