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7283737110Middle ColoniesNew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware0
7283749453Susquehannathe river that allowed the middle colonies to tap the fur trade.1
7283762030Benjamin Franklincame to Philadelphia broke but he was prosperous because he is smart. owned a printing press and was an inventor.2
72837685051600England underwent a population boom in this year3
728377775275%percent of English immigrants that were indentured servants (most were young men from the middle class4
7283792310what caused indentured servants to leave Englandthe cloth trade slump in the early 1600's or being forced off their land due to the enclosure movement5
7283803343why did African slaves become usedthe supply of indentured servants ran out & had to get black slaves to replace them6
728381086940%what percent of indentured servants died before their indenture was up7
7283820273Massachusetts Bay Colony1629-42 11,000 Puritans swarmed to here8
7283827504puritans brought __________ to the New Worldbrought culture, religion, work ethic, and thrift to the new world9
7283836150farmersmost of the colonial work force10
7283863838immigrants from Europe werelower class looking for religion and wealth11
72838680476;1male-female ratio in the colonies12
7283875631climate, soil, region, resourcesshaped the economical development in the colonies13
7283884418CHARACTERIZED COLONIAL LIFEstrong belief of land ownership and free enterprise14
7283889787CavaliersEnglish nobility in Virginia that got large land grants15
7283895528First Families of Virginiaowned large land and and dominated the house of burgesses16
7283919820Names of FFV'sCustis, Jefferson, Randolph, Lee, & Washington17
72839710421693when Va established William & Mary18
7288882250the CarolinasRice and indigo were grown widely here19
72888914107 yearsperiod of typical indentured servitude.20
7288897037Nathanial Baconled a rebellion of free, poor, landless, and single men frustrated by lack of money and women21
72889063701676Year of Bacon's Rebellion22
7288911869William BerkelyVA governor that created peaceful relations with Indians directly after a bloody war with them.23
7288922719Berkely refused to retaliate against savage Indian attacksBacon's men murderously attacked Indian settlements because...24
7288936344DysentaryBacon died in the middle of the rebellion from...25
72889442081619The first group of African slaves arrived in America in this year26
7288950392Mid 1680'sAfrican slaves outnumbered white servants27
7288956062half of Virginia's population1750 Africans were28
7288962558West Africa (Senegal and Angola)Most slaves were from29
7288968440Sugar and Rice cultivationDeep South slave work30
7288977937English, Spanish, and FrenchAfricans blended their own languages with...31
7288984060Banjo and BongoContributions of Africans to American music32
7288994307A slave revolt killed a dozen whites and 21 blacksWhat happened in 1712 in New York33
7289003696"Stono Rebellion"slaves rebelled in South Carolina and tried to march to Spanish Florida but failed34
7289021334led to an eventual civil warthe slavery based agricultural society35
7289026951New Englanderstended to migrate as families36
7289035695ship building, fishing, lumbering, small farms, and rumNew England's economy was based on37
7289095247Puritans established Harvard as a religious college to become ministers1636 Massachusetts38
7289107620Puritansintolerant of dissenters who challenged their religion and they believed in connection between religion and government39
7289128107Rhode Island and new havenfounded by dissenters40
7289133698JermiadsPuritans worried about their child being loyal and faithful so these people scolded them for their waning piety to improve faith41
72891635101662 Half Way CovenantAll were welcome to come to the church even if they fell short of the 'visible saint' status42
7289170748Titubaa slave Salem girls blamed for trying to get them to marry Satan.43
728918071120 people died (19 hanged 1 pressed)witch hunt deaths44
728918426615th CenturyWhen witch hunts started in Europe.45
7289189547the governor's wife was accused of being a witchwhy the witch hunts ended in 169346
7289235547New York and Philadelphiagrew as seaports and commercial centers47
7289239979Quakersreligious group from Pennsylvania48
7289247845Jews & Huguenotsreligious group in New York49
7289250885Scottish Presbyterianreligious group in New Jersey50
7289260019Scots Irish7% of the population 175,000 people in 1775 most were Presbyterian some were pioneers51
7310383999became squatters because of their lack of money, moved into the Shenandoah Valley quarreling with Indians and white land ownersthe Scots-Irish reached America and52
7310416676led the armed march of the Parton boys1763-64 Scots Irish53
7310425872the Paxton'sled a march on Philadelphia to protest attacks in the Lehigh Valley and the Quakers peaceful treatment of the Indians. (led to Conestoga Massacre)54
7310453494NC regulator movement (1765)led by Scots-Irish, it was aimed against the Tuscarora and the domination by eastern whites in the colony55
7310475689Germans6% of the population in 1775 (most protestant)56
