Chapter 5 Study Questions using the American Pageant 13th Edition textbook. For eleventh grade Advanced Placement United States History. Vidalia High School.
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| 883979498 | How did population growth in the American colonies affect their relationship with England? | because the ration between English and American was narrowing, which set the stage for a power shift from England to the Colonies. England hated this. | |
| 883979499 | Explain why colonial America can rightly be described as a melting pot. | it was a huge mix of different types of people and cultures because there were so many nationalities (such as africans. germans, swiss, dutch, french, english, welsh, swedes, scots, irish) living there. | |
| 883979500 | Describe the structure of colonial society. | the structure of colonial society was highlighted by equality and opportunity. There wasn't a nobility class that dominated, and most people were modest,small farmers. There were a few skilled artisans. Most remarkable was the mobility of the social ladder. | |
| 883979501 | Which profession was honored in the colonies? Lease honored? | Most- christian ministry. Least- physicians. | |
| 883979502 | Why were lawyers not favorably regarded? | because they were referred to a 'noisy windbags or troublemaking rouges'. | |
| 883979503 | What were the most important economic activities in the colonies? (describe four) | agriculture (tobacco, wheat, it involved about 90% of the people), manufacturing (not too important but there were many small enterprises), and lumbering (most important manufacturing activity), ship building. | |
| 883979504 | How and why were taverns cradles of democracy? | because many people gathered there and would discuss political issues, which is a major part of democracy. | |
| 883979505 | What were the major denominations in the colonies? | Anglican and the Congregational | |
| 883979506 | What was the Great Awakening and why did it occur? | it was a religious revival. It occurred because people had grown away from the church and the suddenly more ideas about religion began popping up and people got interested | |
| 883979507 | How did Johnathan Edwards and George Whitefield influence the Great Awakening? | by being that spark that was needed to set it off. They used their passions to spread their religious views. They brought new ideas and passion | |
| 883979508 | What distinguished the Old Lights from the New Lights? | because unlike the new light the old lights were skeptical of the emotionalism and theatrics of the Great Awakening. | |
| 883979509 | Why did the NE colonies lead the way in public education? | because of the old deluder law | |
| 883979510 | What was the main purpose of establishing colleges and universities in the colonies? what was the first? | to prepare men for the ministry. Harvard. | |
| 883979511 | How did the colonies compare to England in the areas of art, literature, and science? | they had still not caught up to England. The colonies took European things and changed them. | |
| 883979512 | Who was John Peter Zenger? Why was the Zenger case so important? | a newspaper printer whose newspaper was assailed the corrupt royal governor. its important because it opened the door to freedom of the press and health of democracy. | |
| 883979513 | How were most colonial governments organized? | with a two house legislative body and governors that were appointed by the king | |
| 883979514 | Although not completely democratic, the colonies were more democratic than england. Explain. | they were 'giving freer reign to the democratic ideals of tolerance, educational advantages,equality of economic opportunity, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and representative gov't. | |
| 883979515 | How did the colonists amuse themselves? | militia 'musters'. frontier lesuires like quilting bes, funerals and weddings, winter sports in the north, hunting, dancing, lotteries, plays and holidays. | |
| 883979516 | How were the 13 British colonies similar? | in the fact that they all spoke English, had english customs, were Christian,had some type of religious toleration or freedom, social mobility, and self gov't |
