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23 Cards in this Set
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Most immigrants to the Chesapeke colonies in the 17th century came as? |
Indentured servants |
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Reasons why slave labor increased after 1680? |
- It costed more to buy indentured servants, - prices went down for slaves, - barbados slave code, - slaves had no legal status, |
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What did Thomas Jefferson say about New England town meetings? |
"the best school of political liberty the world ever saw." |
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As a result of poor soil, what condition didn't prevail in New England |
not relying on a single crop |
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As results of poor soil, what conditions prevailed in New England |
- hard work was required to live - area was less cultural than southern - essential to be frugal for economic survival |
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How did the English justify taking land from the Indians? |
The Indians weren't Christian so the English took it because they were concerned about their eternal soul |
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Reasons for Bacon's Rebellion? |
- single young men were frustrated because they couldn't get land - governor berkeley's refusal to retaliate against indian attacks |
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Characteristics associated with the early slave codes of colonial America |
- you owned your slave and their kids for life - it's okay to have christian slaves because you saved their soul - slave had no rights |
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By the 1700, colonial South lacked? |
- reliable overland transportation - an urban professional class |
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By the 1700, colonial South had? |
- a well defined social structure - a manageable labor force |
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What events led to the lessening of the Puritans grip? |
The Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, Half-Way Covenant |
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Colonial population in the mid 1700's? |
- 2.5 million in 1775 - average age being 16 - doubled every 25 years - most mixed population in the world |
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Similarities of all the colonies? |
- all religious - some form of education - all england colonies - self-government |
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Transportation during colonial times? |
- expensive, most walked by foot, most were merchants or plantation owners or officials |
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Molasses Act in 1773? |
to regulate trade and make British products cheaper from the French West Indies |
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Region dominated by which religion? |
Congregational: New England Colony and Area Anglican: Southern Colonies Presbyterian: Frontier Land |
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John Peter Zenger Case? |
printed articles accusing governor, taken to court and declared not guilty. Gave publishers more freedom |
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Who appointed colonial governors? |
King of England |
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major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was
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Lumbering |
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Headright system? |
Giving fifty acres of land to indentured servant |
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New England Colonies |
Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire |
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Middle Colonies |
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania |
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Southern Colonies |
Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Georgia |