7310495063African Indentured Servants, slaves, and/or free blacksIn 1775 were 30% of the population57
7310519475Aristocrats had much powerclass differences emerged and58
7310527564Rum, Whiskey, Weapons,and goodsenriched merchants in New England and Middle Colonies59
7310539076Yeoman (small farmers)owned their land and owned few slaves. Landless whites rented from them.60
7310551397Irish Scotsthe paupers and criminals sent to the new world. this system was phased out in the 1700s61
7310567999Clergymost honored profession62
7310569398bleeding"solution to illness"63
7310571158inoculationintroduced in 1721 by Dr. Boylston of Boston64
7310600096Hunting, trading, small farmingmountain laboring65
7310604994"Triangular Trade"rum from England, got slaves from West Africa, traded molasses for slaves in the West Indies66
7310612032skilled craftspeopleprized over doctors and lawyers67
7310617334small enterprise in NERum, lumber, and textiles68
7310639296Britain Navymarked tall trees for ship's masts & colonists hated it even though there were countless good trees69
7310716153colonies forced into mercantile systemcolonies produced the resources, England produced the finished goods.70
7310740838Molasses Acthindered trade with the West Indies71
7310747592smugglingpopular and profitable in Colonial America (John Hancock made a fortune)72
7310766043official church of GA, NC, SC, VA, MD, and NYAnglican Church (where was it the official church of)73
7310754684Anglican Church and Puritan Churchthe two established churches of the New World74
7310777295Anglican sermons and beliefsshorter sermons, hell was less frightening, amusements were less sacred75
7310789126Congregational churchgrew from the puritan church established in New England colonies.76
7310802138Quakersdominated Pennsylvania77
7310803813Presbyteriansdominated New Jersey78
7310806597"The Great Awakening"people were worried they weren't devout enough in the 1700's79
7318316923Englandwhere the great awakening started80
7318336959"Doctrine of Armenians"Protestant Preachers adopted this81
7318350241Dutch reformistschallenged the orthodox calvinists82
7318364183congregational preacher with emotionally moving preaching methods. spoke of eternal damnation nonbelievers faced after deathJonathan Edwards83
7318370686Jonathan EdwardsHarvard educated and started preaching in 1734 "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"84
7318383714Edwards describes a man dangling a spider over a blazing flame being able to drop it in at any time"Sinners in the hands of an angry god"85
7318405239better orator (preacher) than Edwards, moved him to tearsGeorge Whitfield86
7318408333circuit ridersspreading the word of god copied Whitfield87
7318465303orthodox clergymanskeptical of new light preachers88
7318471496Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth"new light" centers of education89
7318485776the great awakeningthe first religious experience shared by all Americans90
7318504751New England and the Middle Atlanticeducation was most important here and kindergarten and primary schools arose for those able to go (wealthy)91
7318514660New Englandmore literate people in this colony than any other92
7318521459religion and classical languagesColonial schools emphasized on93
7318528544more focus on liberal arts and science due to the enlightenment in Europechanges in the colonial curriculum in the mid 1700's94
7318534942created high school and the University of PennsylvaniaBen Franklin95
7333119930Swedenlog cabin came from96
7333135012Virginia in 1720Georgian red-bricked style dominated this colony97
7333147091Phillis Wheatleyan African slave (never formally educated) published a book of verse (poems) very popular98
7333168378Poor Richard's almanacBen Franklin published this and it was the most influential in the colonies, most read second to the Bible99
7333178967first public librarydeveloped by Ben Franklin100
7333190308John ZengerNew York newspaper printer taken to court and charged with slander against governor William Cosby.101
7333220443Cosby removed a judge in order to make more of a profit and Zenger wrote about it and was acquitted of slander because the accusations were truepremise of the Zenger v. Cosby case102
7333225170Andrew HamiltonZenger's lawyer103
73332392878 of 13how many colonies were royal104
73332427663how many colonies have governors chosen by propieters105
73332468632 house legislative bodyeach colony had a (as a form of gov't)106
7333252563upper houserepresented the king and the royal body107
7333255659lower houserepresented the people- chosen by the people108
7333266882self taxation with representationa value colonists cherished109
7333275091white male landowners 21 years oldrequirements for sufferage110
7333284083lotteriesuniversally approved because it raised money for churches and universities111
7333293003beaver pelt and lumbermost valuable resource of New France (Canada)112
7333300863QuebecNew France's capital established by Samuel de Champlain in 1608113
7333309569"Coureirs de Bois"(runners of the woods) name for French hunter trappers114
7333319866French voyagersrecruited indians to help them trap and hunt beaver115
7333327871Ohio Valley,French settled here116
7333331038Antoine Cadillacfounded Detroit in 1701117
