What did the English do after 1660?
A) They renewed efforts to expand and control colonial trade.
B) They turned inward to reform their own society rather than establish new societies across the seas.
C) They embarked on an era of free trade by repealing most parliamentary acts dealing with overseas commerce.
D) They abandoned Canada to the French.
E) They outlawed royal ownership of overseas colonies.
Question 2
What made George Whitefield's views seem so dangerous to clergymen in America?
A) His challenges to church authority and teachings were potentially disruptive to the social order.
B) Leaders feared his preaching about equality would inspire slave revolts.
C) His diatribes against Great Britain were leading colonists to consider separating from the mother country.
D) His sermons about marriage were leading wives to question their roles and their husbands'.
E) His celebration of human reason over religious piety had American congregations seeking new religions.