Amsco AP US History Chapter 3 Essentials Flashcards

7408743218	English cultural domination	This ideas represents that most of the population of the colonies was English, but Africans and Europeans created some diversity in the culture of the colonies.	0
7408743219	Socioeconomic status	Their class system was based on economics with wealthy landowners at the top, and craftspeople and common people made up the majority.	1
7408743220	subsistence farming	Farming that provides for the needs of the people on the farm, but nothing else. (New England mainly)	2
7408743222	Great Awakening	A movement characterized by fervent expressions of religious feeling among masses of people. (1730-1740)	3
7408743227	Poor Richard's Almanac	Written by Benjamin Franklin, this book written in 1732 contained aphorisms and advice.	4
7408743229	John Peter Zenger; libel case	Published a true, but unflattering article about New York's royal governor. He was acquited by the jury. (1735)	5
7408743231	colonial governors	In the royal colonies, these were appointed by the King; in the proprietary colonies, these were appointed by the proprietor; in Rhode Island and Connecticut, these were elected by popular vote	6
7408743232	colonial legislatures	In every colony the lower of these two houses was elected; this lower house controlled taxes. Only in Rhode Island and Connecticut were the upper houses elected.	7
7408743233	town meetings	The dominant form of local government in the New England colonies	8
7408743234	county government	In the South, local government was carried on by a sheriff and other officials who served on this.	9
7408743235	limited democracy	Only white, land-owning males could vote, and colonial assemblies mostly represented the elite.	10