Thursday, September 8, 2011

Boorstin Questions


Please write the answers to eight of the following 16 questions, however, all must answer question #1. 
Due: Friday, 9/9
  1. In what way(s) is the Virginia (Va.) colony different than Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania?
  2. What ideas did the Puritans struggle with in forming a government?
  3. What reasons does Boorstin cite in why the Puritans did not pursue a utopian society?
  4. What is meant, in Puritan society, as the “Half-way Covenant, and what was it’s purpose?
  5. Why did Lechford believe that the Puritan church was “too democratic?
  6. What are "headrights?"
  7. How was Va. society similar to English society? How was it different?
  8. Define "freeholder."
  9. How did an aristocracy develop in Va.?
  10. What's problem did planters in Va. have with soil when planting tobacco?
  11. What was synonymous with "sour land," and how did it get that way?
  12. Why was/is that Va. did not develop a center of commerce (like a Philadelphia or a Boston)?
  13. Explain the voting procedure in Va.?
  14. What role did the Va. gov't play in aiding people such as George Washington in acquiring new land?
  15. How was the "church of Va." different than the Church of England?
  16. What role did the church of Va. play in society and politics?

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