AP United States History
Chapter 4
The Expansion of Colonial British America, 1720 - 1763
Terms
Section 1: Intellectual Trends in the Eighteenth Century
1.
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4.
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6.
7.
(pgs. 97 – 101)
Cotton Mather
Enlightenment
John Locke
Essays Concerning Human Understanding (1690)
Two Treatises on Civil Government (1690)
Social Contract
John Winthrop
Section 2: The Great Awakening
(pgs. 101 – 104)
8. Great Awakening
9. Theodore Jacob Frelinghuysen
10. William Tennent
11. Jonathon Edwards
12. George Whitefield
13. Moravians
Section 3: Cultural Diversity and Expansion
(pgs. 104 – 112)
14. James Oglethorpe
15. Stono Uprising
16. “buckra” dialect
Section 4: Wars for Empire
17. Naval Impressments
18. French and Indian War
19. Albany Plan of Union 1754
20. General Edward Braddock
21. William Pitt
22. Chief Pontiac
23. Proclamation Act 1763
(pgs. 112 – 118)
Section 5: The British Provinces in 1763
24. Mercantilism
25. Navigation Acts
26. Enumerated articles
27. Molasses Act 1733
28. Paxton Boys Rebellion
(pgs. 118 – 123)
AP United States History
Chapter 4
The Expansion of Colonial British America, 1720 - 1763
Objectives
Section 1: Intellectual Trends in the Eighteenth Century
(pgs. 97 – 101)
1. Explain who Cotton Mather was and the irony behind his work in inoculations.
2. Describe the basic inclination of the Enlightenment Period and the three
educational disciplines it affected.
3. Regarding Locke’s theories and writings, explain the following:
a. Two publication titles
c. Natural Rights
b. Natural laws
d. Social Contract
4. What 3 factors seemed to impact one’s education during the colonial period?
5. List 3 early colonial colleges established by 1750.
6. List 5 occupations for which colonial colleges prepared students.
Section 2: The Great Awakening
(pgs. 101 – 104)
7. What was the Great Awakening?
8. Describe Christian rationalism.
9. List the 2 areas of American society that was threatened by the Great Awakening.
10. Describe the differences of beliefs and worship styles of “Old Lights” and “New
Lights” religions and why this caused social controversy.
11. Describe the input of the following theologians during the Great Awakening:
a. Theodore Jacob Frelinghuysen
c. Jonathon Edwards
b. William Tennent
d. George Whitefield
12. List 6 major colleges established in the colonies as a result of the Great
Awakening.
Section 3: Cultural Diversity and Expansion
(pgs. 104 – 112)
13. Regarding German and Scots-Irish immigration:
a. Period of immigration
b. Leading colony of settlement
c. 7 major religions brought with them
d. 2 reasons why they were relatively not involved in politics
14. Regarding the settlement of Georgia:
a. 2 motivating reasons for Oglethorpe to settle the region
b. 3 policies governing settlement
c. 3 components of Oglethorpe’s policy toward Native Americans
d. 4 reasons why settlers avoided Georgia
15. Regarding African culture in America:
a. Number of imports between 1720 – 1776
b. Region of Africa from which imported
c. Percentage of 1750 colonial America population
d. 5 components of African culture they could influence
e. Describe the origins of the “gullah” dialect
16. Explain the broader result of the Stono Slave Rebellion
17. Describe the difference between “salt water” and “Country born” slaves
18. Describe “settlement Indians”
Section 4: Wars for Empire
(pgs. 112 – 118)
19. Describe the 2 forces involved in the War of Jenkin’s Ear and the issue causing
the conflict.
20. Describe what England received after the Treaty of Utrecht regarding the Atlantic
Slave trade
21. Describe the 2 forces involved in King George’s War and the issue causing the
conflict in the America colonies.
22. Describe the 2 forces involved in the French and Indian War here in colonial
America, their perspective allies, and the 2 leading issues causing conflict.
23. Regarding the Albany Congress:
a. Who did the Iroquois remain loyal to
b. Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union
c. 3 governing functions proposed for each colony to have
24. List the 3 leading Indian tribes whose alliance with France, caused frontier attacks
on Americans.
25. What were naval impressments?
26. List the role of the following British political/military leaders during the French
and Indian War:
a. William Pitt
c. Jeffrey Amherst
b. General Edward Braddock
d. James Wolfe
27. Describe the effect the French and Indian War had between American and British
relations.
28. Within the Treaty of Paris 1763 who acquired the following regions:
a. Canada
b. Lands east of the Mississippi River
c. Florida
29. Describe Chief Pontiac’s efforts against whites in the Ohio River Valley.
30. List 4 negative effects the British victory over France had on Native Americans of
the Ohio River Valley.
31. List the 3 components of Neolin’s cultural message to the Delaware and Shawnee
Indians
32. Explain the failure of the Proclamation Act of 1763
Section 5: The British Provinces in 1763
(pgs. 118 – 123)
33. Explain how by 1763 Americans came to view themselves as equals with the
British citizens.
34. Regarding British mercantilism, explain the following:
a. The role of the colonies
b. What were Enumerated articles
c. How did Britain benefitted from the arrangement.
35. Describe the intention of the following Navigation Acts:
a. Woolen Act 1699
b. Hat Act
1732
c. Molasses Act 1733
d. Iron Act
1750
36. Describe the “consumer revolution” and how it affected British-American
relationships
37. Describe the underlying issue that led to the Paxton Boys Rebellion in 1763.
38. List 6 changes in British politics that shifted power from the Crown to Parliament
following the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
39. Describe the difference between the voting rights in Britain and America and how
that affected the concept of representative government in America
40. List 3 requirements for voting in colonial America
41. Describe the differences between direct and virtual representation.
42. List 5 powers gradually assumed by colonial legislative bodies in the early
1700’s.