Step Four: Put It All Together

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CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE

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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

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NEW ENGLAND

  • What kind of society did the early settlers of New England hope to create?
  • What forces challenged Puritan domination of New England?
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THE EMPIRE

  • How did the English crown seek to regulate colonial trade?
  • How did the colonists respond to the English crown’s efforts to assert political authority?

THE MIDDLE COLONIES

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  • How did the settlement of the middle colonies differ from that of New England?
  • What explains the religious and ethnic diversity of the middle colonies?

LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD

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  • How did European colonization of the Americas in the seventeenth century differ from Spanish colonization in the previous century?
  • How did the growth and development of English colonies in the seventeenth century set the stage for conflict between England and its colonies in the eighteenth century?