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19 Cards in this Set
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Scots-Irish
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Presbyterian Scots from the Protestant colony of Ulster in Northern Ireland
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Great Wagon Road
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The chief access to backcountry settlements from Virginia to Georgia
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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German immigrants in Pennsylvania; Dutch is a corruption of the word "Deutsch" which means German
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Colonial style architecture
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Also known as "Williamsburg style"; steep gabled roofs, tall brick chimneys, brick arches over doors and windows and interiors with exposed beam ceilings; really the English Tudor stye of construction
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Hornbook
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A child's first "school book"; board shaped like a paddle that had a card on it with the alphabet and the Lord's Prayer - this was covered with a thin sheet of horn to protect it
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New England Primer
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Standard textbook throughout the colonial period; provided basic grammar and vocabulary moral lessons and short catechism
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Dame schools
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Village schools in New England; named this because it was usually taught by a widow or spinster woman
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Poor Richard's Almanack
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One of the most popular reading pastimes during the colonial period was reading the almanack and this one was the favorite; written by Ben Franklin between 1733-1758
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How did the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road aid in developing the American frontier?
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It provided a means for settlers to get into the backcountry to settle. it also created a need for a series of inns to serve the travelers. Those inns in turn became the nuclei of town and cities.
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Why was the birthrate higher in America than in Europe in the 1700s?
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American women married younger around the age of twenty
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Name at least three deadly diseases that American colonists faced. (any three)
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smallpox, infectious dysentery, diphtheria and malaria
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Why was education so important to the Puritans?
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They believed that each person needed to know how to read so that he could study the World of God for himself
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Where was the first public library in America established?
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Charleston, South Carolina
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What role did colonial newspapers play in spreading news to cities and rural areas?
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They described colonial events and also included obituaries, humor, and news from London. They were eventually carried to outlying communities and helped provide much-needed information to the isolated settlers.
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What were the two largest groups of non-English settlers in the colonies?
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Scots-Irish and Germans
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Who were the "Pennsylvania Dutch"? Why did they settle in Pennsylvania?
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German settlers in Pennsylvania; because of Pennsylvania's policy of religious freedom and because of its rich farmland
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Why were epidemics more prevalent in eighteenth-century America than in the previous century?
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The growing cities placed people close together, allowing diseases to spread more easily. The cities also drew sailors, soldiers, farmers, and others who would both bring diseases in and carry diseases out to other areas.
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List at least four of the Native American foods that Europeans found in the New World. (any four)
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corn, beans such as snaps and limas, cacao (chocolate), tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, peppers, peanuts, "irish" potatoes, and sweet potatoes
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Why was the literacy rate higher in New England than in the other regions?
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The Puritans strongly emphasized education because of their belief that everyone should read the Word of God for himself. Also, the population in New England was more concentrated, which made it easier for students to be gathered into schools in sufficient number.
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