America’s History: Printed Page 144
America’s History: Value Edition: Printed Page 124
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
Compare colonists’ “pursuits of happiness” in New England, the Middle colonies, the backcountry, and the South. How did poorer colonists in each of these regions seek to maintain their autonomy from powerful landlords and institutions, and how did this effort shape the formation of regional identities?
How did the print and transportation revolutions transform colonial culture and the economy in the eighteenth century?
The Great War for Empire delivered the eastern half of North America into British hands. How did that massive territorial acquisition affect ordinary colonists? What impact did it have on Native Americans’ strategies for coexisting with their European neighbors?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Review the events listed under “Work, Exchange, and Technology” and “Identity” for the period 1720–1750 on the thematic timeline. How did economic developments in the colonies influence the formation of new cultural identities in this era?