VAUS 3: Colonial America

VAUS 3: Characteristics of the Colonies.

VAUS 3A: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by evaluating the economic characteristics of the colonies.

Essential Understanding: Economic and political institutions in th colonies developed in ways that were either typically European or were distinctively American, as climate, soil conditions, and other natural resoureces shaped regional economic developement.

The African slave trade and the development of a slave labor system in many of the colonies resulted from plantation economies and labor shortages.

Multiple Choice

The African slave trade and development of a slave labor system in many of the colonies resulted from plantation economies and:

• Family Status

• Civil War

• Representative

• Labor Shortage

Multiple Choice

Economic and __ institutions in the colonies developed in ways that were either typically European or were distinctively Aemrican, as climate, soil conditions, and other natural resources shaped regional economic development.

• Political

• Family Status

• Civil War

• Representative

VAUS 3A: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by evaluating the economic characteristics of the colonies.

Economic Characteristics of the Colonial Period:

• The New England colonies developed an economy based on shipbuiling, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and eventually, manufacturing. The colonies prospered, reflecting the Puritans' strong belief in the values of hard work and thrift.

• The middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware developed econmies based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, and trading. Cities such as New York and Philadelphia began to grow as seaports and/or commerical centers.

Multiple Choice

The New England colonies developed an economy based on shipbuilding, __, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and eventually, manufacturing.

• Church of England

• Indentured Servants

• "Great Awakening"

• Fishing

Multiple Choice

The New England colonies prospered, reflecting the Puritan's beleif in the values of hard work and:

• Enslaved Africans

• Small Subsistance Farmers

• Thrift

• Church of England

Multiple Choice

The middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, __, and Delaware developed economies based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, and trading.

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

• Rhode Island

Multiple Choice

Cities such as New York and __ began to grow as seaports and commerical centers.

• London

• Richmond

• Philadelphia

• Baltimore

VAUS 3A: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by evaluating the economic characteristics of the colonies.

Economic Characteristics of the Colonial Period:

• Southern colonies developed economies in the eastern coastal lowlands based on large plantations that grew cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo for export to Europe. Farther inland, however, the mountains and valleys of the Appalachian foothills, the economy was based on small-scale subsistance farming, hunting and trading.

• A strong belief in private ownership of property and free enterprise characterized colonial life.

Multiple Choice

Southern colonies developed economies in the __ lowlands based on large plantations that grew "cash crops" such as tobacco, rice, and indigo for export to Europe.

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

VAUS 3B: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by analyzing how social and political factors impacted the culture of the colonies.

Essential Understanding: Social and political institutions in the colonies developed as a result of reigonal migration patterns, geography, and climate.

Although the emerging democracy was limited to European, property-owning men and women,
colonization led to ideas of representative government and religious tolerance. Over several centuries,
these ideas would inspire similar transformations in other parts of the world.

VAUS 3B: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by analyzing how social and political factors impacted the culture of the colonies.

Social Characteristics of the Colonial Period:

• New England's colonial society was based on religious standing. The Puritans grew increasingly intolerant of dissenters who challenged their belief in the connection between religious and government.

• Rhode Island was founded by dissenters fleeing persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts.

Multiple Choice

Farther inland in the Southern colonies, in the mountains and valleys of the __ foothills, the economy was based on small-scale subsistence farming, hunting, and trading.

• Appalachian

• Philadelphia

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

Multiple Choice

A strong belief in __ of property and free enterprise characterized colonial life.

• Family status

• Social Structure

• Private ownership

• Englishmen

Multiple Choice

New England's colonial society was based on:

• Family status

• Enslaved Africans

• Indentured Servants

• Religious Standing

Multiple Choice

The Puritans grew increasingly intolerant of __ who challenged the Puritains' belief in the connection between religion and government.

• Dissenters

• Englishmen

• Enslaved Africans

• Small Subsistance Farmers

Multiple Choice

__ was founded by dissenters fleeing persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts.

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

• New Jersey

VAUS 3B: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by analyzing how social and political factors impacted the culture of the colonies.

Social Characteristics of the Colonial Period:

• The middle colonies were home to multiple religious groups who generally believed in religious tolerance, including Quakers in Pennsylvania, Huguenots and Jews in New York, and Presbyterians in New Jersey.

• These colonies had more flexible social structures or the European immigrants and began to develop a middle class of skilled artisans, entrepreneurs (business owners), and small farmers.

Multiple Choice

The middle colonies had more flexible __ and began to develop a middle class of skilled artisans, entrepreneurs (business owners), and small farmers.

• Family Status

• Social Structure

• Religious Standing

• Private Ownership

Multiple Choice

The Middle colonies were home to multiple __ including Quakers in Pennsylvania, Huguenots and Jews in New York, and Presbyterians in New Jersey who generally beleived in religious tolerance.

• Enslaved Africans

• Indentured Servants

• Religious Standing

• Religious Groups

VAUS 3B: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by analyzing how social and political factors impacted the culture of the colonies.

Social Characteristics of the Colonial Period:

• Virginia and the other Southern colonies had a social structure based on family status and the ownership of land and increasingly, enslaved people.

