Chapter 4 Study Questions using the American Pageant 13th Edition textbook. For eleventh grade Advanced Placement United States History. Vidalia High School.
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| 883978686 | What types of social problems existed in Virginia in the 17th century and why did they exist? | Low life expectancy, lack of women, weak family ties. They existed because diseases had caused there to be a high death rate. (Pg: 66) | |
| 883978687 | Even though conditions were so bad in early Virginia, many immigrants flooded into the colony. Why/ | Because it was a very good place for tobacco cultivation. (Pg: 67) | |
| 883978688 | How did the Virginians handle the need for extra labor to grow tobacco? | By implementing an 'indentured servitude' program where people worked for their transatlantic passage and 'freedom dues'. (Pg: 67) | |
| 883978689 | What led to Bacon's Rebellion? What problems did it reveal? | It was led up to by an increasing amount of single young men who were not able to find land or women to marry. They were disfranchised by the Virginia Assembly in 1670. This angered them. Bacon's Rebellion revealed that more less-troublesome workers were needed, which soon meant slaves. (Pg: 68) | |
| 883978690 | Why did Virginia turn from indentured servants to slaves as a source of labor? | because slaves were more stable being as they didn't usually receive their freedom after seven year. They were less susceptible to diseases esp. malaria. They were not as troublesome and could be captured easier because they would stand out in a crowd. (Pg: 68) | |
| 883978691 | How successful were slave rebellions? | Not very successful at all. (Pg: 73) | |
| 883978692 | How did slave culture incorporate both African and American factors? | into their unique language, Gullah, which led to new words and new things. (Pg:72) | |
| 883978693 | What were FFVs? | First Families of Virginia (Pg: 73) | |
| 883978694 | How do the merchant-planters of the 17th century differ from legend? | because in real life, they were busy, hardworking, laboring people whereas legend presents them as rich, lazy, and snobby. (Pg: 73) | |
| 883978695 | Describe the social levels in the Southern Colonies? | At the top of the social levels of the southern colonies were the small but powerful planters. Under the planters were the farmers. Under the farmers were the landless whites. Under the landless whites were the indentured servants. Under the indentured servants were the African slaves. (Pg: 73) | |
| 883978696 | Contrast family life in the Chesapeake region from that in New England. | In Chesapeake, there was a higher premarital birth rate than in NE. NE families were raised strictly and closely with extended family whereas that was practically nonexistent in the Chesapeake region. (Pg: 76-77) | |
| 883978697 | How did New England protect the rights of women? | If a woman was widowed, she would be assigned a man to care for her. They made sure that women always had a caretaker. (Pg: 77)` | |
| 883978698 | Why did democracy develop more in the NE than it did in the Chesapeake? | Because the Puritans in NE ran their own churches with a sort of democracy in the congregational church which led to the idea of political democracy. (Pg: 79) | |
| 883978699 | What was the Half-Way Covenant and why was it instituted? | It was a new arrangement that allowed the children of the elect to become partial church members. It was instituted because as the first generation Puritans died out, their families were becoming less and less interested in religion and this allowed them to become members w/o being part of them elect. (Pg: 79) | |
| 883978700 | How does the witch hysteria of Salem in the 1690s reflect economic conditions in NE? | because most of the accused 'witches' were from higher class families and most of the 'witch accusers' were from lower class farming families. (Pg: 80) | |
| 883978701 | How did the geography of NE account for its economic development? | because since there was not much fertile farming land, NEs had to find other ways to make an economy. This led to the many industries that would develop the economy. (Pg 80) | |
| 883978702 | What two ideas did NE give to America as national traits? | 1. Yankee Ingenuity - self reliance 2. New England conscience - hard working, 'we can do it' | |
| 883978703 | What is meant by the phrase 'Dukes don't emigrate'? | if people enjoy their life, wealth, and security then they will not leave for the wilderness. (Pg: 82) | |
| 883978704 | Why did democracy and equality find fertile soil in the American wilderness? | because it was a fresh start away from the old customs of England. They could do what they wanted to and everyone had to start at the bottom and build their way to the top because everyone came out there with nothing. (pg: 82) |