7333351904founded Louisiana in 1682 to halt Spanish expansion into the Gulf of MexicoRobert de LaSalle118
7333356863King Louis XIVwho Louisiana was named for119
7333379950ends up in Spanish Mexico and was murdered in 1687Robert de La Salle tried to return to Louisiana but120
7333394828Illinois countryFrench set up trading posts and forts here121
7333414702English captain Robert Jenkins upset the Spanish, got his ear cut off, and it was presented to Parliament in 1731the war of Jenkins ear122
7333420435naval warconfined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia through the 1730's and early 1740's123
7333431074the war of Austrian Successionthe war of Jenkins ear merged with this war and was called King George's War in America (largely a European War after 1742)124
7333485894Cape Breton Island, CanadaDuring King George's War, France allied with Spain and English captured and reputes the fortress of125
7333517397Treaty of Aix-la Chapellebrought peace terms to the war- gave Louisburg fort back to France126
7333525304The Ohio valleyBattleground among the Spanish, British, and French127
7333557325Governor DinwiddieIn 1754, this governor sent Washington to the Ohio Valleys a colonel in command of 150 minutemen128
7333566425Fort DequesneIn the Ohio River Valley, a fort controlled by the French.129
7333583756Killed the French leaderWashington and his men encountered French 40 miles from for Duquesne and opened fire ...130
7333594640Washington's fort Necessity and fought "Indian Style" and made him surrender after a 10 hr siegeIn the Washinton Inaugurates War after their leader died, the French returned and surrounded ...131
73336170077 years warfourth of the wars between English and French, this one started in America132
7333625763Washington's battle with the French7 Years War began with133
7333635474England and Prussia v. France, Spain, Austria, and Russiasides in the 7 years war134
7333638685FrenchMore Indians sided with the135
7333642642Albany CongressIn 1754, 7 of the 13 colonies met to unite136
7333651088the Join or Die snake flag in pieces representing the coloniesFranklin published this before the congress in Albany137
7333709131the states were reluctant to give up sovereignty or powerwhy did the Plan of Union in Albany fail138
7333719795English, colonists, Iroqouis v. French and Indianssides in the French Indian War139
7336879121Edward BraddockIn 1775, the British sent whom to lead inexperienced soldiers with slow and heavy artillery140
7336886950"Indian Tactics"French ambushed the English using this in a battle near present day Pittsburgh (Great Meadows)141
7336889835Battle of Fort NeccesityIn this battle, Washington had 2 horses shot from under him, 4 bulletholes in his jacket- Braddock died and gave his military sash to Washington142
7336935927William Pitttook control of the British143
7336948568Moved major assaults to the French West Indies, concentrated on Quebec and Montreal (supply routes to New France), replaced old officers with new (daring) ones.Changes William Pitt Made144
7336953114they conquered Fort Louisburg which blocked supply to New FranceIn 1758 what did the British do145
7336964135James Wolfeled one of the most legendary attack of all time in which his men (British) scaled cliffs in the dark to surprise attack the French at Quebec and the Plains of Abraham. French were defeated and Quebec suffered146
7336987236James Wolfe and Marquis de Montcalm2 people that died in the French Indian War (In Quebec battle)147
73370234881759 Battle of Quebeca decisive victory of the French/Indian War of America148
7337057030French kicked out of the Americas, British got Canada and land to the Mississippi River, French could keep small sugar islands in the West Indies and St. Lawrence, France gave up Louisiana to Spain as compensation for war lossesconditions of the Peace Treaty at Paris 1763149
7337099744Americans felt equal with the redcoats and no longer saw them as invincible.resulted of the French/Indian war150
7337115279trade with enemy tradersThe British were concerned about this during the war151
7339299257he had to pay themwhat'd Pitt have to do to get the colonists to fight against the French152
7339326936less military presence in the coloniesafter the French/Indian war was over the French were defeated so153
7339352800Ottowa Chief Pontiacled French-alliedtribes in a brief, bloody campaign through the Ohio Valley- the whites cruelly retaliated154
7339391861Jeffery Amherstordered blankets infected with smallpox to be distributed to Pontiac's men155
7339415923Proclamation of 1763a document that kept colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains (Indians got the Ohio River Valley)156
73394491861,000 wagons rolled through the town in defiance of the proclamation of 17631765 Salisbury North Carolina157
7339461560Revolutionary WarWar that lasted 8 years, caused by the independence and oppression felt across the colonies.158
7339475187GeorgiaOnly colony planted by the royal government. the rest were done privately or by propieters159
7339485065Mercantalismmade money for the crown, justified having control of the colonies160

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