U.S. History, 1.7, Life in the British Colonies

U.S. History, 1.7, Life in the British Colonies

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• ​2.2.1 Study Guide

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Multiple Choice

Determine whether each statement describes the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies.

Economy based on medium-sized farms and trade

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Multiple Choice

Determine whether each statement describes the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies.

Economy based on the plantation system

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Multiple Choice

Determine whether each statement describes the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies.

Economy based on shipbuilding and fur trade

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Multiple Choice

Determine whether each statement describes the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies.

Economy relied on large amounts of slave labor

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Multiple Choice

Determine whether each statement describes the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies.

The people depended on subsistence farming.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Multiple Choice

Determine whether each statement describes the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies.

The mining and production of iron were important to the economy.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Multiple Choice

Determine whether each statement describes the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies.

Enslaved Africans made up a large part of the population.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Poll

How do you feel about the lesson objectives?

Explain the importance of the Great Awakening in the British colonies in North America.

Describe the forms of representative government that developed in the British colonies.

Describe what life was like for women and Africans in the British colonies.

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• I am getting there

• I am getting good

• I could teach this

Review the Key Terms from 2.2.1 Study Guide:

​Anne Hutchinson: (1591 – 1643) A colonist and popular religious thinker. She lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where she hosted religious meetings. She was forced to leave the colony after being put on trial for her religious beliefs.

​British colonies: The colonies in North America controlled by the British Empire. In 1707, England and Scotland united to become Great Britain. Prior to 1707, the colonies were known as the English colonies.

​British Parliament: The group of people in the British government who make the country's laws.

​Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: The first written constitution in North America. The document protected individuals' rights and created an assembly of elected representatives.

Review the Key Terms from 2.2.1 Study Guide:

George Whitefield: (1714 – 1770) A religious leader from England who traveled to the British colonies to preach. He was a very popular speaker and drew large crowds across the colonies.

​Great Awakening: A religious movement in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s. It celebrated people's emotional connection to God and led to the establishment of new churches.

​Jonathan Edwards: (1703 – 1758) An American religious leader known for his powerful, emotional speeches.

​Mayflower Compact: An agreement, signed in 1620, that established a government for the new colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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Review the Key Terms from 2.2.1 Study Guide:

Protestant: A member of any Christian church that is not part of the Roman Catholic Church or the Eastern Orthodox Church. While the Catholic Church highlights the importance of priests and other church officials, Protestant churches think that church members should study the Bible themselves.

​representative government: A government in which the citizens elect people to represent them.

​Virginia House of Burgesses: The first assembly of elected representatives in North America. The House of Burgesses met to create laws for the Virginia colony.

Open Ended

During the 1600s, representative governments became popular in the English colonies in North America.

What is a representative government and how do we see this in our current U.S. government system today?

Representative government took many shapes in the English colonies. Three political developments in the colonies were especially influential: the Virginia House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

Multiple Choice

In 1620, the Pilgrims sailed from England on the Mayflower in search of religious freedom.They planned to go to the Virginia colony but instead ended up on the coast of Massachusetts. Because they were so far from Virginia, they had to set up their own government. Before they left the ship to go ashore, the adult men signed an agreement called the Mayflower Compact. It gave them authority to govern themselves and to establish a set of rules to live by.

The Mayflower Compact was the first written example of self-government in U.S. history.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Thomas Hooker left the Massachusetts Bay Colony and helped found the Connecticut colony. He wanted to create a government that included a more diverse group of people and granted more rights than the one in Massachusetts.

The Fundamental Orders was the first written constitution in North America. New colonies would use it as a model for their own representative governments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Most colonial women worked outside the home as innkeepers, seamstresses, or nurses.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Most colonial women did not take part in skilled activities like making clothes or managing livestock.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Colonial women had to obey their husbands and were not encouraged to have their own opinions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Most colonial women had a formal education and knew how to read and write.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Select

Identify two reasons Anne Hutchinson was an important figure in colonial America.

• She was the first woman elected to a political office in the colonies.

• She encouraged women to be better Puritans by following the church's strict rules.

• She won an important trial against the Puritan church.

• She became a leader in a role usually filled by men.

• She encouraged people, especially women, to think for themselves.

​Many people of African descent were forced to live as slaves.

Multiple Choice

Most Africans in the American colonies were enslaved, especially in the South. For many enslaved people, resistance was an important part of life.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Enslaved Africans were not able to maintain their traditions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Africans resisted slavery by working slowly.

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• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Large slave revolts were common in North America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Escaping slavery was very difficult and often risky.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Review the 2.2.5 Practice Requirements:

​Please send any questions you have about this assignment to me!

​Lesson 2.3

The Buildup to Independence

​Lesson 2.4

The Declaration of Independence

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​DUE 10/27

Open Ended

What kind of government was formed by British colonists in North America?

Open Ended

Describe the Great Awakening.

Open Ended

How was life different for women and Africans in the British Colonies?