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Chapter 5 Section Review Packet
Section 5-1: Forms of Government
Match the following terms with the correct definitions:
1. Privy Council_____
2. Parliament_____
3. Bicameral legislature_____
4. Virginia House of Burgesses_____
5. Town meeting_____
6. John Peter Zenger_____
7. Libel_____
8. Dominion of New England_____
9. Edmund Andros_____
10. Glorious Revolution_____
11. James II_____
12. William and Mary_____
13. English Bill of Rights_____
a. Lawmaking body of Great Britain
b. Newspaper publisher put on trial for making
critical statements about the governor of New
York
c. First and only governor of the Dominion of
New England
d. Name given to the overthrow of James II in
England
e. Act in which the power of the monarchy was
reduced and the power of parliament was
increased
f. Type of legislature with two separate houses
or chambers
g. Group that governed the English colonies
from Great Britain
h. First legislature created in the English
colonies
i. Word that means to publicly make false
statements about another
j. Typical way in which colonists would get
together and make decisions on the local level
k. King and Queen of England after the Glorious
Revolution
l. Short lived political union of New England
states under James II
m. King of England that attempted to restore
Catholicism to Great Britain and the colonies
Answer the following questions:
14. Give at least two examples of representative government in the colonies.
(a)
(b)
15. Why did the newly formed Dominion of New England anger the American colonists?
(a)
16. (a) Why was the trial of John Peter Zenger important? (b) What basic right was in question during
the trial? (c) How did the judges feel about this case? (d) How did the jury rule?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Section 5-2: The Growth of Trade
Match the following terms with the correct definitions:
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Mercantilism_____
Balance of trade_____
Imports_____
Exports_____
Duties_____
Navigation Acts_____
Free enterprise_____
Triangular trade_____
Middle Passage_____
a. Economic system in which nations created
and maintained wealth by carefully controlling
trade
b. Goods sold to other countries
c. Economic competition with little government
control
d. Trading system between Europe, Africa, and
the Americas where various goods were
exchanged
e. Deadly and treacherous voyage across the
Atlantic from West Africa to the Americas
f. Taxes on imported goods
g. Goods bought from other countries
h. A series of laws that required the colonies to
do the bulk of their trading with England
i. Term that referred to how much a country
imports versus how much it exports
Answer the following questions:
27. Explain how countries tried to maintain a favorable balance of trade.
(a)
28. (a) How did the Navigation Acts affect trade? (b) Were the colonists happy with these laws? (c)
Why or why not?
(a)
(b)
(c)
29. (a) Explain triangular trade, especially that which included (b) the Middle Passage.
(a)
(b)
30. (a) Explain the demand for slaves in the English colonies. (b) Describe the conditions under which
slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.
(a)
(b)
Section 5-3: The Colonial Economy
Match the following terms with the correct definitions:
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Cash crop_____
Slave codes_____
Apprentices_____
Staple crop_____
a. A crop grown in large amounts for profit
b. A crop that is in constant need
c. A young person learning a trade from a
“master” of that trade
d. Laws passed to control slaves in the colonies
Answer the following questions:
35. (a) What were some common crops grown on plantations in the southern colonies? (b) In order to
fill labor needs, who was used as labor on these plantations?
(a)
(b)
36. How did climate help determine the economic activities of the (a) northern, (b) middle, and (c)
southern colonies? Give examples to support your answer.
(a)
(b)
(c)
37. Give examples of various slave codes in the southern colonies.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
38. Why was shipbuilding an important industry in New England?
(a)
39. Explain the process through which people learned new trades in the colonies.
(a)
40. What were the various roles of women in the colonies?
(a)
(b)
Section 5-4: The Great Awakening
Match the following terms to the correct definitions:
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Revivals_____
Great Awakening_____
Jonathan Edwards_____
George Whitefield_____
Old Lights_____
New Lights_____
Gilbert Tennent_____
a. A period in which religious faith experienced
a resurgence in the colonies
b. Religious gatherings where people came
together to hear sermons and declare their
faith
c. One of the most important leaders of the
Great Awakening
d. British minister that visited America during
the Great Awakening
e. The followers of the new ministers of the
Great Awakening
f. The more traditional Christian groups of the
colonies
g. Presbyterian leader of the Great Awakening
Answer the following questions:
48. What led to the Great Awakening?
(a)
49. What were the key messages preached by the ministers of the Great Awakening?
(a)
(b)
50. In which regions was the Great Awakening most influential?
(a)
51. (a) In what ways did the Great Awakening change the way colonists communicated? (b) In what
ways did it change people’s political and social views?
(a)
(b)
Section 5-5: American Culture
Match the following terms with the correct definitions:
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Scientific Revolution_____
Galileo Galilei_____
Isaac Newton_____
Scientific Method_____
Enlightenment_____
John Locke_____
Benjamin Franklin_____
Poor Richard’s Almanack_____
a. Period also called the Age of Reason in which
philosophers used reason and logic to
understand the world
b. Leading figure of the Scientific Revolution;
demonstrated that the planets revolve around
the sun
c. Explained the motion of objects on Earth and
in the sky; proved that the same laws of physics
apply to both
d. Method which scientists use to study natural
events
e. Period in which new ideas about the
universe began to emerge
f. English political philosopher who believed
people had natural rights; that people should
only obey just rulers that protected their life
and liberty
g. Great scientist and political philosopher of
the American colonies
h. Successful colonial newspaper published by
Benjamin Franklin
Answer the following questions:
60. Explain how the Scientific Revolution influenced the thinkers of the Enlightenment.
(a)
61. (a) Where were there more schools in the colonies? (b) Why were schools particularly important in
these areas? (c) What kinds of classes did most early colleges in the American colonies focus on?
(a)
(b)
(c)
63. What were some important accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
64. What did the various changes of the quality of colonial literature, art, and architecture say about life
in the colonies in the mid 1700s?
(a)