chap 3 Flashcards

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date; founded harvard college

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1636

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date; ole’ deluder Satan act

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1647

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3
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most settlers were what

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English,

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4
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what were the next two groups of settlers

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Irish and german

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4
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by war of independance, americas population was what

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2.5 million people

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5
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… was the largest city, but most ppl lived in small towns

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philadelphia

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6
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wide variety, most common TYPE of church in new England was

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congregational

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6
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what’s the most common church of england

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Anglican church

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6
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allowed for diversity and freedom

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middle churches

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7
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group of buisnessmen and professionals

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upper class

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7
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indentured servants and slaaves

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lower class

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7
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shopkeepers, farmers, and craftsmen (largest in USA)

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middle class

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7
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europe is based on what

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birth

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7
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America is based on what

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wealth

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8
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90% of how the colonists lived by farming

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agriculture

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8
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bread colonies

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middle colonies

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8
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known for indigo and rice

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the south

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9
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small, fixed annual fee

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quitrent

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10
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parcel of land given to each settler who paid for an ind. servant’s passage (south)

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headright system

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11
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most likely a mix

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middle

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12
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what was used widely on large plantations

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slavery

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13
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large cities were connected by what

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post roads

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14
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one type of industry

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lumber

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15
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another type of industry

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shipbuilding

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otherrr type of industry
fishing and whaling
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last type of industry
fur trade
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manufacturing done in the home
domestic system
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routes of trade between europe Africa and usa
triangular trade routes
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greatest portraitist of colonial time
John singleton copley
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first notable composer born in America
William billings
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a movement which departed from traditional beliefs about God, man, and the universe
enlightenment
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best known scientists of the colonial era
Benjamin Franklin
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smallpox vaccine
cotton mather
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explorer who guided colonists to Kentucky on which road; who was this explorer
wilderness road; Daniel boone
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built town called boonesborough
Daniel boone
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founded in cambridge Massachusetts, America's first college
Harvard college
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mostly used common schools
new England
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required towns with 50 families to have a teacher
ole' deluder Satan act
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paddle shaped board that held paper
hornbook
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new England primer
most widely used textbook in colonial america
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what schools were in the cities in the middle colony
latin school
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what eventually replaced latin schools in the middle colony
academies
34
schools were rare where
in the south
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in the south, the wealthy could afford what
private tutors or field school
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how many colleges were founded during the colonial era
9
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the only college in the south
college of William and mary
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authored poor Richard's almanac
Benjamin Franklin
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yearly publications of weather predictions, jokes, stories, etc.
Benjamin Franklin
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college founded in 1701
yale
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college founded in 1747
princeton (college of new jersey)
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first book in English printed in the colonies
bay psalms book
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subscriptions (books were borrowed by contribution) and public librarys
idk js know that yo
44
first regularly published newspaper
Boston news letter
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first privately owned newspaper
new England courant
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put on trial for criticizing the governor of NY in his paper
John Peter Zenger
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this allowed future papers freedom to print the truth
John peter Zenger found innocent
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directly under the control of the king
royal colonies
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given to an individual to rule
proprietary colonies
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colonists had the ability to rule and govern themselves
self governing \
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in all the colonies, except ... , the legislatures were bicameral
Pennsylvania
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small and exclusive; appointed by a king or proprietor
upper house
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larger and more powerful, represented the colonists directly and were voted in their positions
lower house
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chief executive officer of each colony
governor
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