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Study guide for Era II Assessment – page 1
Questions on the New England Colonies
Using the map on page 36 of the History Alive textbook and the summary of the New England Colonies on page 37, answer the following questions
- What colonies were included in the New England region?
- What natural resources were abundant in the New England colonies?
- On what jobs was the New England economy based? Why?
- Why didn’t the New England colonies grow cash crops?
Study Guide for Era II Assessment – page 2
Using the map on page 36 of the History Alive textbook and the summary of The Middle Colonies on page 37, answer the following questions
- What colonies were included in the Middle Colonial region?
- What natural resources were abundant in the Middle Colonies?
- On what jobs was the Middle Colonies’ economy based? Why?
- Why didn’t the Middle Colonies grow cash crops? What types of crops did they grow and sell to England?
Study Guide for Era II Assessment – page 3
Using the map on page 36 of the History Alive textbook and the summary of The Middle Colonies on page 38, answer the following questions
- What colonies were included in the Southern Colonial region?
- What natural resources were abundant in the Southern Colonies?
- On what jobs was the Southern Colonies’ economy based? Why?
- Why did the Southern Colonies grow cash crops? How did this influence the growth of slavery?
Study Guide for Era II Assessment – page 4
Use your notes on Triangular trade and Mercantilism to answer the following questions
Define Mercantilism
Who benefited most from the mercantile system and why?
What was the name of the laws used to implement mercantilism in the colonies?
Define import
Define export
Why do you want to export more than you import?
What did England export to the colonies?
What did the colonies export to England, the West Indies and Africa?
What did the colonies import from Africa and the West Indies?
Study Guide for Era II Assessment – page 5
Using the information from chapter section listed to answer the questions.
3.2 Government in the Colonies and the T chart pyramid of government in ISN
Why did the colonies need to be able to make their own laws?
What was the role of the governor?
What happens at town meetings in New England?
3.3 Massachusetts
What was the Mayflower Compact and what did it describe?
3.5 Connecticut
What were the Fundamental Orders?
What rights were guaranteed to Puritans?
What did all three of these types of government have in common?
What did they show about government in the colonies?
Study Guide for Era II Assessment – page 6
Using the information from chapter section listed , answer the questions.
Chapter section 4.1
What did the life of Benjamin Franklin tell you about social class and colonial life?
What is an almanac?
What does the success of Poor Richard’s almanac tell you about literacy rates in the colonies? The types of people who lived there?
Life on a Farm 4.2
What percentage of colonists lived on small family farms?
What did this tell you about their lifestyle?
Life in Cities 4.3
Were cities in the colonial period like modern cities? Why or why not?
Rights of Colonist 4.4
What was the significance of the Magna Carta?
What was the Glorious Revolution?
What was the Bill of Rights?
Crime and Punishment 4.5
What were the Blue laws?
Study Guide for Era II Assessment – page 7
Using the information from chapter section listed , answer the questions.
4.7 Life for African Americans
Why did Slavery spread in the Southern Colonies but not in the New England and Middle Colonies?
What was the Middle Passage? Describe the conditions of the trip.
4.8 Religion
What ideas were spread in the colonies during the Great Awakening and how might this have helped pave the way for revolution?
4.9 Education
How was education different in New England than in the Southern and Middle Colonies?
4.11 - Leisure
Why did colonists combine work with social events?