Amsco AP US History Chapter 3 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

Amsco AP US History Chapter 3 Study Guide with Complete Solutions J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur - Answer️️ -A Frenchman who wrote , "America is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, and useless labor, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence. This is an American." (1782) immigrants - Answer️️ -Many immigrants who came to American were Protestant French, German-speaking, or Scotch-Irish. They were fleeing religious persecution and wars, as well as seeking economic opportunities. Africans were also brought in large numbers to the colonies, albeit unwillingly. 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. self-government - Answer️️ -Each colony had a representative assembly that was elected by voters (white, land-owning males). Rhode Island and Connecticut also voted on their governor, but the other colonies had an appointed (by King or proprietor) governor. religious toleration - Answer️️ -Massachusetts was the least tolerant in matters of religion, excluding non-Christians and Catholics. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were the most liberal. ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 hereditary aristocracy - Answer️️ -There was no hereditary aristocracy in the colonies. Their class system was based on economics with wealthy landowners at the tope, and craftspeople and common people made up the majority. social mobility - Answer️️ -Everyone in colonial society, except African Americans, could improve their status/standard of living with hard work. 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. subsistence farming - Answer️️ -Farming that provides for the needs of the people on the farm, but nothing else. (New England mainly) established church - Answer️️ -Churches that were financed by taxes. (Anglican Church in Virginia/Congregational Church in Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut) Great Awakening - Answer️️ -A movement characterized by fervent expressions of religious feeling among masses of people. () Jonathan Edwards - Answer️️ -Argued that God was rightfully angry with human sinfulness; people who repented could by saved by God's grace, but t