• Large landowners in the eastern lowlands dominated colonial government and society and maintained an allegiance to the Church of England and closer social ties to Britain than did those in the other colonies.

• In the mountains and valleys further inland, however, society was characterized by small subsistence farmers, hunters, and traders of Scots-Irish, German, and English descent.

VAUS 3B: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by analyzing how social and political factors impacted the culture of the colonies.

Social Characteristics of the Colonial Period:

• The "Great Awakening" was a religious movement that swept through Europe and the colonies during the mid-1700s.

• It led to the rapid growth of evangelical denominations, such as the Methodist and Baptist denominations, and challenged the established religious and governmental orders.

• It laid one of the social foundations for the American Revolution.

Multiple Choice

Virginia and the Southern colonies had a social structure based on __ and the ownership of land.

• Family Status

• Enslaved Africans

• Indentured Servants

• Religious Standing

Multiple Choice

Large landowners in the eastern coastal lowlands dominated colonial government and society and maintained an allegiance to the __ and closer social ties to England than in the other colonies.

• Family Status

• Church of England

• Religious Groups

• Evangelicals

Multiple Choice

In the mountains and valleys further inland in the Virginia and the Southern colonies, society was characterized by __ hunters and traders of Scots-Irish and English descent.

• Family status

• Indentured Servants

• Dissenters

• Small Subsistance Farmers

Multiple Choice

The __ was a religious movement that swept both Europe and the colonies during the mid-1700s.

• Great Awakening

• Church of England

• American Revolution

• Religious Standing

Multiple Choice

The Great Awaking led to the rapid growth of __ religions such as the Methodists and Baptists and challenged the established religious and government order.

• Dissenters

• Englishman

• Evangelical

• Labor Shortage

VAUS 3B: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by analyzing how social and political factors impacted the culture of the colonies.

Political life in the colonies:

• New England colonies used town meetings (an "Athenian" direct democracy model) in the operation of government

• Middle colonies incorporated a number of democratic principles that reflected the basic rights of Englishmen.

• Southern colonies maintained stronger ties with Britain, with planters playing leading roles in representative colonial legislatures.

Multiple Choice

In the New England colonies, the __ (an "Athenian" direct democracy model) was used in the operation of government.

• political

• Religious Groups

• Evangelical

• Town meeting

Multiple Choice

The middle colonies incorporated a number of democratic principles that reflected the basic rights of:

• Englishmen

• Religious Groups

• Family Status

• Church of England

Multiple Choice

The Southern colonies maintained stronger ties with Britain, with planters playing leading roles in __ colonial legislature.

• Evangelical

• Eastern Coastal

• Representative

• Small Subsistance Farmers

VAUS 3C: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by explaining the impact of the development of indentured servitude and slavery in the colonies.

Essential Understanding: American colonies relied on enslaved labor force transported from Africa and the Caribbean.

VAUS 3C: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by explaining the impact of the development of indentured servitude and slavery in the colonies.

The development of indentured servitude and slavery:

• The growth of a plantation-based agricultural economy in the hot humid coastal lowlands of the Southern colonies required cheap labor on a large scale.

• Some of the labor needs, especially in Virginia, were met by indentured servants, who were often poor person from England, Scotland, or Ireland who agreed to work on plantations for a period of time in return for their passage from Europe or relief from debts.

• Most planation labor needs eventually came to be filled by the forcilbe improtation of Africans.

Multiple Choice

Why was slavery introduced into the colonies?

• To promote equality among all races
• Plantations needed cheap labor on a large scale

• To reduce the population of the colonies
• To improve the living conditions of the indigenous people

Multiple Choice

The growth of a plantation-based agricultural economy in the hot, humid coastal lowlands of the Southern colonies required cheap labor on a large scale. Some of the labor needs, especially in Virginia, were met by __ who were often poor persons from England, Scotland or Ireland who agreed to work on plantations for a period of time in return for their passage from Europe or relief from debts.

• Representatives

• Enslaved Africans

• Indentured Servants

• Religious Groups

VAUS 3C: The students will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by explaining the impact of the development of indentured servitude and slavery in the colonies.

The development of indentured servitude and slavery:

• Although some Africans worked as indentured servants, earned their freedom, and lived as free citizens during the colonial era, over time larger and larger numbers of enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to the American colonies via the Middle Passage.

• The development of a slavery-based agricultural economy in the Southern colonies would lead to eventual conflict between the North and South and the American Civil War.

Multiple Choice

Most planatation labor needs eventually came to be filled by the focible importation of Africans. While some worked as indentured servants, earned their freedom, and lived as free citizens during the Colonial Era, over time larger and larger numbers of __ were forcibly brought to the Southern colonies (the "Middle Passage").

• Small Subsistance Farmers

• Indentured Servants

• Religious Groups

• Enslaved Africans

Multiple Choice

The development of a slavery-based agricultural economy in the Southern colonies would lead to eventual conflict between the Nroth and South and the American:

• Civil War

• Great Awakening

• American Revolution

• Town Meeting