CHAPTER 4
THE COLONIES GROW
Historical Thinking
1.7-8.1 Formulate historical questions based on primary and secondary sources, including documents,
eyewitness accounts, letters and diaries, artifacts, real or simulated historical sites, charts, graphs,
diagrams and written texts.
1.7-8.2 Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
1.7-8.5 Analyze data in order to see persons and events in their historical context, understand causal
factors and appreciate change over time.
1.7-8.7 Develop written narratives and short interpretive essays as well as appropriate presentations from
investigations of source materials.
Local, United States, and World History
2.7-8.1 Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of major events and trends in US history(e.g. the
American Revolution, The Civil War, Industrialization, The Great Depression, The Cold War.)
2.7-8.2 Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of selected events representing major trends in world history
(e.g. Emergence of new center of agrarian society in the third and second millennium, BCE, The Black Death,
The Colombian Voyages, The French Revolution, World History).
Historical Themes
3.7-8.1 Describe the emergence of select governmental systems, principles, and institutions.
3.7-8.2 Describe some of the more common forms of government found in the past giving examples of societies
that have practiced them (e.g. monarchy, oligarchy, clan/tribal, autocracy, dynasty, theocracy, republic,
democracy).
3.7-8.3 Identify and analyze the various causes and effects of movements of groups of people.
3.7-8.4 Explain how economic factors influence historical events in the US and other regions of the world.
3.7-8.5 Describe, explain and analyze the impact of the exchange of ideas on societies, politics, religion,
etc.
Essential Questions:
1. Why have people searched for and settled in new lands?
2. How did religion and economics shape the emergence of our government?
3. Why should we use primary and secondary sources to study history?
1) What factors caused groups of people to migrate to the New World?
2) How and why did the colonization of North America produce a democratic/representative form of
government?
3) What is the difference between primary and secondary historical sources, and what are examples of each?
4) What roles did religion and economics play in the colonization of America?
 Complete a 3-2-1 answering the following:
Give 3 reasons people may have migrated to North America:
Give 2 examples of primary sources AND 2 examples of secondary sources:
Give 1 reason why we have a democratic form of government:
Section 1 – pp. 88-95
1. How come the population grew so dramatically in the 1700s?
2. Describe a New England Colony.
3. Why were New England farms smaller than those farther south?
4. Define: Subsistence farming
5. What role did children play on New England farms?
6. What types of products were small businesses producing in New England? Where did they ship these
products?
7. What was triangular trade? (See map on page 91 for additional help)
8. Describe what happened on the Middle Passage.
9. Describe farming in the Middle Colonies.
10. What industries were found in the Middle Colonies?
11. What ethnic groups settled Pennsylvania? How did this promote diversity?
12. Why were the Southern Colonies suited to certain kinds of farming?
13. Describe tobacco farming in the Southern Colonies.
14. Describe rice farming in the Southern Colonies.
15. Describe slavery in the Southern Colonies.
16. In colonial times, what were the pros and cons of slavery? What eventually happened because of these
differing opinions?
 Complete the following bubble map comparing the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies.
Name: _______________________________________ Date: _______________ Period: _________
When settled?
Who settled there?
Climate/terrain?
Northern
Colonies
What crops?
What was daily life
like?
What industries?
Was there slavery?
Name: _______________________________________ Date: _______________ Period: _________
When settled?
Who settled there?
Climate/terrain?
Middle
Colonies
What crops?
What was daily life
like?
What industries?
Was there slavery?
Name: _______________________________________ Date: _______________ Period: _________
When settled?
Who settled there?
Climate/terrain?
Southern
Colonies
What crops?
What was daily life
like?
What industries?
Was there slavery?
Section 2 – pp. 98-103
17. How did England view North America?
18. Define: Export
19. Define: Import
20. What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts? How did they accomplish their purpose?
21. Define: Smuggling
22. Why did the colonists smuggle goods?
23. Who had voting rights under colonial legislatures? Who did not have voting rights?
24. What requirements existed for followers of the Puritan faith?
25. What roles did each family member have on a colonial farm?
26. What significant event happened in 1647 concerning education?
27. Define: Literacy
28. How literate were the people of New England? What were “dame schools?” Who ran schools in the middle
colonies?
29. What colleges were founded in colonial days? Why were they founded? Who founded them?
30. What was the Enlightenment? How did it affect the colonies?
31. As an example of the Enlightenment, what contributions did Benjamin Franklin make to the new colonies?
Section 3 – pp. 104-107
32. As the population of the British colonies grew, where did the people begin to explore? Why did this
present a problem?
33. Who could become the deciding factor in a struggle for control of North America between the French and
the British?
34. Why were the Native Americans more likely to side with the French than with the British? How
did the Native Americans help the French during the wars?
35. What was George Washington’s mission in 1753? What about in 1754?
36. Define: Militia
37. How was Washington regarded even though he lost the first battle with the French? Why was this so?
38. What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union? Was it successful? Why/why not?
Section 4 – pp. 108-112
39. What was the French and Indian War?
40. What fears did the colonists have in 1754?
41. Who was General Edward Braddock? Why was he sent to America in 1754?
42. How did George Washington feel about Braddock’s fighting style? Why?
43. What happened to Braddock and his men on July 9th?
44. What happened as a result of Braddock’s defeat? What was this war called? What happened in the
early days of the war?
45. What decision did William Pitt make concerning how the war would be paid for? What did this
mean for after the war?
46. What areas did Pitt want to conquer? What began to happen under Amherst and Wolfe?
47. What happened in the battle of Quebec?
48. What brought the fighting to an end between France and Britain?
49. What did Britain gain from the Treaty of Paris? What did France lose? What did Spain gain/lose?
50. How did the Treaty of Paris affect France as a power in North America? How did it affect the
Native Americans?
51. What was the Proclamation of 1763? How did many people feel about this?
52. Define: Speculators
53. What could happen because the colonists were so furious about the Proclamation of 1763?
 Identify two things that happened during/as a result of the 7 Years War (French & Indian War) that
contributed to American colonists wanting to be independent from Britain:
Essential Questions:
1. Why have people searched for and settled in new lands?
2. How did religion and economics shape the emergence of our government?
3. Why should we use primary and secondary sources to study history?
1) What factors caused groups of people to migrate to the New World?
2) How and why did the colonization of North America produce a democratic/representative form of
government?
3) What is the difference between primary and secondary historical sources, and what are examples of each?
4) What roles did religion and economics play in the colonization of America?