1. Name: __________________________ Period: ______ Date: __________
Beginnings of an American Identity
Unit 3
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2. Chapter 5 Section 1 – Early American Culture Creating America 119-124
1. What kind of benefits did owning land offer colonists?
2. In what ways was women’s work essential to the economy?
3. How did the training of boys and girls differ?
4. How is colonial education different from education today?
5. What were some types of colonial literature?
6. What is the Great Awakening?
7. Who was Jonathan Edwards and how did he
contribute to the Great Awakening?
8. Who was George Whitefield and how did he
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3. Chapter 5 Section 1 – Early American Culture Creating America 119-124
9. What were five effects of the Great Awakening?
10.What is the Enlightenment and how was it different
than the Great Awakening?
11. Who is Benjamin Franklin?
12. Who is John Locke?
13. What several ideas did John Lock argue in his
published literature?
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4. Chapter 5 Section 2 – Roots of Representative Govt
Chapter 5 Section 2 – Roots of Representative Govt. Creating America
14. What is the Magna Carta?
15. The Magna Carta guaranteed certain basic rights
which are:
16. What rights from the Magna Carta remain in
America today?
17. What is Parliament?
18. Why did the colonists dislike laws passed by
Parliament?
19. How did James II weaken self-government in the
colonies?
20. What is the Glorious Revolution?
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5. Chapter 5 section 2 – Roots of Representative Govt
Chapter 5 section 2 – Roots of Representative Govt. Creating America
21. What are the English Bill of Rights?
22. How was Colonial Government set-up?
23. What is the concept of Salutary Neglect?
24. Who is John Peter Zenger?
25. Why was the Zenger trial a step toward freedom of
press?
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6. Chapter 5 Section 3– French and Indian War Creating America 130-135
26. What economic competition started the French and
Indian War?
27. How did the French and British align themselves
during the war?
28. When did the French and Indian War take place?
29. Why was the Ohio River Valley important to the
French and British governments?
30. What was the Albany Plan of Union?
31. Why was Braddock defeated by a smaller enemy
force?
32. Why was the Battle of Quebec important?
33. How did the British capture Quebec?
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7. Chapter 5 section 3 – French and Indian war Creating America 130-135
34. What is the Treaty of Paris 1763?
35. How was land divided after the Treaty of Paris?
36. What is Pontiac’s Rebellion?
37. What is the Proclamation of 1763?
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8. Write a brief note about the main thing, in each category, that British colonies had in common – that formed an American Identity.
Economy
Education
Religion
American
Identity
Publishing
Political Ideas
War