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APUSH-­‐15

 Chapter

 5

 Guiding

 Questions

  American

 Pageant,

 Chapter

 5:

 “Colonial

 Society

 on

 the

 Eve

 of

 Revolution,

 1700-­‐1775”

  1.

  Describe

 the

 various

 national

 origins

 of

 immigrants

 to

 the

 colonies,

 where

 they

 settled,

 and

 the

  characteristics

 of

 each

 group.

 Included

 the

 Scots-­‐Irish,

 Pennsylvania

 “Dutch,”

 Africans,

 and

 the

  English.

  English-­‐speaking,

 but

 not

 English:

  England

 =

 English,

 Scotland

 =

 Scots,

 Ireland

 =

 Irish,

 Wales

 =

 Welsh

  These

 four

 countries

 make

 up

 the

 United

 Kingdom

 or

 Great

 Britain.

2.

  Why

 did

 the

 Paxton

 Boys

 attack

 Philadelphia

 in

 1764?

  3.

  As

 the

 population

 settled,

 colonial

 society

 became

 stratified.

 Describe

 these

 divisions,

 but

 also

  tell

 why

 America

 was

 unique

 among

 European

 societies

 in

 its

 ability

 to

 broach

 these

 divisions.

  4.

  What

 was

 the

 Triangle

 Trade

 and

 who

 benefited

 from

 it?

  5.

  Why

 did

 South

 Carolina

 try

 to

 ban

 the

 importation

 of

 slaves

 in

 1760,

 and

 why

 did

 the

 king

 insist

  upon

 keeping

 it?

  6.

  Colonial

 America

 a

 particularly

 fecund

 society.

 Why?

  7.

  What

 were

 the

 major

 occupations

 in

 colonial

 America?

  8.

  Why

 did

 the

 Molasses

 Act

 of

 1733

 irritate

 the

 colonials?

  9.

  Both

 the

 taverns

 and...