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MERGINESS apush ch 4-5
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10th Grade
10/25/2011

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Which colony was the most populous?
Definition
Virginia (59,000)
Term
What was the male-female ratio in the Chesapeake?
Definition
6:1
Term
what was AHEM special about 1/3 of the brides in WHAT colony?
Definition
In Maryland, 1/3 of all brides were pregnant before the wedding
Term
What three diseases were prevalent in the Chesapeake area?
Definition
Typhoid, dysentery, and malaria
Term
In 1630, Chesapeake was exporting ___million lbs of tobacco/year, while by the 1700s, they were exporting ___million
Definition
1.5
40
Term
Define: headright system
Definition
if an aristocrat funds an indentured servant's passage to America, he gains 50 acres of land at a cheap price, which resulted in massive land gains for the rich and the opposite for the poor
Term
describe the life of an indentured servant
Definition
-served for seven years
-owners often extended serving period for small mistakes
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
Nathaniel Bacon
Definition
led a few thousand of these men in a rebellion against
-William Berkeley, who was friendly towards the NAs, and refused to retaliate when the NAs attacked the frontier

-Bacon's men murdered a LOT of NAs
-Bacon died in the middle of the rebellion, and Berkeley crushed it
Term
until 1792, ONLY (REALLY? REALLY???)
_____ out of ____ slaves were brought to America
Definition
400,000
700 mil
Term
What happened in 1750 regarding slavery?
Definition
they accounted for almost half of the VA population
Term
What part of Africa were most slaves from?
Definition
West Africa, ie Senegal and Angola
Term
V/F: some of the earliest black slaves became landowners themselves
Definition
VERUM
Term
Eventually, to clear up codes on slave ownership, slave codes made it so that_____
Definition
children of slaves
were made slaves for life (chattels) as well, unless voluntarily freed
Term
Some laws made ____a crime, and not even _______ might qualify a slave for freedom.
Definition
teaching slaves to read a crime
----
conversion to Christianity
Term
Why did slaves in the deep south have it harder?
Definition
they were growing rice, which was much harder to grow than tobacco
Term
What is the slave revolt in NYC called?
Definition
Liesler's Rebellion
Term
What major event regarding slavery happened in 1739?
Definition
South Carolinian slaves along the Sono River tried to march to Spanish Florida, but failed
Term
What were the aristocratic families of Virginia such as the Fitzhughs, the
Lees, and the Washingtons called? Why?
Definition
First Families of Virginia, had more land than House of Burgesses
Term
What was the largest social group of VA?
Definition
farmers
Term
V/F: The southern colonies had plenty of Baptist churches throughout them
Definition
falsum. churches were slow to develop
Term
V/F: The South had cities bustling with many diverse cultures
Definition
falsum. the south didn't have many cities
Term
V/F: there were AHEM alcohol problems in the south
Definition
valde verum ;)
Term
Why was disease not as rampant in NE?
Definition
clean water and cool temperatures
Term
V/F: women in NE were baby-making factories
Definition
unfortunately, verum.
Term
why did women have more power in the south??
Definition
men died young, women could inherit land, also had smaller # of children to support
Term
who were most of the immigrants to Chesapeake?
Definition
young men in teens/20s
Term
what were marriages like in Chesapeake?
Definition
one partner usually passed away in abt 7 years
Term
when the price of tobacco was depressed, what did sellers do?
Definition
sold more
Term
why were indentured servants the go-to labor force originally?
Definition
-families too small
-Indians died too quickly from colonists' diseases
-Africans cost too much
Term
This system paid the passage of indentured servants for 50 acres of land
Definition
headright system
Term
who benefited from the headright system?
Definition
mostly rich, they ate up land while servants didn't have much land anyway. Plus their masters got stingier
Term
what caused the supply of indentured servants from England to drop (nothing with populations or fires)
Definition
increased wages
Term
In 1698, THIS company lost its charter...what were the effects of it?
Definition
-THIS company= Royal African Company
-people rushed to cash in on the trade
Term
what was the death rate on the middle passage?
