Chapter 5

Question 1

Largest colonies by 1770s

Answer 1

VA, MA, PA, NC, MD

Question 2

Largest cities by 1770s

Answer 2

1. Philly
2. NYC
3. Boston

Question 3

How many farmers (%)?

Answer 3

90% of population of Americans

Question 4

Where Germans settle & why?

Answer 4

Germans came to escape persecution (Lutherans persecuted by Catholics) to Pennsylvania and Philly

Question 5

Scots-Irish

Answer 5

Not Irish, just Scots relocated to Ireland then to colonies and made a bit of mess of things

Question 6

Paxton Boys

Answer 6

Revolted against distant colonial authorities

Question 7

Carolina Regulators

Answer 7

Revolted against distant colonial authorities

Question 8

Percentages of people:

Answer 8

English: 29%
African: 19%
Other Europeans make up rest

Question 9

Stono River: What happened

Answer 9

First slave revolt in 1739

Question 10

Were slave revolts common?

Answer 10

no

Question 11

Who wore a “p” on shirt?

Answer 11

Poor and homeless in Boston; P=Poor

Question 12

Leading industries in colonies:

Answer 12

1. Farming (90% of people)
   Then fishing, commerce, bread, fur trade, artisans, real estate

Question 13

Triangular trade: Location & what

Answer 13

Rum was created & traded
New England to Africa, Africa to West Indies, West Indies to New England
Slaves - Sugar - Rum - Slaves - Sugar

Question 14

What is an act?

Answer 14

A law

Question 15

Molasses act

Answer 15

Tax act on Americans to pay England to trade w/ other countries

Question 16

Famous Bostonian Tavern

Answer 16

Green Dragon Tavern

Question 17

Two tax supported churches

Answer 17

Anglican & Congregational

Question 18

Jacob Arminius

Answer 18

Didn’t believe in pre-destination

Question 19

Great Awakening

Answer 19

1730-40s, Religious revival in America

Question 20

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 20

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” = famous sermon

Question 21

George Whitefield

Answer 21

Preached in PA, NY area & thousands showed up to watch him; listened to

Question 22

Affects of Great Awakening

Answer 22

1. More colleges
2. More denominations
3. Reduced authority of older churches

Question 23

UPENN

Answer 23

First college not centered around religion

Question 24

Famous colonial artists:

Answer 24

1. John Trumbull
2. Charles Wilson Peale
3. Benjamin West

Question 25

Phillis Wheatley

Answer 25

African, formally enslaved, famous poet

Question 26

Ben Franklin: What famous about him

Answer 26

Founding father, kite & lightening, bifocals, inventor, poor Richard's almanac (very famous)

Question 27

Almanac

Answer 27

Weather predictor

Question 28

John Peter Zenger

Answer 28

Father of Freedom of the Press

Question 29

Colonial Legislature

Answer 29

Elected officials who makes laws, and all colonies had one

Question 30

Bicameral Legislature

Answer 30

Legislature broken into 2 parts (Upper and Lower house)