Prompt #1
Identify 3 similarities &
3 differences between the
Spanish & French colonial
patterns in America
■ Similarities:
–Royal funding & royal control
–Strict emigration; Small populations of
single young men looking for profit
–Catholic missions (Jesuits)
–Frontiers of inclusion with Indians
–Large land claims, little “control”
■ Differences:
–Location of their land claims
–Gold/encomiendas vs. fur
–Inter-marriage vs. French women
–Indian conquest vs. Indian alliances
–Slow vs. fast pop growth in 18th century
Prompt #2
Identify 5 factors that
stimulated immigration to
the British colonies in the
th
17 Century
■ “Push” factors from England:
–Population pressure
–Few job or land opportunities (vagrants)
or to escape debts
–Fear of violence (Civil War & Glorious
Revolution)
■ “Pull” factors to North America:
–Desire for wealth (gold/tobacco)
–Desire for religious ideals (MA, PA, MD)
–Reduced risk due to formation of joinstock companies
–Indentured servitude & slavery
Prompt #3
Name the individual
English colonies
■ “Chesapeake”
–Virginia
–Maryland
■ “Middle”
–New York
–Pennsylvania
–New Jersey
–Delaware
■ “New England”
–Plymouth*
■ “Lower South”
–Massachusetts
–North Carolina
–Rhode Island
–South Carolina
–Connecticut
–Georgia
–New Hampshire
–New Haven*
Prompt #4
Define the following
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Salutary Neglect
Mercantilism
Headright System
Half-Way Covenant
Indentured Servant
Yeoman Farmer
Frontier of Exclusion
■ Salutary Neglect—loose political control
by England; led to self-gov’t & assemblies
■ Mercantilism—Colonies exist to serve the
mother country; Economic control of trade
■ Headright System—50 acres to anyone
who could bring indentured servants (VA)
■ Half-Way Covenant—membership into
town meetings & church for non-converted
citizens in New England towns
■ Indentured Servant—contracted laborer
■ Yeoman Farmer—small-scale farmer
■ Frontier of Exclusion—lack of desire to
convert, marry, trade with Indians
Prompt #5
Identify 7 differences
among the settlement
patterns of the early
New England &
Chesapeake colonists
■ Chesapeake vs New England:
–Desire for wealth vs. Religious freedom
–Individualistic vs. Cohesive
–Young single men vs. Families
–High death rates & low fertility vs. longer
life expectancy & high fertility rates
–Cash-crop, plantation economy vs.
small-scale yeomen, fishing, shipbuilding
–Landed-elite ruled House of Burgesses
vs. religious “elect” in town meetings
–Secular, Anglican, Catholic vs. Puritan
–Forced-labor systems vs. Few slaves
–Little education vs. valued education
Prompt #6
Identify the following people:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
John Rolfe
Metacomet
John Winthrop
Jonathan Edwards
Roger Williams
Edmond Andros
William Penn
■ John Rolfe—“Discovered” tobacco in VA
■ Metacomet—“King Philip”; led Indian
attacks on New England colonies
■ John Winthrop—Puritan leader in MA; Led
Great Migration; “City on a Hill” ideal
■ Jonathan Edwards—evangelist of Great
Awakening; “Sinners in the Hands…”
■ Roger Williams—banished from MA;
Founded Rhode Island; Tolerance
■ Edmond Andros—The despised gov of
Dominion of NE after King Philip’s War
■ William Penn—Founder of PA; Quaker;
“Holy Experiment”
Prompt #7
Identify 5 rebellions in
colonial history
■ Bacon’s Rebellion—poor VA farmers
angry with Gov about Indian attacks
■ Stono Rebellion—slaves in SC
■ NY Slave Rebellion—104 slaves hanged
■ Powhatan attacks—Attacked Jamestown
■ King Philip’s War—attacked NE
■ Salem Witch Trials—young “rebelling”
against the older citizens of Salem
■ Initial smuggling during Navigation Acts—
