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APUSH Chapter 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution Flashcards

American Pageant 15th edition chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

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1766060139Scots-Irishgroup that settled the frontier, made whiskey, and hated the British and other governmental authorities0
1766060140Paxton BoysScots-Irish frontiersmen who protested against colonial elites of Pennsylvania and North Carolina1
1766060141Molasses Actattempt by British authorities to squelch colonial trade with French West Indies2
1766060142Anglican Churchestablished religion in southern colonies and New York; weakened by lackadaisical clergy and too-close ties with British crown3
1766060143Jonathan Edwardsbrilliant New England theologian who instigated the Great Awakening4
1766060144George Whitefielditinerant British evangelist who spread the Great Awakening throughout the colonies5
1766060145Phillis Wheatleyformer slave who became a poet at an early age6
1766060146Benjamin Franklinauthor, scientist, printer; "the first civilized American"7
1766060147John Peter Zengercolonial printer whose case helped begin freedom of the press8
1766060148John Singleton Copleycolonial painter who studied and worked in Britain9
1766060149RegulatorRebellious movement of frontiersmen in the southern colonies that included future President Andrew Jackson10
1766060150Jayle BirdPopular term for convicted criminals dumped on colonies by British authorities11
1766060151Praying TownTerm for New England settlements where Indians from various tribes were gathered to be Christianized12
1766060152Triangle TradeSmall but profitable trade route that linked New England, Africa, and the West Indies13
1766060153TavernPopular colonial centers of recreation, gossip, and political debate14
1766060154Great AwakeningSpectacular, emotional religious revival of the 1730s and 1740s15
1766060155Michel-Guillaume de CrevecourFrench settler who posed the question of what "American" is after seeing people in America like he had never seen before. American really became a mixture of many nationalities.16
1766060156Andrew HamiltonScottish Lawyer who had a legal victory on behave of printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger17
1766060157Presbyterian Churchthe Protestant denomination adhering to the views of John Calvin18
1766060158John TrumbullAmerican Artist, painted the Deceleration of Independence which is on the back of the 2 dollar bill.19
1766060159Firm Social Pyramid of the SouthPlantation owners, small farmers,landless whites (renting), indentured servants (less popular after Bacon's Rebellion)20

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