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Father Junípero Serra established the first mission in California and converted many Indians to Christianity,but his missions also relied on forced Indian labor and brought devastating diseases.

A) True
B) False

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John Peter Zenger's libel trial:


A) resulted from his publication of news stories questioning the intelligence of the king.
B) probably would not have ended in his acquittal if he had attacked someone other than the colonial governor.
C) set back freedom of the press when it ended in his conviction and imprisonment for printing the truth.
D) showed that the public was not yet ready to accept the idea of freedom of speech.
E) led to the overturning of the Licentiousness Act of 1694.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Colonial governors more than colonial assemblies curbed freedom of the press.

A) True
B) False

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Guns made the West African slave kingdoms more powerful.What happened as a result?


A) They eventually stopped selling slaves.
B) They killed more slaves than they captured.
C) Europeans rarely ventured into the interior of West Africa.
D) They also used European armies to capture slaves.
E) Despite having guns, they accumulated very little wealth from selling slaves.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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In the eighteenth century how was freedom of the press viewed?


A) Leaders saw it as a natural right.
B) Governments praised it as helping democracy.
C) After 1695 the British government required a license for printing.
D) Newspapers did not feel it was necessary.
E) Governments in both England and the colonies viewed it as dangerous.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -republicanism and liberalism

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Evangelists


A) Jamaican fugitive slaves
B) bearers of the good news
C) distinct slave dialect
D) no colonial settlement west of the Appalachians
E) the ship voyage for slaves from Africa to the New World
F) right to provide slaves to Spanish America
G) religious traditionalists who did not support revivalism
H) courteous respect
I) Enlightenment religion
J) virtuous elite giving themselves to public service
K) controlling northern New Spain
L) slaves fought in South Carolina

M) J) and K)
N) G) and J)

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What was a potential criticism from slaveowners about the task system?


A) Slaves would do no work.
B) Slaves would have too much autonomy.
C) It was not suited for rice plantations.
D) It only worked with a small amount of slaves.
E) A typical plantation would need dozens of slave drivers.

F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

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Why was the Proclamation of 1763 difficult to enforce?


A) Most Native American tribes did not agree with the policy.
B) The colonial assemblies wanted to avoid wars with Native Americans.
C) It involved a large geographical area.
D) The French refused to leave forts in the Ohio Valley.
E) It involved taxes the colonists refused to pay.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Deism

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Peter Zenger


A) German-born printer of a colonial weekly journal
B) Great Awakening preacher
C) survived the Middle Passage
D) founded the first mission in San Diego
E) founder of Georgia
F) British prime minister
G) Ottawa war leader
H) wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
I) English Enlightenment political philosopher
J) founder of the Junto, a club for mutual improvement
K) authors of Cato's Letters
L) victim of Zenger's pen

M) B) and J)
N) A) and E)

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Seven Years' War

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Junípero Serra


A) German-born printer of a colonial weekly journal
B) Great Awakening preacher
C) survived the Middle Passage
D) founded the first mission in San Diego
E) founder of Georgia
F) British prime minister
G) Ottawa war leader
H) wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
I) English Enlightenment political philosopher
J) founder of the Junto, a club for mutual improvement
K) authors of Cato's Letters
L) victim of Zenger's pen

M) B) and I)
N) K) and L)

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What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?


A) to end the slave trade
B) to protect the Indians
C) to open up more land for settlement
D) to bring stability to the colonial frontier
E) to prohibit Catholicism in the territory newly acquired from France

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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