Definition
20%
Term
V/F: slaves never had rights in America
Definition
falsum. some early slaves gained freedom, but colonists freaked out over the racial threat
Term
What laws were made in the south regarding those who served on plantations?
Definition
made distinctions between servants/slaves (became blacks and children)
Term
How did the population of slaves rise naturally?
Definition
-plantations were closer, then female population began to rise
Term
Name some African languages that blended with English
Definition
Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa
Term
as slavery increased, so did what regarding socioeconmics in the south?
Definition
gaps in southern social structure
Term
how did planters rule southern society?
Definition
owned gangs of slaves and vast domains of land
Term
why were NEers healthier?
Definition
clean water, cool temperatures slowed killer microbes
Term
by moving to the New World, NEers added about ___ yrs onto their life span
Definition
10
Term
Women in NE married in their early twenties, and from there on did this
Definition
made babies every two years.
Term
what did the NE baby-making mentality cause?
Definition
high female & infant mortality rates
Term
what did NE "invent" with regards to the family?
Definition
grandparents
Term
What was the (infuriating) Puritan view of marriage?
Definition
women with power undercut the unity between a husband and wife, and that she should be subservient. (it pains me to type this, just so you know Thomas Bailey)
Term
Even though women weren't the boss in NE marriages, what couldn't men do?
Definition
abuse their wies
Term
What business was a female monopoly?
Definition
midwivery
Term
Why did NErs live in closely-knit villages?
Definition
-geography
-Indian/French/Dutch threat
Term
How did people in Chesapeake expand?
Definition
randomly, individually
Term
How did people in Chesapeake expand?
Definition
randomly, individually
Term
How did NErs expand?
Definition
had to get grants of land from colonial legislature
Term
What did NE towns consist of?
Definition
-meetinghouse for town meetings and worship
-houses
village green for militia
Term
If a town had ___ families, they needed to provide education
Definition
750
Term
V/F: 1/4 of all adults could read and write
Definition
technically verum, but 1/2 is even more verum
Term
When was Harvard founded?
Definition
1638
Term
What caused NErs to creep away from religion?
Definition
they were generations after, and greater populations forced them to move further from the Church
Term
THIS term was used to scare the colonists into coming back to their religion
Definition
Jeremiads
Term
Define: Half-Way Covenant
Definition
-church adherents agree to baptism but not "full communion"
-weakened distinction between elect/not
-gave up religious purity for wider audience
-this wider audience had a female majority
Term
Define: Salem Witch Trials
Definition
-adolescent girls "bewitched by 20 women who were lynched/pressed
-governor put a stop to it when his wife was on the line
-tried to make it up to victims' heirs 20 yrs later
-trials like this occurred in Europe
Term
The rough soil of NE forced colonists to be...
Definition
frugal
Term
Yankees sold this plant to CT
Definition
nutmeg
Term
what was the expression telling of the stages of progression in NE?
Definition
get on, get honor, get honest
Term
Why were many Europeans turned off by NE?
What did this cause?
Definition
-scary sermons, rough soil
-not very ethnically diverse
Term
What was probably the only diverse thing about NE?
Definition
-agriculture
Term
Why didn't slavery take off in NE?
Definition
too costly on small farms
Term
How did NErs change their habitat?
Definition
-made trails
-cleared forests to sustain deer, livestock
--> caused it to be more adaptable to extreme temperatures
Term
How did the English justify their exploitation of the land?
Definition
NAs wasted it
Term
What off of the cost of Newfoundland was a gold mine?
Definition
codfish
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
Scary witch-hunter
Definition
Matt Hopkins
Term
How were NE harvest seasons and workdays ruled?
Definition
by the sun
Term
what was the class structure like in the south?
Definition
wasn't originally rigid until laws put poor in their place
Term
By 1775, how many colonies did Great Britain rule in North America?
Definition
32
Term
Which British colonies were wealthier than the original 13?
Definition
Canada and Jamaica
Term
by 1775, how many people were in the colonies?
Definition
over 2.5 million
Term
What was the average age in the colonies?
