How Did Life Differ Throughout the Colonies?

How Did Life Differ Throughout the Colonies? LESSON 2 SECTION 5.2 Text pp. 78 87 Read How Did Life Differ Throughout the Colonies? (pp. 78-87). Study Exercises Study the chart and do the exercises. = to all colonies = corn, wheat, iron The Triangular Trade Routes England New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Whale Oil, Rum, Farm Products, Fur Rum, Fur, Timber Indigo, Tobacco Rum Cloth, Manufactured Goods Slaves Cloth, Manufactured Goods Africa Slaves Sugar Map Resources Slaves 1. What were England s two major exports? 2. What was Africa s only export? 3. Which group of colonies did not export rum? 4. What area manufactured the most goods? 5. What two areas bought corn, wheat, and iron? 3

Lesson 2 6. A ship carries cloth, iron, tobacco, manufactured goods, and slaves, in that order. List in order the region it started from and the regions it visited. a. d. b. e. c. 7. A ship leaves the Middle Colonies carrying timber. Where is it headed? Do these exercises. 8. What two similar New England industries became very important? 9. What New England industry rivaled England s? 10. As exports and imports grew, became more important. 11. Why did New England s shipbuilding industry grow so quickly? 12. Number these schoolbooks in the order New England students studied them. New England Primer hornbook Bible 13. What colonial teacher took an active interest in his students physical and spiritual welfare and eventually wrote a book about teaching? 14. What was an apprentice? Circle the letter(s) of the correct answer(s). 15. The Old Deluder Laws referred to?. a. the German word for school b. the Deluder family, who had established Puritan schools c. the Puritan s name for Satan, who tries to keep people from learning about the Bible d. the old town of Deluder, which had the first Bible-based schools 16.? and? were important industries in New England but not in the other colonies. a. whaling d. shipbuilding b. sheep farming e. plantation farming c. cloth making f. rum production 4

Lesson 2 17. What were two reasons the New England colonies did not do much farming? a. They had rocky soil. d. They preferred fishing. b. They traded for their needs. e. They had a short growing season. c. They didn t know how to farm. f. They feared Indian attacks. 18. What were three reasons plantation farming became important in the Southern colonies? a. They liked it best. d. They didn t know how to manufacture goods. b. The soil was rich there. e. The climate was warm. c. They needed work for their slaves. f. Cheap labor and slaves enabled large-scale production. 19. The New England colonists wanted their children to have an education in order to?. a. read the Bible c. go to college b. earn a living d. make laws Review Write upper, middle, and lower beside the correct description of each social class. 20. indentured servants, free poor people, black slaves 21. wealthy land owners 22. small farmers, business owners Complete the sentences. 23. Free blacks could not hold office or. 24. Free blacks paid more than white people. 25. Free blacks could not in court against white people. 5

What Religious Revival Movement Brought Changes to the Colonies? LESSON 3 SECTION 5.3 Text pp. 87 91 Read What Religious Revival Movement Brought Changes to the Colonies? (pp. 87-91). Study Exercises Write each event in the correct category. Many people repent and commit themselves to God. Churches compromise their membership requirements. Evangelists preach passionate sermons focusing on repentance and faith in Christ. Deism and Unitarianism become generally accepted. Evangelicals recognize the empty formalism in many churches. Churches focus more on outward practices than inward spirituality. The Enlightenment comes to America. The powerful preaching of evangelists convicts many. Religious Conditions in the English Colonies 1. Religious Conditions Decline 5. Religious Conditions Improve 2. 6. 3. 7. 4. 8. 6

Lesson 3 Do these exercises. 9. List the two major evangelists of the Great Awakening. 10. is the belief that God created the universe but does not intervene in human affairs. 11. is a belief that rejects Jesus divinity and Biblical miracles that could not be explained by logic. 12. Inspired by the Great Awakening, served as a missionary to the Pennsylvania Indians until his early death. 13. a. What problem did evangelicals see with the reason and logic the Enlightenment and Unitarianism had brought to the colonies? b. What did they wish to bring back to the church? Use wording from the textbook to complete the statements about the Great Awakening. 14. a. It discouraged b. It helped to c. It encouraged a feeling d. It resulted in e. It encouraged greater f. It weakened established churches, which led to the separation g. It led to numerous Review Write New England, Middle, or Southern above the correct description of each group of colonies. 15. 16. 17. exported indigo, tobacco imported slaves from Africa exported furs, whale oil, rum exported rum, furs, timber, iron, wheat, and corn 7

Lesson 3 Complete the sentences. 18. Whaling and shipbuilding were important only in the colonies. 19. A short growing season and rocky soil hindered in the New England colonies. 20. A warm climate, rich soil, cheap labor, and contributed to the growth of plantation farming in the Southern colonies. 21. Christopher Dock was a colonial who wrote a book about. 22. New England students began by studying a hornbook, then the New England Primer, and then the, which was the most important book in many homes. 8

What Were Four Scenes That Affected Colonial Times? LESSON 4 SECTION 5.4 Text pp. 92 95 Read What Were Four Scenes That Affected Colonial Times? (pp. 92-95). Study Exercises Write the events of the Salem witch trials in the correct order on the chart. Three women are arrested for witchcraft. Girls begin to act strangely after hearing voodoo stories. Nineteen people are hanged, and one is pressed to death. Colonists have long believed in witches. More than 150 people are imprisoned. A special court is created. The girls blame a slave woman and others. The court is dissolved and most of the accused are released. 1. 2. 3. 5. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9

Lesson 4 Write true if the sentence is true and false if the sentence is false. 9. Most witnesses in the Salem witch trials later said they had made false statements. 10. Convictions of accused witches in Salem were later overturned by the government. Use wording from the textbook to complete the following statements. 11. The Indian chief Metacomet had several reasons for beginning hostilities with the colonists. a. The colonial courts punished b. The colonists forced c. The colonists slaughtered Complete the sentences. 12. Hostilities between the Indians and colonists developed into a full-blown war known as. 13. The brought stability to the Virginia Colony. Circle the letters of all the items Benjamin Franklin invented, may have invented, or helped develop. 14. a. the telegraph f. the Franklin stove b. the lightning rod g. bifocals c. the telescope h. Poor Richard s Almanack d. paper money i. the light bulb e. the Franklin rifle j. the mail service Review Complete the sentences. 15. The inspired David Brainerd to become a missionary to the Indians of Pennsylvania. 16. Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were two prominent of the Great Awakening. 17. To counteract empty formalism, evangelical preachers sought to revive, which led to the Great Awakening. 18. Deism says that God created the universe but does not in human affairs. 19. Unitarianism rejects Biblical miracles and the of Jesus. 10