APUSH: AMSCO Unit 3 Exam Study Guide with Complete

APUSH: AMSCO Unit 3 Exam Study Guide with Complete J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur - Answer️️ -a Frenchman who wrote a description of the American man in 1782: characterized him as "a new man, who acts upon new principles . . . [who] must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions." immigrants - Answer️️ -attracted to the New World by an abundance of fertile land and a dependable food supply; consisted of almost a million people from all over Europe (as well as enslaved Africans); caused the English colonies' population to jump from 250,000 in 1701 to 2,500,000 in 1775 English cultural domination - Answer️️ -a result of the majority of the colonies' population being English in origin, language, and tradition; a general characteristic of the 13 British colonies self-government - Answer️️ -the possession of each colony's government of a representative assembly elected by eligible voters; in two colonies, the governor was also elected by the people religious toleration - Answer️️ -a general characteristic of the British colonies; all permitted the practice of different religions (with varying degrees of freedom) hereditary aristocracy - Answer️️ -did not exist in the colonies; Europe's social extremes were not present, replaced with a narrow class system based on economics and consisting of wealthy landowners, craftspeople, and small farmers. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 social mobility - Answer️️ -everybody in the colonies had an opportunity to improve their standard of living and social status by hard work--with the exception of African Americans colonial families - Answer️️ -the economic and social center of colonial life; men owned land, dominated politics, and did work, while women bore children, kept house, educated their children, and worked next to her husband in the shop or on the farm subsistence farming - Answer️️ -a practice common in New England as a result of the rocky soil and long winters; farms were small, most work was done by family members, and just enough food was produced to feed the farm family established church - Answer️️ -churches financed by taxes imposed by colonial governments on the people; there were two in the early colonies--the Church of England in Virginia and the Congregational Church in Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut; some direct tax support remained until the 19th century Great Awakening - Answer️️ -a dramatic movement that occurred i