American Pageant chapter 3 questions
The Protestant reformation produces Puritanism
1. What is the relationship between the elect and visible saints?
2. How did the Separatists differ from the Puritans?
3. Why was King James upset with the Separatists?
The Pilgrims end their Pilgrimage
4. What was the Mayflower Compact?
5. What was a major worry of Gov. Bradford?
The Bay Colony Bible Commonwealth
6. Who was the leader of the Puritan government?
7. What industries flourished in New England?
8. What is meant by the phrase "City on a hill?”
Building the Bay Colony
9. What rights did the Congregational Church have in the colony?
10. What is the purpose of government?
Troubles in the Bible Commonwealth
11. Why were Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams banished?
The Rhode Island Sewer
12. How was RI different from Mass Bay colony?
13. Why was it called the sewer?
14. What were the Fundamental Orders?
Puritans v Indians
15. What was a praying town?
16. What were the effects of King Phillip’s War?
Andros Promotes the 1st American Rev
17. What was the purpose of the Navigation acts?
New Netherlands and Dutch in NY
18. Who were the 1st inhabitants of New York and Delaware?
19. List the noteworthy contributions the Dutch made that still around today.
Penn’s Holy Experiment
20. How did the Quakers differ from the Puritans?
21. How did Pennsylvania differ from the other colonies?
22. Which region, New England, Southern or Middle would you have preferred to settle? why?
American Pageant chapter 4 questions
The Unhealthy Chesapeake
1. What effect did the high death rate have on the family?
The Tobacco economy
2. What was the affect from the overproduction of tobacco?
3. How were indentured servants abused by the head right system?
Frustrated Freemen
4. What was the cause and effect of Bacon's Rebellion?
Colonial Slavery
5. What was the middle passage?
Africans in America
6. List examples of African developed slave culture in America.
7. Name 2 slave revolts.
Southern Society
8. Who and what were the FFVs?
9. Why was water transportation so important?
New England family
10. Why was New England considered to be healthier than the south?
11. What was the effect of longevity on family life?
12. What advantage did southern women have that New England wives did not?
13. When was divorce allowed?
Life in New England
14. Describe a typical town.
Halfway covenant/ Witch trials
15. What was the purpose of the half way covenant?
16. Briefly describe the event known as the Salem Witch Trials.
New England way of life
17. What was the economy of New England based on?
The early settlers
18. Who was more likely to immigrate to America?
American Pageant chapter 5 questions
Conquest by the cradle
What attributed to the population growth in America?
A Mingling of the races
What reasons were given for German migration?
Where did the Scots-Irish settle?
“What then is an American?”
The Structure of Colonial Society
Why did England veto attempts to slow down the slave trade?
Clerics, Physicians, and Jurist
Which profession had the highest regard? The lowest?
Workaday America
List America’s leading products.
Horsepower and Sail power
Describe the roads of colonial America.
Why was the tavern called a cradle of democracy?
Dominant Denominations
10 What were the dominant denominations in colonial America?
The Great Awakening
10. How did Jacobus Arminius threaten Calvinistic views?
What sermon set the standard for the Great Awakening?
13. Who were the “old lights?” The “new lights”?
What were the lasting effects of the great awakening?
Schools and Colleges
In which region were most of the early American schools located?
A Provincial Culture
Who was called the “first civilized American?” Why?
Pioneer presses
Why is the Zenger case so important in the history of the US?
The Great Game of Politics
What democratic ideals could be found in colonial America?