Colonial Society, 1607–1754
What is the primary method by which this sermon seeks to motivate repentance?
Highlighting the immediacy of repentance to avoid eternal punishment
Advocating for a rationalistic approach over faith-based beliefs
Supporting a shift towards secular rule in societal governance
Encouraging acceptance and coexistence among different religions
What is the dominant Protestant denomination in New England during the colonial period?
Catholics
Baptists
Lutherans
Puritans
What was the primary policy employed by Britain to allow its American colonies freedom to govern themselves as long as they followed British rules on trade?
Salutary Neglect
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
In what way did Great Awakening sermons fundamentally challenge existing social hierarchies within colonial America?
Suggested faithful attendance at state-sponsored churches was paramount
Encouraged further consolidation of power within formal educational institutions
Emotional preaching suggested personal faith over institutional alignments could achieve salvation
Advocated stricter adherence to traditional clerical hierarchies
What influenced the design of Philadelphia's city layout?
Enlightenment principles in urban planning
Effects of the Great Awakening on community organization
Mercantilist economic strategies shaping colonial cities
Urban planning responses to slave trade demographics
What limitation does Cotton Mather's "Magnalia Christi Americana" present when researching religious life in early American colonies?
The work reflects Mather's personal Puritan beliefs and may not accurately represent diverse religious experiences.
Its late publication date disconnects it from actual events of colonial America.
It only discusses Christianity without considering other religions present at the time.
The book focuses solely on Massachusetts, excluding other regions entirely.
Which religious movement in the 1730s and 1740s led to increased individualism and diversity among the American colonies?
The Reformation
The Enlightenment
The Great Awakening
The Salem Witch Trials

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In what way might a historian argue that the presence of varied European powers in North America influenced the development of colonial societies?
Through homogenizing colonial cultures into a singular Euro-American identity without distinct regional characteristics.
As leading directly to the formation of a unified colonial government early in the colonization process due to external threats.
By creating a competitive environment that encouraged diverse cultural, economic, and political adaptations to the region's challenges.
To foster a dependency on native populations for defensive military alliances against other European powers only.
What was the major ethnic group in the British American Colonies in 1700, 1755, and 1775?
Dutch
English and Welsh
African
Scottish
If Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union had been adopted during French and Indian War, what potential effect might it have had on American Revolutionary movement?
It could have resulted in a more military-oriented colonial society.
It may have unified the colonies earlier, potentially preventing or significantly changing the course of the Revolution.
It could have delayed America's independence due to internal disagreements.
The British might not have imposed taxes that led to revolutionary sentiment.