Introduction to Chapter 5
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COLONIAL AMERICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
1701–1770[[lp photo: UTAP3 P05.01 detail of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—utap co only /
> What were the most important changes in colonial North America between 1701 and 1770? Chapter 5 examines the factors that resulted in regional differences in colonial North America, as well as the common experiences, assumptions, and attitudes that contributed to a growing sense of unity among British American colonists. These unifying trends helped prepare the foundation for what would become the United States of America in 1776.
> How did the North American colonies change in the eighteenth century?
> What changed in New England life and culture?
> What spurred the growth of the middle colonies?
> Why did slavery become the defining feature of the southern colonies?
> What experiences tended to unify the colonists in British North America during the eighteenth century?
> Conclusion: What was the dual identity of British North American colonists?
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