1. What kind of
benefits did owning
land offer colonists?
Land Ownership got you:
1.Political Rights (Voting)
2.Determined your social
position (upper, middle, lower)
2. In what ways was
women’s work
essential to the
economy?
Many times women made
products that were
necessary for their families
and neighbors.
3. How did the training
of boys and girls
differ?
Boys: learned from their
fathers or were an
apprentice (learned trade
from expert craftsman)
Girls: learned from their
mothers or neighbor
4. How is colonial
education different
from education today?
School day
is longer,
more
subjects,
less
religious,
and is
available to
all
5. What were some
types of colonial
literature?
Newspapers, almanacs,
poetry, and histories
6. What is the Great
Awakening?
A religious movement
that spread through the
colonies during the
1700’s.
7. Who was Jonathan
Edwards and how did
he contribute to the
Great Awakening?
Preacher who terrified
listeners with images of
God’s wrath.
Famous Sermon: Sinners
in the Hands of an Angry
God
8. Who was George
Whitefield and how
did he contribute to
the Great Awakening?
Preacher who reached
thousands of listeners
with his booming voice
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9. What were five
effects of the Great
Awakening?
1.Religious debate
2.New Church
membership
3.New colleges
4.Charitable projects
5.Promoted equality and
independence
10.What is the
Enlightenment and how
was it different than
the Great Awakening?
Enlightenment – an
intellectual movement
that stressed science
and reason as paths to
knowledge
11. Who is Benjamin
Franklin?
American
Enlightened thinker,
was the most
popular man of the
day.
He was a scientist,
politician,
ambassador
12. Who is John
Locke?
English philosopher
whose ideas influenced
many American
intellectual thinkers.
13. What several ideas
did John Locke argue
in his published
literature?
Natural Rights: Life,
liberty, and property
He also challenged the
belief that kings had a
God-given right to rule