14727912089 | The Protestant Reformation | Protestant religions had... - more emphasis on the bible -All should be able to read bible -"Priesthood" of all believers Resulting religions include... -Lutherans -Quakers -Anglican -Calvin-Puritains-Congregational church | 0 | |
14727912090 | Triangular trade | Econamic system that comes after the Columbian Exchange -Navigation laws where created to control this. | 1 | |
14727912091 | Mercantilism, Navigation acts and Salutary Neglect | -Enforce of neglect Attempts to enforce mercantilism are navigation acts "trade laws" -Salutary Neglect-let countries run themselves why?- might make money anyway -too many problems on their own -costly Impact of this? used to note being taxed and then when the are they get upset. | 2 | |
14727912092 | The great awakening | -1730's Jonathan Edward -"sinners in the hands of an angry god." -put fear of religion in people George Whitefield-Enlightment -Evangelicalism -Emotionalism -open air preaching Colonial unity in the way that all the colonies brought emotionalism in religion. | 3 | |
14727912093 | The Zenger Trial | John Peter Zenger was put in jail for saying negative things about the government and his lawyer argued that what he said was okay because it was all true. Established the freedom of press and speech. | 4 | |
14727912094 | Women in colonial America (differences between Northern and Southern colonies) | -A vast majority of woman worked at home doing housework and tending to the children. -Some also helped with farming -Some southern aristocrats had slaves | 5 | |
14727912095 | American indian practices, colonial interactions with Indians | -When the Colonists started moving west they got closer to the Indians and killed them off with the new illnesses that they brought also with their European weapons. | 6 | |
14727912096 | Role of disease | Killed most new settlers at Jamestown Killed Indians once colonists moved west | 7 | |
14727912097 | Cash Crops | crops, such as tobacco, rice, sugar, and indigo, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit This was the #1 reason for slavery in the south. | 8 | |
14727912098 | The Enlightenment | 1650-1790 Scientific revolution -from Europe -Emphasis on reason and progress Religion -deism -skeptism Politics -More Republics and Democracy (Franklin, Jefferson) | 9 | |
14727912099 | Early signs of colonial democracy(6) | House of Burgesses -Chesapeake -white landowning men can vote Town Hall -Mass. -white male members of church can vote Mayflower compact 1620 -ruled by majority -established first town meeting Fundamental orders of Conn. -first Constitution Maryland act of Toleration -1649 act of religious toleration to Christians only in MD Rhode Island and separation of church and state in 1644 | 10 | |
14727912100 | Early signs of colonial unity | -The New England Confederation (1643-) (Plymouth, MA bay, CT) not RI Created to deal with the Pequot war, King Philips war and the Anglo Dutch war -Emotionalism- part of great awakening | 11 | |
14727912101 | Geography, economics and climate of NE colonies | -Rocky soil not fit for plantations -Short growing seasons -More trade and commerce | 12 | |
14727912102 | Emphasis on shipbuilding | -Trade and commerce | 13 | |
14727912103 | Mayflower compact | 1620 -rule by majority -established first town meeting | 14 | |
14727912104 | Mass. Bay Colony | Established 1620 by Puritans -1630 11 vesels -Winthrop's "city on a hill" -Religious -Goal: create a model community for christians to copy -"blue laws"-silly religious laws -"Freedmen" where free white men part of church elected representation and had right to vote -NE way: relationship btwn church and state -Emphasis on education-1636 Harvard College Established | 15 | |
14727912105 | Puritans-congregational church | -self governing puritan without hierarchy of the anglican church -lead to democracy | 16 | |
14727912106 | "City upon a hill"-Winthrop | Basically said that their society would be a model for all others in the future -shows how religious they where | 17 | |
14727912107 | Salem Witch trials | 1692 Salem part of Mass. Puritanical town (belief in God and devil) Droughts and floods common 150 imprisoned 19 hanged, 5 died in prison Ended because governor and his wife where accused. | 18 | |
14727912108 | Pequot wars-King Philip's war, 1675 | Issues with the Natives -Colonists win because of new illnesses and European weapons (The colonists increase of land lead to more conflict with natives.) | 19 | |
14727912109 | The NE confederation | (1643-) (Plymouth, MA bay, CT) not RI Created to deal with the Pequot war, King Philips war and the Anglo Dutch war -First sign of colonial unity | 20 | |
14727912110 | Boston | major city | 21 | |
14727912111 | Middle colonies | -"bread basket" -Wheat -Corn -Diverse cities | 22 | |
14727912112 | Philadelphia, NYC | Major cities | 23 | |
14727912113 | William Penn and Pennsylvania | -Formed by quakers -Good relations with Indians | 24 | |
14727912114 | Chesapeake Colonies | First indentured servants came here but that changed because of bacon's rebellion and there was a lot of money to be made in tobacco (1680's) | 25 | |
14727912115 | Indentured servitude-Slavery | Indentured servitude- White males that did work for 1 to 7 years and in return they received a journey to America. -Ended because of Bacon's rebellion (1676) -So they needed a source of labor that wouldn't fight back they looked to Africa. | 26 | |
14727912116 | Maryland Act of Toleration | (1649) Granted freedom of religion to all christians so no Jewish people ect. | 27 | |
14727912117 | Virginia House of Burgesses | The first elected assembly in the New World, established in 1619 | 28 | |
14727912118 | Tobacco | Cash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown | 29 | |
14727912119 | Anglo-Powhatan wars | Conflict with Indians | 30 | |
14727912120 | Bacon's rebellion | (1676) Virginia backcountry farmers and indentured servants revolt against Governor William Berkley's refusal to defend them against Indian attacks. However it eventually became a boxer conflict between the impoverished and the planter elite. -basically rich V.S. poor | 31 | |
14727912121 | rice, indigo | South's economy is based on these crops | 32 | |
14727912122 | Southern colonies | -relation with West indies | 33 | |
14727912123 | Institutional, Plantation slavery | Legalize slavery | 34 | |
14727912124 | Barbados slave code | (1661)-racism -first thing that says what slave owners can do to slaves -children of slaves are your slaves too -brought to southern colonies by immigrants from west indies. | 35 | |
14727912125 | Charleston | major city | 36 | |
14727912126 | Slave culture | mixing of American and African cultures They tried to hold on to their old African culture -No major slave revlolts -Language: Gullah (spoke in SC) -Religion: Many adopted Christianity with African elements Music: The development of Jazz | 37 |
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