APUSH Unit 2 Chapter 4
#1 Compare and contrast the typical family conditions and ways of life in Colonial America.
Southern Whites
Slaves
New Englanders
#2 Why was the tobacco culture of early Maryland and Virginia so harsh and unstable? How did the environmental / demographic conditions of the Chesapeake affect the social, political, and economic life of the colonies?
Chesapeake Tobacco Economy
Bacon’s Rebellion Southern Society
#3 What was the underlying cause of the expansion of African slavery in North America? Could the colonies’ labor problem have been solved without slavery?
Colonial Slavery
Africans in America
Slave Revolts
#4 How did the harsh climate and soil, stern religion, and tightly knit New England town shape the Yankee character?
New England Family New England Towns
Half Way Covenant Salem Witch Trials
Early Settlers’ Days and Ways N.E. Way of Life Early Settlers’ Days and Ways
#5 Had 17th century colonial society already developed a recognizable American culture or did it still reflect the Old World Europe?
Family Life Social Class
Ethnicity Religion
APUSH Unit 2 Chapter 5
What were the consequences for both of these? #1 What were the factors which contributed to the growing population and the multiculturalism which existed in Colonial America? What were the consequences for both of these?
Conquest by the Cradle
Mingling of the Races Germans Scots-Irish
Homogeneous v. Heterogeneous Society
Crevecoeur quote “What is this new American?”
Describe the structure of colonial society in the 18th century. #2 Describe the structure of colonial society in the 18th century. What developments tended to make society less equal and more hierarchical?
The Average American
17th vs. 18th Century
Prospects, Planters, and Paupers
Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists
Workaday America
Triangular Trade | Molasses Act
What were the causes and consequences of the Great Awakening? #3 What were the causes and consequences of the Great Awakening? How was religious revival linked to the development of a sense of American uniqueness and identity?
Dominant Denominations
1st Great Awakening
Old Lights v. New Lights
Schools and Colleges
#4 What features of colonial politics contributed to the development of popular democracy, and what kept political life from being more truly democratic?
A Provincial Culture (Art and Literature)
Pioneer Presses – Peter Zenger Trial
The Great Game of Politics | Voting
Colonial Folkways
Which of these interpretations is more persuasive, and why? #5 Some historians argue that America during the 18th century was becoming more European, while others argue that developments like the 1st Great Awakening and the rise of colonial assemblies made the colonies truly American for the first time. Which of these interpretations is more persuasive, and why?
APUSH Unit 2 Chapter 6
#1 Compare France’s colonizing efforts in the New World with Spain’s and England’s. What factors explain France’s relatively weak impact on the New World compared with others?
Foreign and Domestic Troubles
1608 | Huron and Iroquois Tribes
Population Growth
Valuable Resources Economic Religious
#2 What were the causes of the French and Indian War? In what ways were the American colonists involved in the home country’s struggle with France?
Clash of Empires
Ohio Valley
Albany Congress
Colonial Home Rule Albany Plan
#3 What was the general strategy of the British and the French during the War? How successful were they?
Braddock
Pitt’s Palms of Victory
What were the consequences of the French and Indian War? #4 What were the consequences of the French and Indian War? Explain why Britain’s success in defeating the French led to failures in dealing with its colonial subjects?
Loss of French Territory in North America
Restless Colonists
The Move from Disunity to Unity
Pontiac’s Uprising | Proclamation of 1763
#5 When the French and Indian War began, most American colonists were extremely proud and happy to be British citizens, part of the world’s greatest empire. When it ended many of them no longer felt that way, even though the British Empire was more powerful than ever. Why?