Chapter 5&6

Question 0

City dwellers

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4% of population lived in NYC, Boston, or Philadelphia
Poverty and disease
Small minority were wealthy-war profiteers

Question 1

By 1775 English population was

With an average age of

Answer 1

2.5 million
16 years old
Lots of scots Irish and German immigrants

Question 2

Only major city in the south around 1775

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Charleston

Question 3

Farmers

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Most colonials were small subsistence farmers
“Poor whites” in the south
Land shortage in New England
Large families worked on farms

Question 4

Slaves

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Poor housing
Poor diet
Usually worked the fields from 7-60 years old
Imposed curfews and dress codes for slaves
House slaves and field hands-hierarchy of slaves

Question 5

Stono rebellion led to

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Imposition of harsh slave codes in SC

Was illegal to free slaves in SC

Question 6

American occupations

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• clergymen-most respected
• doctors were ill trained
• lawyers were considered lazy
• 90% of Americans farmers
• open social ladder as opposed to England

Question 7

New England and NY engaged in commerce with England

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• triangle trade
• Manufacturing existed in a small scale
  
  • distilling, iron forges, lumbering
• no infrastructure

Question 8

Molasses act of 1733

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First navigation act targeted at American colonies

Made it so you could only buy rum from England

Question 9

Dominant denominations 1775

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• Anglicans (southern states required you pay taxes to Anglican Church)
• William & Mary founded 1693

Question 10

Congregationalists

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One of the dominant denominations of 1775
Grew out of Puritan faith-Presbyterians
All NE colonies except RI
more fire and brimstone; radicalism

Question 11

In the colonies general freedom

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Of worship

Question 12

Great awakening

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• outpouring of Protestant revivalism in Europe and America beginning in 1730s
• counterpoint to the Enlightenment

Question 13

Effects of great awakening

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• Religious divisions in American

- Changed Anglicans and Congregationalists

Question 14

George whitefield

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-eloquent English evangelist

Question 15

Jonathon edwards

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“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”—book

Question 16

Arminians

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People who believe in free will

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Diism (pronounced– dee-ism) idk how it’s spelled

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Belief that god created world but is now hands off

Many founding fathers believed this

Question 18

New lights

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Embraced revivalist message

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Old lights

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Were established ministers of Anglican, Presbyterian, and congregational churches

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New lights vs old lights

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Led to splits in denominations
New lights made significant gains in these churches
Movement peaked by 1740s

Question 21

Significant effects of great awakening

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• Quakers, Anglicans, and Congregationalists declined in influence
• pres.,baptists,method. grew in numbers
• more seminaries.
• tended to foster religious toleration

Question 22

American education develops

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• education generally stressed more in NE
• Private tutoring for the wealthy in south
• U of Pennsylvania is first nondenominational college
• Princeton, Dartmouth, Rutgers, brown established

Question 23

Phillis Wheatley

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Former slave who was never formally educated but nevertheless published a book of poetry

Question 24

Ben Franklin

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Created franklin stove, lightning rod, and bifocal glasses | Poor Richards almanac

Question 25

John Peter Zenger

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Wrote bad things about royal governor in newspaper and was taken to court but found not guilty➡️➡️➡️freedom of the press

Question 26

How did colonists control royal governors

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Power of the purse | Colonists paid royal governors and wouldn't pay them unless the governors did as requested

Question 27

American folkways

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- life was drab - stable diet➡️meat - no running water or plumbing - muster-milita gatherings - quilting bees and other stuff for entertainment - common culture

Question 28

New France

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-used colonies for mercantilism-beavers -befriended Huron Indians -

Question 29

Coureurs de bois

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People who interacted with Indians in fur trade

Question 30

Voyageurs

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French Explorers

Question 31

Jesuit missionaries

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Very intent on converting Indians

Question 32

La Salle

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French explorer who found Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico 1682

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Antoine Cadillac

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Founded Detroit 1701

Question 34

Queen Anne's war

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1702-1713 | Acadians sent from Nova Scotia to Louisiana "Cajans"

Question 35

King George's war

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1740-1743 | Started as war of Jenkins ear

Question 36

Imperial warfare

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All wars were British and allies vs French and allies Marked by small engagements in colonies Louisberg captured 1745 French and British raids in NE and Canada

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Seven years war

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- fought over OH river valley | - aka French and Indian war

Question 38

Fort Duquesne

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- Washington tried to take it but was beat - at current day Pittsburgh - at intersection of 3 rivers

Question 39

Fort necessity

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Earthen fort built by Washington | Easily taken by the French

Question 40

Albany plan of union

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1754 by Ben Franklin Essentially NATO for 13 colonies Vetoed by British govt and colonies

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General Edward Braddock

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British Defeated by French at ft Duquesne His defeat opened entire colonial frontier to attack

Question 42

William Pitts

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Became Britains prime minister | Tells colonists to join fight and Britain will pay for it

Question 43

Louisberg and Quebec fall

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Ends war and French presence in North America

Question 44

Treaty of Paris of 1763

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Ends French and Indian war Spain gets French land France gets to keep it's part of West Indies Britain gets Florida

Question 45

Proclamation of 1763

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No Englishman west of Appalachian mountains | Result of pontiacs rebellion

Question 46

Pontiacs rebellion

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Worst Indian uprising of colonial period Pontiac and the prophet Pointed out permanent need for military presence and a solution to Indian problems