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American History I Test One
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Undergraduate 1
02/15/2012

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New England
Definition
• Culturally homogeneous
• Described as honest, industrious, righteous
• Strict separatists
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Harvard College
Definition
o Enrolled if they were able to speak Latin and had great grammar, there was a single curriculum
o Dorms were small
o Had bread and beer for breakfast
o Had prayer, recreation, study hall, and lecture time
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Usury Laws
Definition
Restricting what was sold on the market (government regulations)
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Sumptuary laws
Definition
Laws of consumption
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Triangular Trade
Definition
o By late 1600’s this began
o America takes goods to Africa → receive African slaves→ Receive sugar in Cuba → Make rum in America → Sell the rum
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Roger Williams
Definition
-Moved to Salem, MA and did not like what the ministers were preaching
-Fled to Providence, RI
-Established Freedom of Worship
-Practiced separation of church and state
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Anne Hutchison
Definition
-Moved to Boston to follow John Cotton (minister)
-She held meetings that gave summaries of church
-John Winthrop thought she was wrong, so he put her on trial
-Banished her to Massachusetts
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Salem Witch Trials
Definition
-Betty Paris, Abigail Williams and two other girls went htrough the books on Williams desk and became frightened
-Diagnoses as possessed
-Many of the individual accused were prominent and rich people
-anyone who confessed wasn't executed, but lost their
land
-trial ended, when governors wife was accused
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Was this a battle between Have and Have-Nots? (Salem Witch Trial)
Definition
Yes
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The Middle Colonies
Definition
-No dominant Church
-Quakers had biggest influence
-The population was the most diversified
-Economically they were between the north and the south
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Quakers
Definition
-Believed "every soul contains divine goodness"
-Extreme in their views on equality
-Denied original sin and predestination
-Dressed in plain black cloth
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William Penn
Definition
-Treated Indians with respect
-Leading Quaker
-King Charles gave him land because he owed his father a 16,000 pound debt
Term
George Calvert's Colonies (Lord Calvert's)
Definition
-Started Maryland as a haven for catholics in England
-Named after King Charles' wife Marietta
-wanted everyone to give him allegiance
-Many ran away/moved to Pennsylvania and Virginia because of his strict rules
-He lost control and it became a royal colony
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Southern Colonies
Definition
-Tobacco cultivation exhausted the soil, so planters were constantly moving west
-Less conformity
-Church have England had less of an influence here
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Indentured Servants
Definition
-Colonists would pay for the indentured servant to come over
-Usually for 7 years
-Their contracts were bought and sold
-America appeared democratic because you could vote and own land
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Slave Ships/ Middle Passage
Definition
-No prospect of eventual freedom
-Made up 20% of population
-1619 first slaves arrived
-The White servants and Indians were hazardous as laborers
-around 1/2 perished on the month long voyage
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Bacon's Rebellion
Definition
-Doeg Indians raided the farm of a former indentured servant (Matthews)
-In return Matthews had a militia go after the Doeg
-They accidentally went after several tribes
-Jamestown wouldn't help, so Bacon became in charge
-Bacon was in charge for a week, then he died
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James Oglethorpe's Colony
Definition
-In Georgia
-Had a friend in debtors prison, who died of sickness
-Got charter for a haven for debtors
-HAd strict rules that didn't last since rich Carolinians were already living there
-Within ten years it became a royal colony
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The steps of kidnapping an African Slave
Definition
1. Capturing in native village
2. The Middle Passage
3. Sold to African master
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Stono Uprising
Definition
-Under the leadership of "Jemmy"
-Went to a local store and killed the owners and stole their guns... and etc.
