Chapter 3 Study Guide

Key Questions:

1) What were the effects of having an English dominated population surrounded by a variety of other nationalities?

2) What are some stereotypes/descriptions of the various nationalities?

3) What was the problem and solution to the labor shortage/land abundance?

4) How did having waterways alter lifestyles/working conditions in the South?

5) How did the river structure of the New England colonies eventually lead to conflict with England?

6) Why did the Middle colonies have the most balanced economies?

7) How does the lifestyle of colonial women and children vary from that of today?

8) What are the links from colonial life to America’s modern educational system?

9) Aside from farming, what were other occupations available to colonists?

10) What happened domestically to draw England’s attention away from the colonies?

11) How did England’s policy toward mercantilism evolve?

12) What was American reaction to the creation of the Dominion of New England?

13) What was the cause of the numerous French and Indian wars?

Key People/Terms:

1) Paul Revere

2) John Peter Zenger

3) John Goddard

4) Navigation Acts

5) Privateering

6) New England

7) Old Colonial System

Map Skills:

1) p. 54 What statements could you make about how population spread between 1600 and 1775 and how nationalities settled?

2) P. 69 Where does French, British and Spanish claims to land overlap?