American Pageant Ch 5 Flashcards

3152176102	triangular trade	A trade between America, the West Indies, and Africa, which some colonists took advantage of after the fall of the Royal African Company, and yielded great profits to its merchants.	0
3152176103	Molasses Act	An act intended to end American trade with the French West Indies passed by Britain, which was largely overridden by smuggling and bribery.	1
3152176105	Great Awakening	A period of huge religious revival throughout the colonies, sparked by a few strong religious speakers, called the "new lights."	2
3152176107	Zenger trial	New York libel case, established the principle that truthful statements about public officials could not be prosecuted as defaming. Was a banner achievement for freedom of the press and health of democracy	3
3152176108	royal colonies	colonies where governors were appointed by King directly; often competent administrators but ran into trouble w/ colonial legislatures, who resented imposition of control from across Atlantic	4
3152176113	Jonathan Edwards	American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated the Great Awakening, a period of renewed interest in religion in America "salvation through good works" and affirmed need for complete dependence of God's grace	5
3152176114	George Whitefield	Masterful orator, rekindled the religiousness of the colonies during the Great Awakening. He was a leader of the "new lights"	6
3152176118	John Peter Zenger	A newspaper printer from New York, was arrested and tried for seditious libel for attacking the royal governor. He was acquitted with the help of his lawyer, Alexander Hamilton. This was a huge step for the freedom of the press.	7
3152176119	Old lights	Orthodox clergymen; deeply skeptical of emotionalism and theatrical antics of revivalists	8
3152176120	New lights	defended the Awakening for its role in revitalizing American religion	9