-Came across Lt. Governor
-The white men captured them
Term
The Great Awakening
Definition
-People are moving away from churches
-Ministers were reluctant to move west (wealthy)
-Era of scientists and philosophers
-Decline in Church attendance
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George Whitefield
Definition
-From England
-Wanted to come down to the listeners level
Term
Jonathan Edwards
Definition
-Preached in a way that frightened people
-Called "Fire and Brimstone"
-Had outdoor revivals
-"Sinners in the hands of angry God"
Term
Old Lights
Definition
-Old Fashioned
-Conservative
Term
New Lights
Definition
-Invaded VA and started to win converts against slamm farmers and slaves
-Ministers were not required to have a degree
-Went to church to be saved
-Banned dancing
Term
Anglican Church
Definition
-All about status
-Communicated in writing
-Loved dancing
-Conformity
-(Old Lights)
Term
Baptists
Definition
-Also invaded to fields to speak with the slaves (New Lights)
Term
Royal Governors
Definition
-Appointed by the King
-The king rotated the governors
-Colonial assembly chooses their salary
Term
Two Things recognized in Stono's Rebellion
Definition
1. Led to realization that new rules needed to be imposed
2. Also led to the creation of slave patrols
Term
Order of Political party in the colonies
Definition
1.King
2. Royal Governor
3. The colonial Assembly
4. Colonists
Term
Colonial Assemblies
Definition
-Power to pass local laws, but king can veto
-Always elected same representatives
-No political parties
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"Power of the Purse"
Definition
-Gave power to the colonists
-Chose governors salary
-No king would veto something it it affected his salary
Term
Mercantilism
Definition
-Benefit England at the expense of the colony
-Eliminate Englands dependency on foreign countries


**American colonies produce raw materials and they will be shipped to Britain, then converted in England into finished products, then sent back to the colonies where they would but them
Term
Navigation Acts
Definition
-Britain decreed all trade between England and the colonies
-Forced colonies to sell to England alone
-Required merchants to purchase their products from British merchants
-Must export to England and import to America
Term
Salutary Neglect
Definition
-Did not obey Navigation Acts
-Build factories in the woods
-Smuggled foods from French/Dutch ships
Term
William Pitt
Definition
-Hired by King Charles III
-The British convinced the Indians to join their side (saying they'd give back their land)
-British won the war
Term
French and Indian War
Definition
-France started to establish colonies near the British colonies
-George Washington was sent to ward them off (unsuccessful)
-Professional soldiers sent (Braddock) who ignored Washington
-Lost that battle, and France won
Term
3 thinfs that happened after King George II died of constipation
Definition
1.King George III becomes new king, and he hires new people, such as William Pitt
2. Smallpox epidemic that went through many French settlements – and when few people were left behind to make crops – it caused the French supplies to dwindle
3. The Iroquois tribe had been fighting on the French side, and then switched sides in 1760 – convinced by the British to switch to their side (they were promised that their old lands in New York would be returned to them) – the Iroquois had many soldiers
Term
Pontiac's Uprising
Definition
-The British deliberately switched them with blankets that had smallpox
Term
Proclamation Line
Definition
-Forbidding anyone past the mountains
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Sugar Act
Definition
-Average British paid 26 shillings while colonists paid 1 1/2 shillings
-Raised taxes
-Any ship that brings sugar to the colonies must pay a tax
-No one bought sugar so they revoked it
Term
Stamp Act
Definition
• Required colonists to purchase stamps for any type of paper product
• Newspapers, license, diploma, playing cards, legal form
-Applied to every American, not just the ports
-The colonists formed mobs (The Sons of Liberty)
-They did tarring and feathering to the tax collectors and outlawed
-Revoked
Term
Sons of Liberty
Definition
-The name came from parliament from a former British military officer who said they were not terrorists but Sons of Liberty
-Each colony had their own mob
Term
Townsend Duties
Definition
-Tax on glass, paint, paper, lead, and tea
-Sons/Daughters of Liberty were involved
-Acts were repealed except the tea
Term
Boston Masacre
Definition
-Sons of Liberty leaders Paul Revere, John Hanncock, Samuel Adams
-Evening of March 1770
-Someone through a snowball with a rock in it, causing a red coat to fall and accidentally shoot his gun, starting the massacre
-CPT Preston told them to stop
-Newspaper had detailed picture by REvere
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
-Disguised themselves as Indians
-Kept a hostage to witness they ONLY destroyed the tea
-Through off 45 tons
Term
Daughters of Liberty
Definition
-Women were involved
-They controlled the kitchen
-They maintained the boycott
Term
Coercive Acts
Definition
-Shut down Boston Harbor until every penny would be paid back to Britain
-British soldiers no longer tried in AMerican Courts
-MA Gov. swept away
-Boston didn't raise a single penny
Term
Lexington and Concord
Definition
-Secret arsenal from Sons of Liberty
-British came after at night
-SOL set up a staged fight to kill time as the items in the arsenal were removed
-British did not get the weapons
-On their way back many died on their path
Term
Bunker Hill
Definition
-Tried to start lobbing shells into their garrisons
-British won
-Should be called "Breed's Hill"
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