4-1 and 4-2 Test Flashcards
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privy council
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- royal advisors to the king or queen
- responsible for setting colonial policy
2
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parliament
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the law making body of england
3
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House of Lords
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- the UPPER HOUSE of Parliament
- made up entirely of Nobles
4
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House of Commons
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- the elected body of Parliament
- by the 1700’s became the most powerful part of British government
5
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governor
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- head of each colony
- represented the king
- made sure English laws were enforced
- most sent from England (some American born)
6
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Governor’s council
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- colonial version of England’s Privy Council
- appointed not elected
7
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Colonial Assemblies (legislatures)
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- modeled on House of Commons
- elected bodies
- made local laws
- GREAT DEAL of power — real power was the ability to control how $$$ was made & spend taxes
8
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Middle Passage
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- transporting of enslaved Africans to the Americas
- 6 to 9 weeks
- HORRIFYING experience
9
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Olaudah Equiano
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- slave who later bought his freedom
- traveled on Middle passage
- book about it called “Equiano’s Travels”
10
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Dominion of New England
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- created by King James in 1686
- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire
- (2 years later) New York and New Jersey joined
11
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Sir Edmund Andros :(
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- appointed governor of Dominion of New England
- used to be colonial governor of New York
- lots of power — like a dictator
- angry colonists arrested him & took over the government
12
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Glorious Revolution (1688)
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- revolt against pro-Catholic King James II by Parliament
- James’ Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange became queen & kind of England
13
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export
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to sell products to another country
14
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import
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to buy products from another country
15
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mercantilism
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an economic program designed to achieve favorable balance of trade
