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Chapter 4: Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763

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Chapter 4: Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763

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4-1 §4.1 source ↗

To what does the term “Restoration” refer?
  1. a.
    the restoration of New York to English power
  2. b.
    the restoration of Catholicism as the official religion of England
  3. c.
    the restoration of Charles II to the English throne
  4. d.
    the restoration of Parliamentary power in England

Answer

C. the restoration of Charles II to the English throne

4-3 §4.1 source ↗

What sorts of labor systems were used in the Restoration colonies?

Answer

Since the proprietors of the Carolina colonies were absent, English planters from Barbados moved in and gained political power, establishing slave labor as the predominant form of labor. In Pennsylvania, where prospective servants were offered a bounty of fifty acres of land for emigrating and finishing their term of labor, indentured servitude abounded.

4-5 §4.2 source ↗

What was the Dominion of New England?
  1. a.
    James II’s overthrow of the New England colonial governments
  2. b.
    the consolidated New England colony James II created
  3. c.
    Governor Edmund Andros’s colonial government in New York
  4. d.
    the excise taxes New England colonists had to pay to James II

Answer

B. the consolidated New England colony James II created

4-7 §4.3 source ↗

The Negro Act of 1740 was a reaction to ________.
  1. a.
    fears of a slave conspiracy in the setting of thirteen fires in New York City
  2. b.
    the Stono Rebellion
  3. c.
    the Royal African Company’s monopoly
  4. d.
    the growing power of maroon communities

Answer

B. the Stono Rebellion

4-9 §4.4 source ↗

What was the First Great Awakening?
  1. a.
    a cultural and intellectual movement that emphasized reason and science over superstition and religion
  2. b.
    a Protestant revival that emphasized emotional, experiential faith over book learning
  3. c.
    a cultural shift that promoted Christianity among enslaved communities
  4. d.
    the birth of an American identity, promoted by Benjamin Franklin

Answer

B. a Protestant revival that emphasized emotional, experiential faith over book learning

4-11 §4.4 source ↗

Who were the Freemasons, and why were they significant?

Answer

The Freemasons were a fraternal society that originated in London coffeehouses in the early eighteenth century. They advocated Enlightenment principles of inquiry and tolerance. Masonic lodges soon spread throughout Europe and the British colonies, creating a shared experience on both sides of the Atlantic and spreading Enlightenment intellectual currents throughout the British Empire. Benjamin Franklin was a prominent Freemason.

4-13 §4.5 source ↗

Who were the main combatants in the French and Indian War?
  1. a.
    France against Native Americans
  2. b.
    Great Britain against Native Americans
  3. c.
    Great Britain against France
  4. d.
    Great Britain against the French and their Native American allies

Answer

D. Great Britain against the French and their Native American allies

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