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Ch.3 Questions
Ch.3
Question | Answer |
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Land granted to person by king- not a royal colony | Propiertiship |
What were the restoration colonies (what were they trying to do) | -king restored or try to restore power - attempted to impose order on colonies (NY, NJ, GA, NH) |
What was imperial expansion | Used indians to push Euros out |
A place where they could rule the colony themselves, but had little control on colonists | The Carolinas |
Tell me three important institutions in Pennsylvania | - Founded by: William Penn - Refuge for Quakers - Rights: religion, suffrage for landholders- attracted people from Germany |
Mercantilism | State supported industry was supported by government |
The Navigation Acts were founded to support | Mercantilism |
What did the Navigation acts restrict? | Trade from other places than England, helped English merchants |
What did this led to? | smuggling |
Ruled over directly by the king | Dominion of New England |
What was the constitutional Monarchy | - est. after the glorious revolution of William and Mary -Led to colonists to push back and reestablish legislative assemblies- went back to the self-governing-ish thing |
How did the imperial wars affected the colonists? | -spilled over into colonies as European powers fought each other around the world- colonial governments formed with alliances with Native peoples |
As indian groups were routed by disease and war it caused shrinking populations | Tribalization |
What did they use colonial wars to do | Advance themselves- merged with other Natives, play off French and British against each other for benefit |
First African Slaves brought to Virginia | 1619 |
Tabaco crashes | 1660 |
Slave- catching increased in West Africa and led too... | a shift in African culture |
What 2 locations shared the South Atlantic System | Brazil and West Indies |
Economy grew by.... (picture) | Tools, Equipment and ships to produce and carry the sugar and the slaves to work and make sugar - slavery grew and Britain became richer |
Transportation of slaves from west Africa to the Caribbean/ South American- Millions died (famous picture) | Middle Passage |
Sugar Prices were high and the cost of slaves were low, causing masters too... | Buy more slaves and make more profit |
Slavery in the Chesapeake (Maryland and Virginia) and S. Carolina | African Slaves became the main workforce on tobacco plantations |
Slavery was predicted on... | Race |
Slavery in Chesapeake | - most loved long lives and were American Born, Tabaco |
Slavery in S. Carolina | - hard and dangerous work. Died of disease and Exhaustion (mosquitoes) most were african- born, Rice |
African American Community | Slaves were from many different parts of Africa but developed their own culture on plantations |
Violence used to keep slaves in line running away, working slowly, acting sick, stealing etc. | Resistance |
Stono Rebellion | England V. Spain Florida= Spain (sanctuary) 75 slaves wanted to get there saw opportunity and revolted - got crushed by S. Carolina militia |
What did the Stono Rebellion cause | - them to start dividing up slaves and mix it up |
Why did the African Slaves have a chance but not a chance in the Stono Rebellion | - were soldiers in Africa and skilled but didn't have guns to in end died |
Colonial elites were not welcomed in English society, but still had high status, plantations and many slaves power over yeoman farmers | Southern Gentry |
What did the Southern Gentry do | - drove racial divisions hillbillies- England mean girls- America |
Gentry increased status of all whites in the South and created divisions along racial lines- racism- instead of labor status | White Identity |
How did this create a change in how society was divided? | It starts creating racial lines and racism as a normal thing in society. It will start to make people think whites are more important for blacks- BACONS REBELLION was fighting for this |
Northern production and shipping relied on the Sugar Islands for food, ships, refined sugar, and distilled molasses ---------> rum | Northern Maritime Economy |
How did growth in trade in northern port cities build up the local economy? | It made local cities richer (more people are coming so needing) more taver, hotels, and stables- Boston, Philly, NYC, Charleston |
Northern Urban society was made up of who? | Wealthy merchants Artisans and shopkeepers Laborers |
Very comfy | Wealthy merchants |
Middle class, modest comfort | Artisans and shopkeepers |
Laborers | Lowest class workers, very poor |
What type of farming did the North have?? | Freeholds |
Southern society was made of who? | White Gentry Yeoman farmers Poor Landless People Slaves |
Plantation owners, slave owners, comfy | White Gentry |
Small freeholds worked on by the family | Yeoman farmers |
Tenants, and worked on peoples fields | Poor landless peoples |
Workers, Natives or African Americans | Slaves |
What type of farming did the south have?? | Plantations |
(1713- 1750): Colonial officials were pleased with all the wealth produced by the south atlantic system and ruled the colonies loosely, colonist took advantage of this-------? | New Politics of empire Salutary neglect |
Didn't follow king's instructions gained power for themselves- led by colonial elites | Colonial Assemblies |
What were "purposeful crowd actions" or mobs | - got their way & practice for revolution - were common as common people acted together in large groups to achieve their goals |
- this political system became... | broadly responsive to popular pressure and increasingly resistant to British control |
Unintentionally laid the foundation for the American independence movement by Kings George I&II. | Salutary Neglect |
What did Kings George I&II do to lay foundation?? | Royal bureaucrats relaxed supervision on internal colonial affairs and colonists strengthened their independence assemblies |
What happened to mercantilism | Became and issue as colonies matured and started trading with French. This led to tariffs, smuggling, and bribing Navy peoples |
Why was there a lack of physical currency?? | King hogs money none for colonists |
This was an issue because | - people couldn't get loans -land banks issued paper money with farms as collateral but the money had little value because there was too much money - enough wealth but not enough physical money (no cash, credit tho) - Hurt colonists and workers |
Looking to the future, what kind of changes in the British Government's policies towards the colonies might cause the colonists to rebel/ Revolt?? | - more taxes to crack down on smuggling - Very high security and look out on trade especially with ships - markets will go up and down with different items depending on smuggling and tariff rates |