American Life in the Seventeenth Century: Study Notes
Ch3 Review
1. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were laborers. 2. By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery because of a declining birthrate in England.
3. Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century, life expectancy in New England was unusually high.
4. In the seventeenth century, white women in colonial Chesapeake averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage.
5. Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women were more likely to have their family remain intact.
6. In colonial New England, dowries were a common feature of marriage.
7. In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family was highly valued.
8. The term "middle passage" refers to the movement of enslaved Africans from Africa to the New World.
9. Through most of the seventeenth century, slaves transported into the United States came mostly from the West Indies.
10. The estimated total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is 11 million.
11. During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.
12. What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE? There were about 25,000 slaves in the colonies. Blacks outnumbered whites in some colonies. There were twice as many black men as black women. The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them. Blacks were heavily concentrated in a few southern colonies.
13. The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the Scotch-Irish.
14. Rice production in colonial America was very difficult and unhealthy work.
15. The first significant metals industry in the colonies was developed for iron.
16. In the seventeenth century, most colonial families did not own a plow.
17. In the "triangular trade",
1. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were laborers. 2. By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery because of a declining birthrate in England.
3. Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century, life expectancy in New England was unusually high.
4. In the seventeenth century, white women in colonial Chesapeake averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage.
5. Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women were more likely to have their family remain intact.
6. In colonial New England, dowries were a common feature of marriage.
7. In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family was highly valued.
8. The term "middle passage" refers to the movement of enslaved Africans from Africa to the New World.
9. Through most of the seventeenth century, slaves transported into the United States came mostly from the West Indies.
10. The estimated total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is 11 million.
11. During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.
12. What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE? There were about 25,000 slaves in the colonies. Blacks outnumbered whites in some colonies. There were twice as many black men as black women. The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them. Blacks were heavily concentrated in a few southern colonies.
13. The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the Scotch-Irish.
14. Rice production in colonial America was very difficult and unhealthy work.
15. The first significant metals industry in the colonies was developed for iron.
16. In the seventeenth century, most colonial families did not own a plow.
17. In the "triangular trade",