Exam 5: Colonial America in the Eighteenth Century 1701-1770

Poor Richard's Almanack mirrored the beliefs of its Pennsylvania readers in its glorification of

Most of the Scots-Irish who came to the colonies were farm laborers or tenant farmers who were leaving behind

What industry produced the most economic growth in the Middle Colonies,particularly in Pennsylvania?

A common saying among Scots-Irish and Germans during the eighteenth century was "Pennsylvania is heaven for farmers [and] paradise for artisans." Explain the attraction Pennsylvania held for immigrants.Include an analysis of the extent to which immigrants achieved success in this region.

How did the slaveholding gentry dominate eighteenth-century Virginia politics?

What role did religion play in eighteenth-century American society? Explain how the role of religion was shaped by the Enlightenment.How was it also shaped by the Great Awakening?

The colonial slave drum might have served what purpose?

About what percentage of colonists in 1770 traced their ancestry to England?

Which statement characterizes slaves in the middle colonies in the eighteenth century?

What was the dominant group in eighteenth-century Philadelphia society in terms of wealth and political power?

What made the southern colonies unique compared to other New World slave societies?

What did the Stono Rebellion prove about eighteenth-century slaves?

Why did colonial governors have difficulty gaining the trust and respect of influential colonists?

What was the Great Awakening?

In the seventeenth century,how did New England families subdivide land under the policy of partible inheritance?

Although the three regions of British North America became more distinct in the latter part of the eighteenth century,they still shared what unifying experience?

Provide evidence that supports the following statement: Demographically,communities in New England during the eighteenth century were more homogeneous than communities in the middle and southern colonies.

During the eighteenth century,British North American colonists became accustomed to thinking of themselves as individuals who had the power to make decisions that influenced the quality of their lives.Explore the connections the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening had to the idea of an empowered individual.Include in your discussion the significant features of each of these movements and explain the influences each had on eighteenth-century colonial America.

Most slaves brought to the southern colonies were

"And now,after the Father has been killed,the Mission burned,its many and valuable furnishings destroyed,together with the sacred vessels,its paintings,its baptismal,marriage,and funeral records,and all the furnishings for the sacristy,the house,and the farm implements-now the forces [of soldiers] of both presidios [nearby] come together to set things right....What happened was that before they set about reestablishing the Mission,they wanted to ...lay hands on the guilty ones who were responsible for the burning of the Mission,and the death of the Fathers,and chastise them.The harassed Indians rebelled anew and became more enraged....And so the soldiers there are gathered together in their presidios,and the Indians in their state of heathenism.... But ...what can be gained by campaigns [against the rebellious Indians]? Some will say to frighten them and prevent them from killing others.What I say is that,in order to prevent them from killing others,keep better guard over them than they did over the one who has been killed;and,as to the murderer,let him live,in order that he should be saved-which is the very purpose of our coming here,and the reason which justifies it." What main argument did Father Junípero Serra give for sparing the Indians who destroyed the Spanish Mission San Diego de Alcalá?