Title: EARLY AMERICAN CULTURE
1EARLY AMERICAN CULTURE
2In this section, you will learn what began to
draw the colonies together.
3Land ownership in the colonies created
prosperity, was required for voting, and helped
determine colonists social position.
4Although women were essential to the colonial
economy, women were not allowed to own land,
vote, preach in most churches, and by law, even
the money she earned belonged to her husband.
5In the colonies, children as young as three or
four were expected to be useful. At the age of
six, boys began to help their fathers at work.
Around age 11 many boys left home to become
apprentices in a trade.
6Education was very important in the colonies.
Most children learned to read wealthier children
also learned writing and arithmetic. Most
education was religious in nature. It was illegal
to teach slaves to read.
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9One of the most famous examples of the New
England Primers verse is as follows
- Now I lay me down to sleep,
- I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep
- If I should die before I wake,
- I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.
- 1784 ed.
10Newspapers and books, mostly printed in England,
helped draw the colonies together. Among these,
almanacs containing farm advice, remedies,
recipes, etc., were very popular.
11FOR UNDERSTANDING
QUICK CHECK
12It was ______ to teach slaves to read.
13Land ownership in the colonies included all of
the following except
- 1) Created prosperity
- 2) Gave women an economic advantage
- 3) Was required for voting
- 4) Helped determine colonists social position
14Most children in the colonies learned to
- 1) read and write
- 2) read
15In the colonies, many boys left home to become
______ in a trade.
- 3) artisans
- 4) apprentices
16______ containing farm advice, remedies, recipes,
etc., were very popular.
- 3) Newspapers
- 4) Almanacs
17______ helped draw the colonies together.
- 3) Newspapers and books
- 4) Bibles and tracts
- 1) Kinship
- 2) A common religion
18In the colonies most education was ______ in
nature.
- 1) classical
- 2) aristocratic
19Of the following choices, which were colonial
women allowed to do
- 1) Preach in most churches
- 2) Vote
20In the early 1730s and 1740s, a religious
movement called the Great Awakening swept through
the colonies.
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22The Great Awakening changed colonial nature by
splitting churches apart, inspiring colonists to
help others, and encouraging colonists to
question the authority of the British government.
23Two of the best-known preachers of the Great
Awakening were Jonathan Edwards, and George
Whitefield.
24Jonathan Edwards
25George Whitefield
26Unlike the Great Awakening, which stressed
religious emotion, the Enlightenment emphasized
reason and science as the paths to knowledge.
27Benjamin Franklin was a famous American
Enlightenment figure, and was also the author of
Poor Richards Almanac.
28Franklin in 1783, an engraving from a painting by
Joseph Duplessis.
- Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Wilson, 1759.
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30The English philosopher John Locke argued that
people have natural rights to life, liberty, and
property. Locke contended that people create
governments to protect their natural rights and
if a government fails in this duty, the people
have the right to change it.
31John Locke
32Charles Louis Montesquieu proposed a government
with three branches, each keeping the power of
the others in check. This separation of powers
eventually became part of the U. S. government.
33Charles Montesquieu1728
34FOR UNDERSTANDING
QUICK CHECK
35______ describes a government with branches that
keep the power of the others in check.
- 1) democracy
- 2) constitutional monarchy
- 3) triangular government
- 4) separation of powers
36______ proposed a government with three branches.
- 1) Charles Louis Montesquieu
- 2) John Locke
- 3) Benjamin Franklin
- 4) George Whitefield
37A religious movement called the ______ changed
colonial nature in the 1700s.
- 1) American Revolution
- 2) Great Awakening
- 3) Protestant Reformation
- 4) Enlightenment
38The Great Awakening
- 1) had little effect on the colonies or colonial
life. - 2) suggested that science, rather than religion,
was the source of knowledge.
- 3) was a religious movement that started in
England and spread to the colonies. - 4) encouraged colonists you question the
authority of the British government.
39The ______ emphasized reason and science as the
paths to knowledge.
- 1) Enlightenment
- 2) Articles of Confederation
- 3) Great Awakening
- 4) Separation of Powers
40The English philosopher ______ argued that people
have natural rights to life, liberty, and
property.
- 1) Benjamin Franklin
- 2) John Locke
- 3) Jonathan Edwards
- 4) Charles Louis Montesquieu
41______ was a famous American Enlightenment
figure, and was also the author of Poor Richards
Almanac.
- 1) John Locke
- 2) Thomas Jefferson
- 3) Richard Dawkins
- 4) Benjamin Franklin
42Two of the best-known preachers of the Great
Awakening were______ .
- 1) George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards
- 2) John Locke and Jonathan Whitefield
- 3) Jonathan Whitefield and George Washington
- 4) John Locke and Charles Montesquieu