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Chapter 4 Study Guide

1. According to the success of Poor Richards Almanac, what do we know about
many colonists? __
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2. What is the meaning of the proverb A penny saved is a penny earned?
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3. What is the meaning of the proverb Early to bed, early to rise makes a man
healthy, wealthy, and wise?
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4. What is the meaning of the proverb Fish and visitors smell in three days?
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5. To whom were almanacs most useful to?
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6. How many colonists lived on farms?
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7. What was the colonial economy based on?
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8. How did colonists that lived on farms get most of what they needed?
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9. Compared to today, how big were colonial cities?
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10.Where were most colonial cities located?
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11.What was the Magna Carta?
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12.What was Parliament?
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13.What did the English Bill of Rights list?
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14.What does the right to petition give a citizen the right to do?
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15.What were the blue laws?
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16.Which group was responsible for writing the blue laws?
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17.Briefly describe the Salem Witch Trials.

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18.In regards to social classes, what was the easiest way to move up the social
ladder? __________
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19.How could you tell which social class someone belonged to?
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20.Which voyage became known as the Middle Passage?
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21.What was the First Great Awaking?
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22.What was the main significance of the Great Awakening?
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23.Why did the New England colonies have public schools?
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24.Why did almost all colonial women get married?
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25.How big was the average colonial family?
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26.Why did colonial families have so many kids?
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27.What was a bee?
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28.How did the colonists make work and chores not seem so much like a
burden? ______________
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