1. Chapter 4 Study Guide

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

3. Where did most colonies live? Describe a colonial farm-
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? What was the heart place of the city?
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? Why was fire dangerous?
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!