Chapter 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of the Revolution 1700-1775

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity:
What can be inferred from the painting depicting George Whitefield's oratory?

His speaking was physically taxing.

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity:
What can be said about the people in the painting?

Whitefield's preaching had an entertainment value

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity:
What conclusions can be made about the painter's attitude toward his subject?

Whitefield's oratory inspired a variety of conflicting reactions.

Which of the following does not describe the population in colonial America?

Immigrant groups did not mingle with one another.

Which of the following statements about North American slavery during the eighteenth century is true?

Slave life was most severe in the deep South.

Which description fits the vast majority of American colonists before the Revolution?

Small landowning farmers

What was the most dreaded epidemic disease in colonial America?

smallpox

The triangular trade among the North America colonies, Africa, and the West Indies included the profitable exchange of which of the following?

Rum, slaves, and molasses

Colonial taverns were especially important as centers of:

Political conversation and organization

During the late eighteenth century, the Church of England was the official church of all of the following colonies except:

Massachusetts

George Whitefield's revival meetings were often characterized by which of the following?

Hundreds of people groaning, shrieking, and rolling on the ground

Ministers who took part in the revivalist, emotive religious tradition during the Great Awakening were called which of the following?

new lights

Wealthy Southerners in colonial America sent their sons to which of the following?

private tutors

Colonial architecture was:

Largely imported from the Old World

Besides his classic autobiography, Benjamin Franklin was best known as a writer of:

Poor Richard's Almanack

All of the following were true of the Zenger Case except:

It resulted in Zenger's conviction for seditious libel.

Colonists throughout the eighteenth century universally enjoyed all of the following amusements except:

Christmas celebrations

Cultural similarities existing throughout all of Britain's North American colonies included all of the following except:

legal protection of free speech

How did colonial assemblies challenge royal governors?

Witholding the governor's salary unless he yielded to their demands

Primary Source Activity: Religious culture and the Great Awakening:
Based on the excerpt from The Great Awakening in Massachusetts, which of the following were changes in religious culture during the Great Awakening? Check all that apply.

1. Public, emotional conversions swept through communities
2. Revivalism disrupted rigid social roles

Primary Source Activity: Religious culture and the Great Awakening:
In the following table, indicate which religion was tax-supported by the colony shown on the left.
1. Virginia
2. Connecticut
3. Rhode Island

1. Anglicanism
2. Congregationalism
3. None

Primary Source Activity: Religious culture and the Great Awakening:
The Great Awakening featured schools of thought that conflicted with some of the major theological systems, including Calvinism. What were some of the ideas from the movement that threatened orthodox Calvinism? Check all that apply.

1. People were not predestined to heaven or hell
2. people could be saved by accepting God's grace

Primary Source Activity: Religious culture and the Great Awakening:
True or False: The majority of colonists wanted a resident Anglican bishop.

False

Critical Thinking Activity: Life and work in colonial North America:
In the following table, order the industries from most popular (1) to least (3).
1. Fishing
2. Manufacturing
3. Agriculture

1. 2
2. 3
3. 1

Critical Thinking Activity: Life and work in colonial North America:
Which of the following locations were a part of the triangular trade? . Check all that apply.

1. Africa
2. American colonies
3. West Indies

Critical Thinking Activity: Life and work in colonial North America:
True or False: As the colonial American population grew, the dependence of the colonies on the British market decreased.

True

Critical Thinking Activity: Life and work in colonial North America:
Colonies such as New York were led by a royal governor. These crown appointees were often capable men, but they sometimes used their authority to mask corruption. When John Peter Zenger was hauled into court after criticizing the governor, the case became the foundation of America's_______ . Royal governors were powerful partly because they also appointed the upper legislative house. Though lower assemblies in the royal colonies often struggled to assert their authority, they could often influence the executive by______ .

1. Freedom of the press
2. witholding his salary

Map Activity: Ethnic settlements and slave societies:
Which of the following ethnic groups were least likely to travel through the city of Philadelphia?

Scots Highlanders

Map Activity: Ethnic settlements and slave societies:
The Dutch mostly settled in which region of colonial America?

New York

Map Activity: Ethnic settlements and slave societies:
Which of the following were results of the Scots-Irish settlement in North America?. Check all that apply.

1. The creation of whiskey stills throughout the American colonies
2. Increased violence between settlers and natives on the frontier
3. Quarrels on the western frontier over land

Map Activity: Ethnic settlements and slave societies:
Enslaved people faced somewhat easier living and working conditions in the Chesapeake than in the lower South because______ plantations were closer together and it was a less physically demanding crop to grow.

1. tobacco