Colonial Period 2

Question 1

Which types of Colonies were there?

Answer 1

northern colonies
middle colonies
southern colonies

Question 2

What were the northern colonies like?

Answer 2

mostly puritan colonies
small farmers, artisans, tradesmen, 18th century: rich upper class
> extensive trade wie England, ship-building industry

Question 3

What were the middle colonies like?

Answer 3

most liberal religion and politics
middle-sized farmers and tradesmen
good agriculture and trading ports NY, Baltimore

Question 4

How were the middle colonies founded?

Answer 4

British dukes, knights captered land from other colonial powers (Dutch, Schwedish)

Question 5

Example for middle colonies

Answer 5

between New England and Jamestown

New York (Dutch)
New Jersey (Dutch)
Delaware (Swedish)
Pennsylvania

Question 6

What were the southern colonies like?

Answer 6

proprietary colonies = land grants by br king, owned by private individuals
Anglican pseudoaristocratic society + slave labor
grew staple crops
self-sufficient, isolated from other colonies

Question 7

What are staple crops?

Answer 7

cotton
sugarcane
rice

Question 8

Example southern colonies

Answer 8

Maryland
Carolina
Georgia (largest)

Question 9

How and when did Carolina split up?

Answer 9

1729

disagreement over how land was divided + voice politics
landowners vs tenant farmers

Question 10

What was the difference between North and South Carolina?

Answer 10

North:
small landowners
tenant farmers
no slaves

South:
capital city Charles Town
big landowners
slaves

Question 11

When was the colonial period?

Answer 11

1607 - 1770

Question 12

What is/are Pennsylvania Dutch?

Answer 12

German immigrants in Pennsylvania

Question 13

Does Pennsylvania Dutch still exists today?

Answer 13

yes in ohio and amish (pennsylvania)

Question 14

What is said to be the American core culture?

Answer 14

WASP

= white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant

Question 15

How did the French and Indian War break out?

Answer 15

pressure of incoming settlers looking for new land
constant expansion in already claimed british territory
> conflict European colonial powers

British vs French (Natives in between)

Question 16

Who were the winners of the French and Indian War?

Answer 16

Britian: took over French part Canada, Great Lakes, Mississippi
Spain: Louisiana

Question 17

Who were the losers of the French and Indian War?

Answer 17

France: lost possessions in America Canada, Great Lakes, Mississippi
Natives: tribes had to flee to the West

Question 18

What was the proclamation line?

Answer 18

Treaty of Paris
attempt to preserve reserved land for Natives
Indian Reserve beyond Appalachen

Question 19

Where was the first printing office in America and what was printed first?

Answer 19

Massachusetts

contracts, legal documents, manuels for farmers

Question 20

What was the first American newspaper?

Answer 20

The Boston Newsletter

Question 21

Why was Boston important?

Answer 21

interlectual capital of all colonies

Question 22

What was the first attempt at fiction in the 17th century?

Answer 22

Anne Bradstreet: Poems

“Before the Birth of one of her children”

Question 23

What did Benjamin Franklin write?

Answer 23

utilitarian prose

“Poor Richard’s Almanack”