Definition
16
Term
How much of the population were cooped up in a specific group of mtns? (what were they?)
Definition
95%
-Allegheny
Term
About ___% of people lived in rural areas
Definition
90
Term
How many people were in the colonies in 1700?
Definition
300,000
Term
how many slaves were in the colonies as of 1775?
Definition
500,000
Term
Every TWENTY FIVE years, what happened to the colonial population
Definition
it doubled.
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
"you people breed like your own rattlesnakes!"
Definition
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Term
For every ___ English subjects, there was an American colonist born
Definition
20
Term
Where did much of the population in the colonies go?
Definition
Alleghenies
Term
What were the most populous colonies in 1775?
Definition
VA, MA, PA, NC, MD
Term
Name four colonial cities
Definition
NY, Philly, Boston, Charleston
Term
How many Germans were in the colonies in 1775?
Definition
150,000
Term
What religion were most Germans in the colonies?
Definition
Lutheran
Term
_____show the Germans' industry and prosperity in the colonies
Definition
stone barns
Term
Tell me about the ethnicity of the Scots-Irish (2)
Definition
-they were Scottish low-landers
-they weren't even Irish
Term
How many Scots-Irish were there in the 13 colonies?
Definition
175,000
Term
Tell me about the migration of the Scots-Irish
Definition
they were pushed to Ireland, but the Irish Catholics there resented their Presbyterianism , so they came to PA, and were pushed to the frontiers to become squatters
Term
What were two things that the Scots-Irish made? (fine, not technically)
Definition
linen, wool
Term
This "road" was full of Scots-Irish
Definition
Great Wagon Rd
Term
The Scots Irish were good for THIS beverage
Definition
distilling whiskey
Term
Why didn't the Scots-Irish like the British?
Definition
pushed them out of England
Term
THIS MARCH protested the Quaker oligarchy being nice to the NAs
Definition
March of the Paxton Boys
Term
THIS MOVEMENT was in THIS colony and was a rebellion against Eastern involvement in the colonies
Definition
Regulator Movement, NC
Term
Name a president of Scots-Irish descent
Definition
Andrew Jackson
Term
5% of colonists made up this population
Definition
other Europeans
Term
The largest non-English group in the colonies came to be the ____, at __% of the population
Definition
Africans, 20%
Term
The armed conflicts of the 1690s and early 1700s resulted in...
Definition
-richer merchant princes-->top 10% got 2/3 of the wealth
-more orphans/widows-->almshouses
Term
How did the later generations of colonists get less wealthy from landownings?
Definition
-less to get
-more subdivisions with inheritance
Term
people in THIS place had to wear a large "p" on their clothes to show that they were receiving public charity
Definition
Boston
Term
What is the term for English criminals shlepped to the colonies?
Definition
jayle birds
Term
Why did many colonists push to outlaw slavery?
Definition
they represented potentially rebellious paupers
Term
THIS was the most honored profession in the colonies
Definition
Christian ministry
Term
Name two professions in the colonies that weren't as respected
Definition
physicians, lawyers
Term
When did the first med school open?
Definition
1765
Term
Why didn't physicians like the smallpox inoculation introduced in 1721?
Definition
didn't like messing with the will of God
Term
name a remedy for smallpox in the eighteenth century
Definition
powdered dried toad
Term
THIS disease was deadly, especially for young people
Definition
diptheria
Term
Besides tobacco, what grew in the Chesapeake?
Definition
wheat
Term
What did NY export 80 thousand barrels a year of?
Definition
flour
Term
THIS and THIS were a huge part of middle colony success
Definition
commercial ventures, land speculation
Term
Explain the triangular trade system
Definition
NE-->AFRICA (rum)
-->WI (slaves)
-->COLONIES (molasses)
Term
THIS RUM was huge in RI and MA
Definition
"kill devil" rum
Term
What was the most important manufacturing activity in the colonies?
Definition
lumbering
Term
THIS fraction of British naval ships were American-made
Definition
1/3
Term
WHAT act didn't let colonists sell stuff to the French West Indies?
