1st Quarter Extra Credit Option

If you choose to complete this assignment, it is due Thursday, October 25th. It will not be accepted after Thursday.

Requirements:

• 1-page essay 
• 11 pt. font, double-spaced, standard margins
• Please note that a full page is approximately 500 words and, when double-spaced, will take up two pages.
• Include at least one source that is not your textbook/class notes (properly cited). To receive full credit for this assignment you will need to do some research on your own.
• You may earn up to 6 points to be added to your lowest test grade for the quarter. 

Topic:

In Chapter 4, we discovered how new ideas began to shape the way colonists viewed religion and government. In your essay, explore both the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment. Explain what the Great Awakening was, how it changed religious views/ideas in the colonies, and how inspired democratic ideas. You will need to introduce and give information about those who played key roles in the Great Awakening (such as Jonathan Edwards). Explain what the Enlightenment was and how it differed from traditional views of government. You will need to go into detail about the philosophies/writings of both John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu.

Chp. 4 Study Guide

Just in case you lost yours... (Don't forget - test has been rescheduled to Monday since you won't have S.Studies due to the A1 rotation on Friday)

Social Studies Chp. 4 Test – Study Guide

 

Please review your class notes and study key terms/important people.

4 – 1    Governing the Colonies

-          Understand how the English Parliamentary tradition (the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights) affected the way colonists viewed government

-          Review how early colonial legislatures came about and who was able to vote

-          Know the case of John Peter Zenger and how his trial affected freedom of the press

-          Study the Navigation Acts and know how they effected trade in the colonies

4 – 2    Colonial Society

-          Know what life was like on small farms

-          Understand the lives/different social roles of men, women and children

-          Review the social classes (Gentry, Middle Class, Indentured Servants, and Free African Americans) and know how each class differed from the other in terms of influence on government

4 – 3    Slavery in the Colonies

-          Thoroughly understand the Atlantic slave trade:

- The capture of slaves from Africa

- The Middle Passage

- How the triangular trade worked

-          Understand why/how slavery took root in the colonies

-          Review the slave codes – why they were implemented and how they affected the lives of slaves

-          Be familiar with the concept of racism

 

4 – 4    The Spread of New Ideas

-          Review the nature of early education in America

-          Literature – what kinds were there? Who were some famous writers?

-          Know Ben Franklin

-          Review the Great Awakening: The causes for religious revival, Jonathan Edwards, and how it impacted the forming of denominations ***Understand how this relates to democracy***

-          Pay very close attention to the ideas that arose during the Enlightenment (Locke, Montesquieu):

- Natural laws/natural rights vs. divine right

- The responsibilities of government, according to Locke

- Separation of powers and how this keeps any one individual from having too much power

                        - Legislative branch

                        - Executive branch

                        - Judicial Branch