Chapter 5
“Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775”
Study Guide
 

1.      Describe the basic population and social structure of the eighteenth-century colonies and indicate how they had changed since the seventeenth century.

2.      Explain how the economic life of the colonies was related to the changing patterns of social prestige and wealth.

3.      Explain the causes and effects of the religious changes of the early eighteenth century, especially the Great Awakening.

4.      Describe the origins and development of education, culture, and the learned professions in the colonies.

5.      Describe the basic features of colonial politics, including the role of various official and informal political institutions.

Identify: Molasses Act, Anglican church, Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Phillis Wheatley, Benjamin Franklin, John Peter Zenger, John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West