believed American style and culture was a poor imitation of superior British models
British trade policy from 1651 to 1733
stimulated the New England shipbuilding industry
Which of the following was not a way colonists sought to adopt genteel manners?
producing books and magazines
In New England, approximately what percentage of women could read and write?
45 percent
The Glorious Revolution
led to a period in which Parliament allowed the colonies substantial control over their own affairs
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding political develpments during the eighteenth century?
In America, about 90 percent of white men were eligible to vote
From the mid seventeenth century to the mid eighteenth century, the most direct political confrontations between England and the American colonies occurred over
the role of colonial governors
In the eighteenth century, Spain's empire was
becoming weaker
The chapel San Antonio de Velaro
became famous as the Alamo
Spain expanded into Texas and California
to create a buffer zone around existing colonies
"Real Whig" ideology
stressed the dangers of a standing army and a powerful state to personal liberty
In the Grant Settlement of 1701, the Iroquois pledged neutrality with respect to England and
France
The Albany Plan of Union
was rejected by the colonists who were suspicious of other colonies
In the French and Indian War, France was weakened
by the loss of its Indian allies
In the early eighteenth century Spain
had an empire based on expansive terriotorial claims with a small population