Study Guide

Study Guide

I. You should be able to identify and state the significance of the following:

	Jonathan Edwards
	George Whitefield
	John Peter Zenger
	Philis Wheatley
	John S. Copley
	Pontiac

II. You should be able to describe and state the historical significance of the following:

	Albany Congress
	Proclamation of 1763
	Great Awakening
	Enlightenment
	Headright System
	Indentured Servitude
	Mercantilism
	Lords of Trade
	Dominion of New England
	Board of Trade
	Bacon's Rebellion
	Navigation Acts
	Writs of Assistance
	Salutary Neglect
	Triangular Trade
	Navigation Acts
	French and Indian War
	War of the Spanish Succession

III. Study Questions:

	Discuss the effects of environmental factors prior to and during the colonial era. Be sure to specify the environmental impacts of Native Americans and European settlers.
	.Is it accurate to describe colonial America as a melting pot of ethnic and cultural groups? Explain your answer.
	Describe the status of women in colonial society.
	Compare the development of Anglican churches in the Southern colonies and Puritan churches in New England.
	Explain the emergence of slavery in the English colonies.
	Compare the effects of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening on the colonies.
	Explain how the American colonies could be both aided and hampered by British mercantile policies.
	Discuss the relative powers of colonial governors and assemblies. Given these relative strengths, which was more powerful? Why?
	Explain the ways in which the wars of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries affected the evolution of British imperial policy.
	Explain the significance of the French and Indian War. Why has it been called the "Great War for Empire"?
	Compare the British, French and Spanish approaches to colonization, assessing the relative advantages and disadvantages of each system.
	Did differences in wealth and status in the colonies increase or diminish from 1700 to 1750? Explain.
	Explain how the Great Awakening contributed to the development of the separation of church and state in America.
	Early America was not a world of equality and consensus, yet many immigrants poured in, seeing America as a land of opportunity. How could they draw such conclusions?
	In what ways did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?
	What would have been the consequences for the British colonies in America if the French had won the French and Indian Wars?

IV. Practice Quizzes

A. Bailey's American Pageant

	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6

B. Tindall and Shi: America, A Narrative History

	Colonial Ways of Life
	The Imperial Perspective

C. Historyteacher.net

Late 17th and 18th Century Colonial Society