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Chapter 4 and 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Labor | Virginia is the largest colony due to expansion of tobacco, needed more labor, indentured servants |
| Bacon's Rebellion 1676 | conflicts between the frontier settlers and coastal settlers, Nathanial Bacon upset w/ Gov. William Berkley's treatment, showed large class differences and resistance to royal rule |
| Middle Passage | route to transport slaves from Africa to the Americas |
| Slave Codes | created to limit blacks |
| Slave Culture | slaves in SC were among the worst treated, Stono Rebellion 1739 |
| Problems w/ Slavery | little conflict between England and the colnies because it was profitable for both sides, some protested the slave trade for religious reasons |
| Class Divisions | between large and small farmers, small farmers owned few if any slaves |
| Few Cities | fewer in the south, life revolved around the plantation |
| New England Family | center of life lots of kids woman's job was child raising |
| Southern Family | women earned some rights, property rights |
| Half-way Covenant | all baptized members had the children baptized (saint or non saint) allowed the membership to climb, they couldn't vote in church affairs or take communion, partial membership |
| Salem Witch Trials | fight between the rich and poor citizens of Salem |
| Northern Economy | poor soil and climate led to economic diversity, shipbuilding, deep ports, trade |
| Immigrants | most settled in South and MIddle Colonies |
| Germans | Penn, back country |
| Scots-Irish | non-English group, Presbyterian, hatred for Brits |
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Currency | limited in the colonies, only hard currency |
| Colonial Churches | congregational and Anglican, began to lose power, no American bishop to appoint ministers, also seen as symbol of the king |
| Great Awakening | 1740's, time of revivals in the church led by George Whitefield and Johnathan Edwards, mainly occured in the north, led to the creation of new churches |
| Deists | God let the world progress according to natural laws |
| Old Lights | skeptical of the emotion of new ministers |
| New Lights | defended the revivals |
| Education | religion was the focus for education, creation of tax supported schools, south had fewer schools |
| John Locke | 2 Treatises of Government, ALl men have inalieable rights, life, liberty, and property |
| Social Contract | King could rule as long as he wasn't a tyrant, if he did people could revolt |
| John Peter Zenger | associated with Freedom of the press |
| Similarities | basic language, most protestant, forms of toleration, similar types of self government |
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