Chapter 4 Study Guide Who wrote the Pennsylvania

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 �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

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

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.

Education �Colonists’ belief about education in 1700 s? �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.

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

�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.

�During the 1700 s, 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!