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Chapter 4 Study Guide

Chapter 4 Study Guide. Who wrote the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard Almanac? . Benjamin Franklin. Where did most colonies live? 9 out of 10 people lived on farms Describe a colonial farm- Open land with crops Animals Farm house where everyone slept. Cities.

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Chapter 4 Study Guide

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  1. Chapter 4 Study Guide

  2. Who wrote the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard Almanac? • Benjamin Franklin

  3. Where did most colonies live? • 9 out of 10 people lived on farms • Describe a colonial farm- • Open land with crops • Animals • Farm house where everyone slept

  4. Cities • How many lived in cities? • 1 in 20 people lived in cities. • What was the heart place of the city? • The waterfront was the heart of the city. • Describe a colonial city- • Crowded, smelly, dirty, loud

  5. Rights • Magna Carta- (1215) listed the rights of the king to all free man in the kingdom • English Bill of Rights- (1689) limited the power of the king and gave certain rights to citizens. • System of government most of the colonies use? • Self governing

  6. Slavery • The ocean journey enslaved Africans endured- • Middle Passage • Why were slaves unlikely to make a better life for themselves? • They were considered property and could not move up the social ladder.

  7. Education • Colonists’ belief about education in 1700s? • Boys should receive more education than girls. • Main educational goals for New England colonists? • Read, write, read the Bible • Four ways schools are different today? • More subjects, better basic education, teachers are better, technology.

  8. Marriage • When did people marry? • Early to mid 20s • Why were most women guaranteed a proposal? • Women out numbered men in the colonies.

  9. How did colonists combine work and play? • They held bees and frolics • Why was fire dangerous? • Fire could spread quickly and most things were made out of wood. • Parliament • Law making body in England.

  10. During the 1700s, the revival of religious feeling is known as… • Great Awakening • Rights- powers and privileges that belong to the people as citizens • Crimes like murder, treason and piracy were punishable by • DEATH!

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