Unit Three

Question 0

How could a person overcome their natural tendency toward evil

Answer 0

Puritans believed that human beings were naturally evil and had to follow a strict Puritan lifestyle in order to overcome there inherent evil

Question 1

What were some of the beliefs that Puritans had

Answer 1

Puritans tended to be superstitious and believed that witches and another supernatural beings could do devils work through human beings

Question 2

According to Puritans why do bad things happen to people

Answer 2

Puritans also believed that bad things happened to people as punishment for their tendency toward evil

Question 3

What were some of the challenges and fears the Puritans faced every day

Answer 3

Fears; need of a tax diseases and witchcraft

Challenges; being able to support themselves no governor and sickness

Question 4

Describe their religious life of the Puritans who lived in Salem

Answer 4

Puritans had strict laws such as it was against the law not to attend church. The services were long and men and woman sat on different sides. All sins were to be punished and they were long dark clothes. Also feelings and opinions were to be suppressed

Question 5

What did the Puritan see as the cause for MisFortune? How did the Puritans respond to the misfortune of others?

Answer 5

Cause-sinful behavior

Respond- they don’t help them

Question 6

How were the people of Salem Village different from people of Salem town

Answer 6

Salem Village – poor farmers lost political influence split in 2-people closer to Town were merchants and were a little wealthier than the farmers
Salem town- prosperous wealthy merchants and had political influence

Question 7

What was life like for Puritan children living in the 17th century new England

Answer 7

Expected to behave under the same strict laws as adults go to church suppress differences and do chores rarely played

Question 8

How did Franklin make a living as a young man

Answer 8

Apprenticed in his brothers printing/newspaper shop

Question 9

What two documents is Franklin well known for writing

Answer 9

Poor Richards almanac and an autobiography for his son

Question 10

What three inventions is Franklin given credit for creating

Answer 10

Lightning rod, bifocal lenses, and glass harmonica

Question 11

What were three of the earliest colleges established in the colonies? What was their purpose?

Answer 11

Harvard, college of William and Mary, and yale

To train ministers

Question 12

What was the enlightenment

Answer 12

Philosophical movement that spread throughout Europe and the colonies in the mid-1700’s

Question 13

What were some of the main ideas of the enlightenment

Answer 13

That knowledge reason and science could improve society

Question 14

What is mercantilism

Answer 14

A way to make money by exporting more than you import

Question 15

What did the navigation acts require

Answer 15

It forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England; goods bought by the colonies from other countries must be taxed in Britain first; trade goods could only be carried on British ships

Question 16

What was the English parliament and what power did it have

Answer 16

English parliament was a representative assembly elected by the people; it had the power to legislate or make laws

Question 17

Who appointed the different parts of government in the colonies?

Answer 17

British parliament choose governors

Question 18

What was the name of the religious revival that swept through the colonies in the 1730’s-1740’s

Answer 18

Great awakening

Question 19

Name two ministers who emphasized personal faith rather than church rituals

Answer 19

Jonathan Edwards and George whitefield

Question 20

How did the great awakening influence people in colonial America?

Answer 20

Greater religious freedom to follow their own decisions

Question 21

What was the triangle trade?

Answer 21

An Atlantic trae route which brought slaves to the Caribbean and the American colonies in return for raw resources made in the colonies

Question 22

Who wrote an autobiography describing the middle passage?

Answer 22

Olaudah Equiano

Question 23

Who uttered the famous last words of more weight while being pressed in Salem MA for not entering a plea during the witch trials

Answer 23

Giles Corey

Question 24

Describe life in the colonies in terms of religion government education and culture. Be sure to identify significant individuals historical events and religious/cultural movements

Answer 24

Life in the colonies during the 1700s was a time of change. During the great awakening colonist started to form their own religious views. They felt that the need to follow strict religious views.. They felt that the needto follow strict religious rules was unnecessary. Another movement that swept through the colonies was the enlightenment. Colony started to share their own thoughts on science knowledge and reasoning to improve their society. Population in the colonies began to increase due to immigration slavery in repopulation through marriage. Although the population increased epidemics like smallpox went through the colonies. All these events led to great change in the colonies in the colonist started to seek their independence.

Question 25

Apprentice

Answer 25

a person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson

Question 26

Civic virtue

Answer 26

Democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society

Question 27

Export

Answer 27

to sell goods to other countries; a good made in one country and then sold in another

Question 28

Epidemic

Answer 28

an illness that affects large numbers of people

Question 29

Diversity

Answer 29

Variety such as of ethnic or national groups

Question 30

Import

Answer 30

To bring goods from foreign countries; a good purchased by one country form another

Question 31

Mercantilism

Answer 31

An economic theory that a nations power depends on its ability to increase wealth by receiving precious metals

Question 32

Representative government

Answer 32

A system in which citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and conduct government on their behalf

Question 33

Slave code

Answer 33

Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in southern states that controlled enslaved people

Question 34

Triangualar trade

Answer 34

Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe