Quiz for Sources for America’s History, Chapter 3

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1. “The Declaration of the Gentlemen, Merchants and Inhabitants of Boston, and the County Adjacent” (Document 3-1) reveals that, in 1689, Bostonians thought of themselves primarily as

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Correct. The answer is d. This document reveals that, although they still identified strongly as Protestants, the people of Boston were particularly upset about the ways in which King James and Edmund Andros had violated their rights as English citizens.
Incorrect. The answer is d. This document reveals that, although they still identified strongly as Protestants, the people of Boston were particularly upset about the ways in which King James and Edmund Andros had violated their rights as English citizens.

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2. Document 3-2, “Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New York,” provides evidence to support which of the following conclusions?

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Correct. The answer is b. These communications between Canassatego and Pennsylvania’s George Thomas reveal that, by the eighteenth century, the American colonists were seeking out alliances with the Iroquois and other Native Americans in order to resist the French and to extend British power in North America.
Incorrect. The answer is b. These communications between Canassatego and Pennsylvania’s George Thomas reveal that, by the eighteenth century, the American colonists were seeking out alliances with the Iroquois and other Native Americans in order to resist the French and to extend British power in North America.

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3. “An Act for Suppressing Outlying Slaves” (Document 3-3) was most likely created by the Virginia legislature in order to prevent what?

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Correct. The answer is c. This law was created by the Virginia legislature in order to limit the number of free blacks or free mixed-race people in the colony. The Burgesses recognized that large numbers of free people with black or brown skin would make it difficult to maintain a race-based labor system and sought to keep that population as small as possible.
Incorrect. The answer is c. This law was created by the Virginia legislature in order to limit the number of free blacks or free mixed-race people in the colony. The Burgesses recognized that large numbers of free people with black or brown skin would make it difficult to maintain a race-based labor system and sought to keep that population as small as possible.

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4. The diary entries penned by Virginian William Byrd between 1709 and 1712 (Document 3-4) indicate that Byrd was most concerned with which of the following?

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Correct. The answer is b. The daily events Byrd related in his diary suggest that he was highly concerned with the way other people perceived him. His actions and his diary were both part of his efforts to cultivate an aristocratic image through his reading of Greek and Latin, his meals, his social relationships, and his authority over his wife and slaves.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The daily events Byrd related in his diary suggest that he was highly concerned with the way other people perceived him. His actions and his diary were both part of his efforts to cultivate an aristocratic image through his reading of Greek and Latin, his meals, his social relationships, and his authority over his wife and slaves.

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5. John Barnard’s The Autobiography of the Rev. John Barnard (Document 3-5) describes the emergence of which of the following phenomena in Marblehead, Massachusetts, in the eighteenth century?

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Correct. The answer is a. John Barnard’s description of the transformation of Marblehead, Massachusetts, between 1714 and 1766 outlines the development of an urban maritime economy and society in the region. He describes how Marblehead grew from a small poor agricultural town into a diverse and prosperous small city that was fully integrated into the South Atlantic System.
Incorrect. The answer is a. John Barnard’s description of the transformation of Marblehead, Massachusetts, between 1714 and 1766 outlines the development of an urban maritime economy and society in the region. He describes how Marblehead grew from a small poor agricultural town into a diverse and prosperous small city that was fully integrated into the South Atlantic System.

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6. Lord Cornbury’s letter to the Lords of Trade (Document 3-6) provides evidence of which of the following eighteenth-century phenomena?

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Correct. The answer is c. In his letter to the Lords of Trade, Lord Cornbury describes the actions of the New York Assembly, which he found excessive, and justifies his actions in dissolving it. His letter illustrates the increasing power of the colonial assemblies in the decades after the Glorious Revolution and the questions that emerged on both sides of the Atlantic about the proper role the colonial assemblies should play in the governing of the colonies.
Incorrect. The answer is c. In his letter to the Lords of Trade, Lord Cornbury describes the actions of the New York Assembly, which he found excessive, and justifies his actions in dissolving it. His letter illustrates the increasing power of the colonial assemblies in the decades after the Glorious Revolution and the questions that emerged on both sides of the Atlantic about the proper role the colonial assemblies should play in the governing of the colonies.

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7. According to the documents in this chapter, which factor contributed to the increased unity of the American colonies in the eighteenth century?

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Correct. The answer is b. The documents in this chapter provide evidence to suggest that the American colonies began to share more in common with one another in the eighteenth century and that their increasing unity centered on the colonists’ identity as British subjects, protected by the same rights as all British citizens, and as participants in the larger South Atlantic economy.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The documents in this chapter provide evidence to suggest that the American colonies began to share more in common with one another in the eighteenth century and that their increasing unity centered on the colonists’ identity as British subjects, protected by the same rights as all British citizens, and as participants in the larger South Atlantic economy.