Chapter 4 pages 96-110



1. What was life like in colonial cities? What was the role of American merchants? What does the wealth distribution chart on page 99 tell you about the rich in colonial America. Why are newspapers important to colonial cities? Who is Peter Zenger and why is his trial important?

2. The Enlightenment gave rise to modern science. What are Isaac Newton's natural laws? According to John Locke what should government protect? Who are the leaders of the Enlightenment in the English Colonies and what do they do?

3. How did the Great Awakening come about ? What did theologians like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield have to do with the Great Awakening? What effect did the Great Awakening have on life in the colonies after the 1740's?


4. What were formal structures of the English government? What was the role of the crowd in colonial government? Which element of government came to dominate the American political system? What were the elements of "Whig" or republican ideology?