Monday, September 8, 2014

Chapter Five Reading Questions

For Wednesday's class, please read chapter 5, and be prepared to answer the following questions:

  • How do colonizing people come to see themselves?
  • Describe the dominance of English culture and institutions.
  • How did Christian missionaries deal with Indians?
  • Define Anglo-conformity.
  • Where was Indian slavery practiced?
  • In what northern city was slavery well established, and what happened there in 1741?
  • What colonial laws regulated black behavior?
  • What produced an extreme cultural arrogance among English-descended colonists?
  • Where and why do we find "the first major ethnic crisis in American history"?
  • Why were the Quakers and Scotch-Irish in conflict?
  • The Constitution shows that the founding fathers expect what of immigrants?
  • What is the residence requirement for immigrants who want to naturalize? (Define "naturalize.") Why has it varied?
  • What was the spirit of early American nationalism?

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