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| 4942272946 | J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur | A Frenchman who wrote , "America is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, and useless labor, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence. This is an American." (1782) | 0 | |
| 4942272947 | immigrants | People who came to American were Protestant French, German-speaking, or Scotch-Irish. They were fleeing religious persecution and wars, as well as seeking economic opportunities. Africans were also brought in large numbers to the colonies, albeit unwillingly. | 1 | |
| 4942272948 | English cultural domination | This ideas represents that most of the population of the colonies was English, but Africans and Europeans created some diversity in the culture of the colonies. | 2 | |
| 4942272951 | Socioeconomic status | Their class system was based on economics with wealthy landowners at the top, and craftspeople and common people made up the majority. | 3 | |
| 4942272954 | subsistence farming | Farming that provides for the needs of the people on the farm, but nothing else. (New England mainly) | 4 | |
| 4942272955 | secretarian | Member of a sect or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church (related to religions) | 5 | |
| 4942272956 | Great Awakening | A movement characterized by fervent expressions of religious feeling among masses of people. (1730-1740) | 6 | |
| 4942272957 | Jonathan Edwards | Argued that God was rightfully angry with human sinfulness; people who repented could by saved by God's grace, but those who did nothing would go to Hell. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741) Led to Great Awakening | 7 | |
| 4942272958 | George Whitefield | (1739) Stressed that God was all powerful and would save only those who openly professed faith in Christ Jesus. Taught that with sincere faith, ordinary people could understand scripture without ministers. Led to Great Awakening | 8 | |
| 4942272962 | Cotton Mather | Author of several widely read religious tracts; a minister from Massachusetts | 9 | |
| 4942272963 | Benjamin Franklin | Writer and scientist; author of Poor Richard's Almanack and inventor of bifocal eyeglasses | 10 | |
| 4942272964 | Poor Richard's Almanac | Written by Benjamin Franklin, this book written in 1732 contained aphorisms and advice. | 11 | |
| 4942272965 | Phillis Wheatley | Her poetry is noteworthy for her triumph over slavery and for it's quality | 12 | |
| 4942272969 | John Peter Zenger; libel case | Published a true, but unflattering article about New York's royal governor. He was acquited by the jury. (1735) | 13 | |
| 4942272970 | Andrew Hamilton | Lawyer for Zenger in the Zenger case. (1735) | 14 | |
| 4942272971 | colonial governors | In the royal colonies, these were appointed by the King; in the proprietary colonies, these were appointed by the proprietor; in Rhode Island and Connecticut, these were elected by popular vote | 15 | |
| 4942272972 | colonial legislatures | In every colony the lower of these two houses was elected; this lower house controlled taxes. Only in Rhode Island and Connecticut were the upper houses elected. | 16 | |
| 4942272973 | town meetings | The dominant form of local government in the New England colonies | 17 | |
| 4942272974 | county government | In the South, local government was carried on by a sheriff and other officials who served on this. | 18 | |
| 4942272975 | limited democracy | Only white, land-owning males could vote, and colonial assemblies mostly represented the elite. | 19 |
