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Section 1 Guided Reading and ReviewThe New England Colonies

A. As You Read

Directions: As you read Section 1 in your textbook, complete the chart below. Fill in keysimilarities and differences among the New England colonies of Massachusetts Bay,Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

Similarities

l.2.3.4.5.Differences6.7.8.

B. Reviewing Key PeopleDirections: Identify each of the following people.

9. Charles I

10. John Winthrop

11. Thomas Hooker

12. Roger Williams

13. Anne Hutchinson

14. Metacom

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4 Section 1 QuizThe New England Colonies (pages 102-107)

Reviewing Key TermsFrom the box below, choose the term that best completes each sentence. Write the termin the space provided.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticutreligious tolerance

PuritansGeneral Court

The (1) --------- were a religious group that wanted to reform the

Church of England. Some members went to New England to form a colony. The Massa­

chusetts Bay Colony set up an assembly called the (2) ---------

About 100 colonists left Massachusetts Bay Colony. They wrote a plan of government

called the (3) ---------. Massachusetts Bay colonists also founded the

colony of Rhode Island, based on the principle of (4) .

Understanding the Main IdeasAnswer the following questions in the space provided.

1. Why did the Puritans want to leave England?

2. What problems in the Massachusetts Bay Colony caused Thomas Hooker, RogerWilliams, and Anne Hutchinson to leave?

3. What matters were discussed at town meetings in New England?

4. How did colonists' relationship with Native Americans change over time?

5. What were the characteristics of New England's towns and villages?

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4 IJII~~...---- ...--,-- -Section 2 Guided Reading and ReviewThe Middle Colonies

A. As You ReadDirections: As you read Section 2 in your textbook, complete the chart below by writingsupporting details for each main idea.

Main Idea A: The Dutch colony of New Netherland became the English colony ofNew York.

1. _

2. _

3. _

Main Idea B: New Jersey attracted settlers from many lands.

4. _

5. _

Main Idea C:Pennsylvania was founded as an experiment in religious tolerance.

6. _

7. _

8. _

B. Reviewing Key People and TermsDirections: Identify each person or define each term below, and note whether it relatesto New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania.

9. patroon

10. Peter Stuyvesant

11. proprietary colony

12. royal colony

13. Quaker

14. Pennsylvania Dutch

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Reviewing Key TermsFrom the box below, choose the term that best fits each description. Write the letter oftheanswer in the space provided.

a. Quakersb. cash crop

c. proprietary colonyd. Pennsylvania Dutch

e. royal colonyf patroon

__ 1. owner of a huge estate in New Netherland

__ 2. Protestant reformers who believed that all people were equal in God's sight

__ 3. colony under control of the English crown

__ 4. produce that is sold for money at the market

__ 5. German-speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania

__ 6. colony whose owners could rent the land to others

Understanding the Main IdeasRead the following statements. If a statement is incorrect, place an X on the line next toits number. On the line following the statement, replace the underlined word to make thestatement correct.

__ 1. The colony of New Netherland became New Jersey when the Dutch surren­

dered to the English. ---------

__ 2. The Duke of York set up the royal colony of New Jersey because he felt New

York was too large to govern. ---------

__ 3. Catholics, Protestants, and Jews went to Pennsylvania to escape persecution.

__ 4. Winters in the Middle Colonies were more harsh than in New England.

__ 5. In the Middle Colonies, villages became centers of local government.

__ 6. Thousands of German and Scotch-Irish settlers arrived in Philadelphia in the

1700s. _

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4 IIII~-'-:--..-~---­- -Section 3 Guided Reading and ReviewThe Southern Colonies

A. As You Read

Directions: As you read Section 3 in your textbook, mark each statement true or false.Correct each false statement.

-- 1. The Mason-Dixon Line marked the border between New England and the

Middle Colonies. _

-- 2. Maryland was founded as a Catholic colony. _

-- 3. During Bacon's Rebellion, the city of Jamestown, Maryland was burned.

-- 4. Slavery quickly become common in North Carolina and South Carolina

because of the rice plantations. _

-- 5. The first European settlers of Georgia were people who could not pay their

debts. _

-- 6. Most of the great plantations in the South were located in the backcountry at

the base of the Appalachians. _

-- 7. Many Mricans who became slaves in the colonies were captured and sold into

slavery by other Mricans. _

B. Reviewing Key TermsDirections: Match the terms in Column I with the descriptions in Column II. Write theletter of the correct answer in the space provided.

