Ms. Balderach's Pre-AP 8th grade Ch. 5 US History Test Flashcards
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| 482317048 | Life on a Farm | Subsitance farming, limited space, everyone worked, majority of colonists lived on farms. | |
| 482317049 | Life in Cities | Market places, noisy and smelly, houses close together, people always trading goods and selling. | |
| 482317050 | Petition | To make a formal document to complain the the King of Queen | |
| 482317051 | Punishment - Serious Crimes | By death. | |
| 482317052 | Punsihment - Lesser Crimes | Fines, short jail terms, public humiliation. | |
| 482317053 | Punishment - Theft, Forgery, Robbery | Jail, whipping, branded with hot irons. | |
| 482317054 | Classes - Wealthy | Gold, silver, colored lace, buttons, boots, wigs. Able to vote. | |
| 482317055 | Classes - Middle | Farmers and artisians. Many had enough propery to quilify to vote. | |
| 482317056 | Classes - Lower | Farmhands, other workers. Depended on the their wages, couldn't vote. | |
| 482317057 | Classes - Indentured Servand/Slaves | 1/3 of settlers, African Americans, bottom of society. | |
| 482317058 | Slaves in Southern Colonies | Expanded rapidly, because they raised cash crops. | |
| 482317059 | Examples of Slave Work | Worked many jobs, didn't get paid well. | |
| 482317060 | 1st Great Awakening | A movement spurred by a feeling that people had lost their religious faith powerful effect on colonies. So preachers went from town to town and got people exited about God. | |
| 482317061 | Education - New England | Required to have public schools. Puritains wanted children to be able to read the bible. | |
| 482317062 | Education - Middle Colonis | Each religious group of family had to decide for themselves how to educate its children. | |
| 482317063 | Education - Southern | Neibors might hire a teacher, wealthy planters hired tutors for younger kids at home. | |
| 482317064 | Marriage - Age | In mid-20's. | |
| 482317065 | Marriage - Indentrued Servants | Couldn't marry untill free | |
| 482317066 | Kids in Colonial Families | 7-10 kids, large. | |
| 482317067 | Kids on Farms | Helped out alot | |
| 482317068 | Leisure - Bees and Frolics | Colonists would get a group together and share the work. Such as a chopping bee, or a quilting bee. | |
| 482317069 | Leisure - Barn Raising | Men joined together to build the frame of a house in one day, while women prepared a feast. | |
| 482317070 | Leisure - Toys and Sports | Kids coasted downhill on sleds. Adults played sports. | |
| 482317071 | Leisure - Fairs | Contest in skill and artistry. | |
| 482317072 | Food - Corn | Ate everyday, all the time, in different ways. | |
| 482317073 | Food - Meat | Hunted many animals, had to be salted, smoked, or pickled so it didn't go bad. | |
| 482317074 | Food - Fruit/Veggies | Tons of fruit. Veggies - belived to be unhealthy if raw. | |
| 482317075 | Food - Iron Pots | Simmered all the times, kept food hot so they wouldn't spoil. | |
| 482403834 | Enlightenment | Began in Europe. The idea of having natural rights. Happened because scientists were discovering more about the universe. | |
| 482403835 | Ben Franklin | Figure in the Enlightenment. Wrote the 1st Albany Rights. Made the Join or Die Cartoon. Wanted unity. | |
| 482403836 | John Locke | English Philosopher. Argued that people had natural rights. Challenged the belief that Kings had the God-given ability to rule, and that people create governments to protect their natural rights. | |
| 482403837 | Natural Rights | The idea that people had laws/rights created by the universe. | |
| 482476673 | Magna Carta | Originated in England, 1215 | |
| 482476674 | Rights Guaranteed by the Magna Carta | ~Couldn't have their property seized by the kind of his officials ~Couldn't be taxed unless a council of prominent men agreed ~Couldn't be put on trial without witnesses ~Could only be punished by a jury of their peers | |
| 482476675 | Purpose of Colonial Assemblies | Imposed taxes and manages the colonies. Different ones, elected. | |
| 482476676 | Kings Power in Magna Carta | Limited | |
| 482476677 | Parliament | England's chief lawmaking body, colonists model for representative government. | |
| 482476678 | Houses and Duties in Parliament | House of Commons - elected by the people House of Lords - non-elected nobles, judges, and church officials | |
| 482476679 | Edmund Andros | Royal Governor of the Dominion of New England | |
| 482476680 | Changes Edmund Andros Made | Angered colonists by ending their representative assemblies and allowing town meetings to be held. | |
| 482476681 | Glorious Revolution | English Parliamnet decided to overthrow King James, for not respecting rights | |
| 482476682 | King James in the Glorious Revolution | Fled from England because he didn't have much support. | |
| 482476683 | William and Mary in the Glorious Revolution | King James' daughter Mary and her husband William were offered the throne in 1688 to replace King James. | |
| 482476684 | English Bill of Rights | Respect rights of English citizens and of Parliament. government based on laws made by Parliament, not on what the ruler wants. | |
| 482476685 | Who passed the English Bill of Rights | William and Mary | |
| 482476686 | Rights stated in the English Bill of Rights | ~ King or Queen cannot cancel laws or impose taxes unless Parliament agreed. ~ Excessive fines and cruel punishments were forbidden ~ People had the rights to complain to the King or Queen without being arrested ~ Free elections and frequent meetings of Parliament must be held | |
| 482476687 | Principle of the English Bill of Rights | The government was to be based on laws made by Parliament, not on desires of a ruler. | |
| 482476688 | Salutary Neglect | Hands-off policy of England to interfere very little with colonial affairs. Governors still ruled the colonies, but they chose which laws to enforce. | |
| 482476689 | John Peter Zenger | Publisher of the New York Weekly Journal. | |
| 482476690 | John Peter Zenger Stoof trial for/because | Printing criticism of New York's governor | |
| 482476691 | British Crown | On top, above it all. | |
| 482476692 | Royal Governor | ~ Appointed by the crown ~ Had final approval on laws ~ Oversaw colonial trade ~ Could dismiss colonial assembly ~ Under Crown | |
| 482476693 | Council | ~ Appointed by governor ~ Advisory board to governor ~ Acted as highest court in each colony ~ Under Royal Governor | |
| 482476694 | Colonial Assembly | ~ Elected by eligible colonists ~ Made laws ~ Had authority to tax ~ Paid governor's salary ~ Under Governor |
