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Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775 Homework Packet
Conquest by the Cradle
1. What was the population of the colonies by 1775? How many people were black?
2. What lead to increased populations in the colonies?
3. Why was the increase of colonial population a problem for England?
A Mingling of the Races
4. Why did German come to America? Where did they settle?
5. What made the Germans different from the English colonists?
6. Why did the Scots-Irish leave Ireland? Where did they settle?
7. Identify two Scots- Irish characteristics.
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8. What was the largest non-English group in the colonies?
9. Explain Michel-Guillaume de Crevecoeur’s quote, “What then is the American, this new man?”
10. How were Native Americans and Africans affected by the mixture of cultures?
The Structure of Colonial Society
11. What job did most colonists have?
12. How did social structure of the colonies change in the 17th century?
13. How did the colonial poor get help?
14. Who were the “jayle birds”?
15. Why didn’t the British want to end the transatlantic slave trade?
Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists
16. What was the most honored profession?
17. How were colonial doctors trained?
18. What diseases lead to epidemics?
19. Why was being a lawyer not regarded as an honorable profession?
Workaday America
20. What profession did most colonists have?
21. Where in the colonies was the fishing industry prominent?
22. Describe the triangular trade. (Locations and items traded)
23. What products were manufactured in the colonies?
24. What were the most important products the colonies manufactured?
25. How did colonists make enough money to British manufactured goods?
26. What was the Molasses Act? What did it aim to do?
Horsepower and Sailpower
27. What made traveling throughout the colonies difficult and dangerous?
28. What other method of transportation did colonists use?
29. How were taverns used? (2 examples)
30. Why wasn’t the postal system reliable?
Dominant Denominations
31. Where was the Anglican Church established?
32. Why was the College of William and Mary established?
33. Where was the Congregational Church established? How did the ministers from this religion help support the American Revolution?
34. Why was it difficult to become an Anglican minister?
35. Why were colonists more tolerant of religion then the British?
The Great Awakening
36. Why was Puritan membership falling in the 18th century?
37. How had colonists changed their views of Calvinism?
38. What was the Arminian Doctrine?
39. What was the Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards:
“Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God”:
40. Who was George Whitefield? How did he help revive religion in the colonies?
41. How were “old light” and “new light” ministers different?
42. What effects did the Great Awakening have on the colonies?
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Schools and Colleges
43. How did the British see education?
44. Who were the first establish schools in the colonies? Why did they establish schools?
45. Why was it difficult for the South to establish schools? How did they educate their children?
46. Describe colonial schools. (Discipline, subjects and teachers).
47. Describe American colleges. (Students, subjects etc.)
A Provincial Culture
48. Why was being an artist difficult in the colonies?
Phillis Wheatley:
49. How did Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack shape America?
50. What scientific contributions did Franklin make to the colonies?
Pioneer Presses
51. Why did colonists not own many books?
52. What did colonists read instead of books?
53. Who was John Peter Zenger? What did he do?
54. Why was the Zenger case an achievement for freedom of press?
The Great Games of Politics
55. What did colonial governments have in common?
56. What privilege did Americans have?
57. Why did appointed governors have a difficult job? How did the colonists guarantee power over the governors?
58. Who was allowed to vote? How were people given the right to vote?
59. What rights did colonists have in America?
Colonial Folkways
60. What made colonial life boring?
61. Why were winters a problem in the colonies?
62. How did colonists socialize? (Two examples for each colonial region)
New England/Northern Colonies:
Middle Colonies:
Southern Colonies:
63. What holiday was widely celebrated in the colonies?
64. What did the colonies have in common?
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makers of america: The scots-irish
Questions for Class Discussion
1.What characteristics did the Scots-Irish develop from their history before arriving in America? How did their American experience relate to that earlier history?
2.Why were the Scots-Irish likely to be especially fervent patriots in the American Revolution? What issues might separate them from other American revolutionists, like the New Englanders or the Virginia planters?
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