APUSH Chapter 3 AMSCO Study Guide with Complete Solutions

APUSH Chapter 3 AMSCO Study Guide with Complete Solutions Africans - Answer️️ -The largest single group of non-English immigrants did not come to America by choice. By 1775, the African American population (slave and free) comprised 20 percent of the colonial population. About 90 percent were in the southern colonies. (p. 46) Poor Richard's Almanac - Answer️️ -Benjamin Franklin's highly popular collection of information, parables, and advice colonial families - Answer️️ -Family was very important in the colonies; couples married young and had many children. Most families lived on farms. Men worked, owned land, and dominated politics. Women did housework, educated the children, and worked with her husband. colonial governors - Answer️️ -In the royal colonies, these were appointed by the King; in the proprietary colonies, these were appointed by the proprietor; in Rhode Island and Connecticut, these were elected by popular vote colonial legislatures - Answer️️ -In every colony the lower of these two houses was elected; this lower house controlled taxes. Only in Rhode Island and Connecticut were the upper houses elected. county government - Answer️️ -• originally started as parishes • 159 in GA ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 •serves the people at a local level • usually governed by a commissioner or board of commissioners Dutch - Answer️️ -Corruption of a German word used as a term for German immigrants in Pennsylvania English cultural domination - Answer️️ -Most of the population of the colonies was English, but Africans and Europeans created some diversity in the culture of the colonies. Enlightenment - Answer️️ -A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. established church - Answer️️ -chosen religion of a state George Whitefield - Answer️️ -Credited with starting t