Definition
Molasses Act
Term
populations, due to the crappy roads in the eighteenth century, tended to cluster along ____
Definition
the banks of navigable rivers
Term
taverns popped up along travel routes and encouraged....
Definition
mingling of classes,democracy, gossip
Term
V/F: A very efficient mail system was made in the eighteenth century in the colonies
Definition
falsum. it was so crappy
Term
Why was The College of Will and Mary set up?
Definition
to train the Anglican clergy
Term
V/F: Jeremiads existed in the Anglican Church, too
Definition
no...it was less intensely scary there
Term
THIS colony wasn't big on congregationalists
Definition
RI
Term
THESE two religions rebelled against the king
Definition
Congregationalists, Presbyterians
Term
Anglicans wanted THIS in their colonies, but non-Anglicans said "nuh-uh"
Definition
resident bishop
Term
These 4 things contributed to the Great Awakening
Definition
-less religious fervor
-lengthy theological doctrines
-loosened membership requirements
-heretics
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
"individual free will, not divine decree will determine your eternal fate"
Definition
Arminius
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
Jonathan Edwards
Definition
-started Great Awakening in Northampton, MA
-"You need God's grace!"
-Had captivating sermons:
-"Sinners in the hands of an angry God"
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
amazingness orator of Great Awakening, describe in 3 points
Definition
George Whitefield
-English
-preached human helplessness and divine omnipotence
-reduced J Edwards to tears, Ben to collection hat
Term
American imitators of the emotionalism of George Whitefield were considered...
Definition
"new lights"
Term
V/F: Baptists liked the Great Awakening
Definition
verum
Term
What were 4 effects of the Great Awakening?
Definition
-undermined older clergy
-increased #, competitiveness of American churches
-more missionary work for slaves, NAs
-"new light" centers of higher learning (colleges)
Term
What is the significance (No effects!) of the Great Awakening?
Definition
first spontaneous mass movement of the American people
Term
What was education like in each section of the colonies?
Definition
-NE: liked it for religion
-middle colonies: decent elementary schools, some tax-supported
-south: it was a struggle with their logistics
-corporal punishment was not shied away from
Term
What is the religious significance of UPenn?
Definition
No denomination!
Term
NAME four artists of the colonies in the eighteenth century
Definition
Trumbell, Peale, West, Copley (NOT copland!!!)
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
painted George Washington
Definition
Peale
Term
What was architecture like in the colonies?
Definition
transported from Europe to meet colonial needs (ex: log cabin)
Term
NAME THAT woMAN:
Boss poet
Definition
Phyllis Wheatley
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
"First civilized American"(also describe)
Definition
Ben Franklin:
-Poor Richard's Almanac
-Only first-rank scientist
Term
THIS family had a hugemongous library in the colonies
Definition
Byrds
Term
Why were newspapers so amazing in comparison to books? (for the colonists)
Definition
they didn't have time nor money to read books
Term
Why were newspapers important in the colonies?
Definition
-source of world happenings, no duh
-Aired opposition to British control
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
free press case defendant (also describe)
Definition
Peter Zenger:
-NYer
-charged with seditious libel
-won because the stuff was true, and the jurors went for it
-Lawyer: Alexander Hamilton
Term
Describe the bodies of the colonial legislative system
Definition
2 houses:
-upper house (council): appointed by crown, governor
-lower house (popular branch): appointed by generally wealthy landowners
Term
NAME THAT MAN:
crappy NY+NJ governor in 1702, +describe
Definition
Lord Cornbury
-drunkard
-frivolous spender
-grafter
-embezzler
-religious bigot
Term
how did governments sometimes keep their leaders in check?
Definition
withheld salaries
Term
Describe the local government of each section of the colonies
Definition
south: county gov't
NE: town meetings
middle: modification of the two
Term
Who didn't like Christmas in the colonies(besides Ebenezer, though technically British)?
Definition
Puritans
Term
V/F: all colonies were basically English, kind of religiously tolerant, had social mobility, and some self-government
Definition
verum
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