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