2-27-19

Link to Jacksonian Era DBQ

2-21-19

Link to Late Colonial/Revolutionary Period Quiz

2-13-19

Link to Colonial Period Quiz

2-5-19 Chapter 6 Duel for North America

Link to Biography of America Part 3

Link to French & Indian War DBQ

Questions For Class Discussion 
Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607 - 1692

1. Why was family life in New England so different from family life in the South?
   
2. Why did slavery grow to be such an important institution in colonial America? What were the effects of slavery on the Africans who were brought to the New World? What were the effects of the Africans on the New World?
   
3. What was attractive and unattractive about the closely knit New England way of life?
   
4. Were the Salem witch trials a peculiar, aberrant moment in an age of superstition, or did they reflect common human psychological and social anxieties that could appear in any age? How harshly should those who prosecuted the witches be condemned?
   
5. Considering the extreme differences during the seventeenth-century between New England and the southern colonies, was the Civil War inevitable?

What is this American Article - Hector St. John De Crevecoeur

Key Terms:
-Conquest by the cradle
-Colonial "Melting Pot"
--Paxton Boys
-Social Structure of Colonial Society
-Colonial Economy
--Triangular Trade
--Molasses Act
-Religion in America
--Great Awakening
-Education in America
-Press
--John Peter Zenger
-Politics in America


Questions For Class Discussion 
Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700 - 1775

1. How democratic was colonial American society? Why was it apparently becoming less equal?
   
2. How were the various occupations and activities of colonial America related to the nature of the economy? Why were occupations like lawyer, printer, and artisan taking on greater importance?
   
3. What were the causes and effects of the Great Awakening? How did such an intense religious revival affect those who experienced conversion as well as those who did not? How did the Awakening help to create a sense of shared American identity?
   
4. In what ways was colonial life attractive, and in what ways would it seem tedious and dull to the average twenty-first-century American? How were the educational, cultural, and leisured sides of colonial life affected by the basic nature of the economy?
   
5. To what degree was a unique "American" nationality developing in the eighteenth-century colonies? Were regional differences in the colonies growing more pronounced or retreating in the eighteenth century?
   
6. What shaped how ordinary colonists thought? What were important sources of influence on an ordinary colonist? Did England control these sources or did the colonists? What implications did this have for the future England and the colonies?