Column I

8. Act of Toleration

9. indigo

__ 10. debtor

__ 11. slave code

__ 12. raCIsm

Column II

a. person who owes money

b. belief that one race is superior to another

c. law providing religious freedom to all Christians

d. plant used to make blue dye

e. laws that set out rules for slaves' behavior and deniedtheir basic rights

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4 Section 3 QuizThe Southern Colonies (pages 113-119)

Reviewing Key TermsFrom the box below, choose the term that best fits each description. Write the letter oftheanswer in the space provided.

a. Mason-Dixon lineb. indigo

c. Act of Tolerationd. Bacon's Rebellion

e. raCIsmf. slave codes

__ 1. boundary between the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies

__ 2. law that provided religious freedom for all Christians

__ 3. uprising in which colonists attacked Native American villages

__ 4. laws that set out rules for slaves' behavior and denied them basic rights

___ 5. belief that one race is superior to another

__ 6. plant used to make a blue dye

Understanding the Main IdeasRead the following statements. If a statement is incorrect, place an X on the line next toits number. On the line following the statement, replace the underlined word to make thestatement correct.

__ 1. Maryland was founded as a place where Catholics could practice their religion

freely. ---------

__ 2. Settlers in the northern Carolinas were mostly poor tobacco farmers from

Maryland. ---------

__ 3. English nobles set up the colony of South Carolina, where planters grew corn

and indigo. ---------

__ 4. Virginia was a colony where people jailed for debt in England could make a

new start. ---------

__ 5. Large plantations dominated the Tidewater region, but the backcountry was

made up of smaller farms. ---------

__ 6. The large plantat~ons of the Northern Colonies relied on slaves to clear the

land and work the crops. ---------

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4 1lI~----=-~-----­,-- -Section 4 Guided Reading and ReviewRoots of Self-Government

A. As You ReadDirections: As you read Section 4 in your textbook, complete the chart below by writingsupporting details under each main idea.

Main Idea A: England regulated trade with the North American colonies.

1. _

2. _

3. _

4. _

Main Idea B: Governments in all the colonies had certain characteristics IIIcommon.

5. _

6. _

7. _

B. Reviewing Key TermsDirections: Define the following terms.

8. mercantilism

9. export

10. triangular trade

11. legislature

12. bill of rights _

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Reviewing Key TermsFrom the box below, choose the term that best completes each sentence. Write the termin the space provided.

importexportlegislature

mercantilismtriangular tradeGlorious Revolution

1. The economic theory known as states that a nation becomes

strong by strictly controlling trade.

2. Trade goods brought into a country are called _

3. are trade goods sent to markets outside a country.

4. Colonists won more rights as a result of the .

5. The was a route involving New England, the West Indies, and

Africa.

6. Each colony had a that had the power to make laws.

Understanding the Main IdeasAnswer the following questions in the space provided.

1. What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts? _

2. Why was molasses important in the triangular trade? _

3. How did the colonies restrict the right to vote? _

4. What rights did colonists gain as a result of the English Bill of Rights? _

5. What characteristics did colonial governments have in common? _

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4 I/II~~~-----­,-- -Section 5 Guided Reading and ReviewLife in the Colonies

A. As You Read

Directions: As you read Section 5 in your textbook, complete the following sentences.

1. The gentry of colonial society included

2. Women in the colonies worked at many jobs, including

3. The Gullah language has its roots in

4. Two effects of the Great Awakening were

5. New Englanders believed in education for all children because

6. The basic belief of the Enlightenment era was

7. Benjamin Franklin's contributions to the city of Philadelphia included

8. The case of John Peter Zenger was important because

B. Reviewing Key TermsDirections: Define the following terms.

9. middle class

10. indentured servant

11. apprentice

12. dame school

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Reviewing Key TermsFrom the box below,choose the term that matches the underlined phrase. Write the let­ter of the answer in the space provided.

a. apprenticesb. public schools

c. libeld. gentry

e. indentured servantsf. dame schools

__ 1. The wealthy planters, merchants. ministers, successful lawyers. and royal offi­cials were at the top of colonial society.

__ 2. In 1734, John Peter Zenger was tried for publishing a statement that unjustlydamages a person's reputation.

__ 3. In New England, some girls attended schools run by women in their ownhomes.

__ 4. Some men and women came to the Americas as people who promised to workfor four to seven years in exchange for their ocean passage.

__ 5. Massachusetts set up the first schools supported by taxes.

__ 6. Some boys in the colonies served as people who worked for a master craft­worker in order to learn a trade or craft.

Understanding the Main IdeasAnswer the followingquestions in the space provided.1. What social classes existed in the colonies? -----------------

2. What did Enlightenment thinkers hope to achieve? _

3. Why did the Great Awakening increase democratic feelings in the colonies?

4. What educational opportunities did girls and boys in the colonies have? -----

5. What new ideas did Benjamin Franklin convince Philadelphia officials to put in

place? _

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