Study Guide - America in the Early 18th Century

(1700 - 1763)

You should be able to identify the following people, places and things

1.	Great Awakening	9.	Fort Duquesne (Fort Pitt)
2.	Jonathan Edwards	10.	General Braddock
3.	George Whitefield	11.	Prime Minister William Pitt
4.	Salutary Neglect	12.	Louisbourg
5.	John Peter Zenger	13.	Battle of Quebec
6.	Ohio River Valley	14.	Treaty of Paris (1763)
7.	George Washington and Fort Necessity	15.	Pontiac's Rebellion
8.	Albany Plan of Union	16.	Proclamation of 1763

You should be able to write short essays on any of the following topics.

How the American population changed in the first half of the 18th century compared to the 17th century

The significance of the Great Awakening and how it affected the colonists

The fighting in the French and Indian War: advantages each side had at the start of the war; major battles and military tactics

Consequences of the French and Indian War: how the war and its results affected relations between the colonies and England

Changes in the British attitude towards the colonies in this period from the early 18th century to 1763

Territorial changes as a result of the Treaty of Paris

Assignments

Due Monday, September 10

Final Draft of Colonial Essay - Lose 20 points per day that you are late

Due Wednesday, September 12

1. Read pp. 48 -53 in the US book

2. Answer Study Questions 1 – 6 (see the back of this sheet)

Due Friday, September 14

1. Read pp. 55 - 56 (through The Proclamation of 1763) in the US book

2. Read p. 155 (yellow box) in NC book

3. Answer Study Questions 7 – 11 (see the back of this sheet)

Monday, September 17

Test on America in the 18th Century: it will cover the material on the Study Guide, the Study Questions, Class notes and the reading

Study Questions for The First Half of the Eighteenth Century

Use your book (US pp. 48 - 53 and pp. 55 -56 [through the Proclamation of 1763]) and class notes to answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

C - indicates that you will need class notes to answer these questions.

B - indicates that you will find answers to these questions in the book

C	1.	What social classes existed in the colonies?
C	2.	List advantages that the Americans had in comparison to English citizens.
B, C	3.	What was the basic structure of governments in the colonies? (Include governors, assemblies, constitutions and voting)
B, C	4.	What was the English attitude to the colonies and what was the concept of salutary neglect?
B, C	5.	List ways that the Great Awakening affected the colonists. (Include spiritual changes, changes in the colonists' self-concept, political significance, and changes in attitude to authority.)
B, C	6.	List differences between how the English colonies were in the mid 18th century and how they had been in the mid 17th century.
C	7.	What were the French and British advantages at the start of the French and Indian War?
C	8.	How and why did the British win?
B, C	9.	What were the elements of the Treaty of Paris to end the French and Indian War?
c	10.	How did the French and Indian War affect English-American relations?
b, c	11.	What was the Proclamation of 1763 and why was it issued? What was the American reaction to it?