colonists rebelled against mercantilism
until they realized monopolistic benefits
■ Popé’s Rebellion—Pueblo against Spain
Prompt #8
Identify 6 characteristics
or consequences of the
Great Awakening
■ Characteristics:
–Enthusiastic preaching (“fire & passion”)
–Attacked secularism & old light churches
–Free will (arminianism) not predestination
–Not a unified religious movement
–First “national” event in American history
–“Camp revivals” to 1,000s in attendance
■ Consequences:
–Increased colonial unity
–Alternative denominations grew
(Baptists & Methodists; New Lights)
–New universities to challenge Harvard
–Encouraged challenging authority
Prompt #9
Identify 6 characteristics
or specific examples of
colonial government
*double points for including the 3 “firsts”
■ Colonial Gov’t:
–Mayflower Compact (1st self-gov’t)
–House of Burgesses (1st legislature)
–Fundamntl Orders of CT (1st constitution)
–Salutary neglect led to colonial
assemblies & self-government
–British parliament & king were sovereign
but did not act on this power
–Royal governors were weak & paid by
colonial assemblies
–Town meetings in New England
–Assemblies ruled by the “elite” but
elected democratically by the people
–Royal control in Spain (viceroys) & France
Prompt #10
Name the proprietary
colonies
■ Proprietary Colonies:
–Maryland—Lord Baltimore, Catholics
–New York—Duke of York after seizure
from the Dutch
–Pennsylvania—William Penn, Quakers,
Holy Experiment
–Carolina—Group of 8 who wanted a
democratic utopia; Veto power
–New Jersey
–New Hampshire
–Delaware
Prompt #11
Name the significant religious
characteristic of each colony:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Massachusetts
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Connecticut
■Colonial Religions:
–Massachusetts—Puritans
–Virginia—Anglican
–Maryland—Catholic
–Pennsylvania—Religiously diverse;
Quakers; Holy experiment
–Plymouth—Puritan separatists (Pilgrims)
–Connecticut—Puritan
Prompt #12
Identify 3 characteristics
of the American
backcountry
■ Backcountry Characteristics:
–Geographic area beyond the eastern
seaboard, near Appalachian Mountains
–Most diverse place in colonial America:
populated by Scots-Irish, Germans,
former indentured servants
–Rocky soil, difficult to farm, yeomen farms
–Proximity to Indians; Dangerous
–Rebellious: Scots-Irish won’t obey,
Germans won’t conform, Poor farmers
are frustrated
Prompt #13
Identify 5 characteristics
of the middle colonies
■ Characteristics of Middle Colonies:
–Ethnic immigrant diversity
–Religious diversity & religiously tolerant
–Economic diversity: Shipping, wheat,
corn, farming, livestock, iron
–Most people were yeoman farmers
–Proprietary colonies (NY & PA)
–Excellent harbors (Philadelphia, NY City)
–Less hostile with Indians than NE or
Southern colonies
Prompt #14
What is the difference
between a Pilgrim &
Puritan?
■ Puritans:
–Believed in purifying the Anglican Church
of all Catholic rituals
–Were willing to work to reform the church
–Believed in predestination & strict moral
codes
–Immigrated to Massachusetts
■ Pilgrims:
–“Separatists” (Radical Puritans)
–Unwilling to wait for reform
–Migrated to Plymouth (absorbed by MA)
Prompt #15
Name the colony associated with
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
“City on a Hill”
“Holy Experiment”
“Stinking Weed”
“Salad Bowl”
“Political Utopia”
“Buffer Colony”
“Act of Tolerance”
“Land of the Weirdos”
■“City on a Hill”—Massachusetts
■“Holy Experiment”—Pennsylvania
■“Stinking Weed”—Virginia
■“Salad Bowl”—New York
■“Political Utopia”—Carolina
■“Buffer Colony”—Georgia
■“Act of Tolerance”—Maryland
■“Land of the Weirdos”—Rhode Island