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COLONIAL SOCIETY ON EVE OF REVOLUTION, 1700-1775
1. What one outstanding feature did all the rebellious colonies have in common?
2. Which were the most populous colonies in 1775? Cities?
3. What were the chief settling areas of the Germans? Scotch-Irish?
4. What groups led the rebellion of the Paxton Boys and the Regulator Movement? Why?
5. What was the largest single non-English group in the colonies? Which section had the least ethnic
diversity?
6. How were new societies created in America out of divisive ethnic groups among white European colonists,
African-Americans, and Native Americans?
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7. The most remarkable feature of the 18th-century social ladder in the colonies was its openness. Yet, by the
time the Revolution began, why did social and economic mobility in America decrease?
8. Which section of the colonies had a large disparity of wealth?
9. Which profession in 18th-century America was most honored?
10. What was the leading industry in 18th-century America?
11. What was the triangular trade?
12. Why did Parliament pass the Molasses Act (1733)?
13. What were the two tax-supported churches in America in 1775? Where were they prevalent?
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14. What was the Great Awakening?
15. Jonathan Edwards
16. George Whitefield
17. Who were the "old lights" and the "new lights"?
18. Why was New England more interested in education than other sections?
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19. What did colonial schools and colleges emphasize?
20. Which was the first American college free from denominational control?
21. Phillis Wheatley
22. Benjamin Franklin
23. The Zenger case
24. What were some of the characteristics of colonial governments?
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25. power of the purse -
26. How did many churches and colleges raise money during the colonial period?
27. By the mid-18th century, how were Britain’s several North American colonies similar?
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