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During the eighteenth century,rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by


A) the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists.
B) the quickly rising purchasing power of members of the lower classes.
C) increasing class distinctions within society and the association of material possessions with status in the upper class.
D) the rising ideal of equality of condition among colonists and the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.
E) the association of material possessions with loyalty to the crown.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Skin color was the only factor in determining whether a person was subject to slave codes.

A) True
B) False

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Class divisions in colonial North American cities were


A) sharper than in corresponding European cities.
B) smoothed over by church and social registers.
C) more real and visible than in rural places.
D) weaker in the North than in the South.
E) essentially nonexistent.

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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By the mid-eighteenth century,a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence,in part because of


A) the development of a substantial colonial manufacturing industry.
B) illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire.
C) All these answers are correct.
D) the abolishment of the British Navigation Acts.
E) new access by non-British ships to the colonial carrying trade.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

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In the North American colonies,mulatto children were


A) freed at birth.
B) rarely recognized by their white fathers.
C) rejected by the rest of the slave community.
D) rarely produced.
E) regarded as white by the white society.

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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What were the critical differences between a southern plantation and a New England town?

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Medical evidence suggests that bleeding a patient could assist in recovery from an illness.

A) True
B) False

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Most indentured servants were forbidden to marry until their terms of service were over.

A) True
B) False

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