Chapter 3 test Flashcards
Puritans immigrated to North America to
Escape religious conflict and economic depression
The Puritans left England to seek
Religious freedom and and find new economic opportunities
Freemen
Adult men who held voting rights based on status as church members and property owners
The Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a society based on
The Scripture
The Puritans thought of cooperation between church and state as
The New England Way
Most New England settlers during the 1600’s
Made their living as farmers or artisans
Puritans were guided by
English law and the Bible
New England
North American land area settled mostly by educated farmers and artisans and their families
Anne Hutchinson
Exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for challenging church authority with claim that insight came directly from God
Chesapeake
17th century settlement with a chiefly male population and high death rate
Most Chesapeake settlers made their living on
Tabaco plantations or small farms
Nathaniel Bacon
Led violent protest by poor farmers and laborers in Virginia over frontier land
An event that resulted in an increase in the use of slave labor in the Chesapeake was
Bacon’s Rebellion
Many enslaved Africans did not survive the Middle Passage across the Atlantic Ocean as a result of
- Suffocation and disease, 2. Brutality, 3. Suicide
Abolitionists
People, such as Quakers, who opposed slavery
Olaudah Equiano
Slave who purchased his freedom, settled in England, and lectured on evils of slavery
Most settlers in the Restoration colonies lived and worked on small farms
Although many settlers in South Carolina ran rice plantations
Diverse groups of settlers were attracted to
The Restoration colonies
William Penn wanted his colony to be a haven for
His fellow Quakers and others of differing beliefs
Mercantilism
Economic policy that resulted in the regulation of colonial trade to benefit English merchants
Balance of trade
Goal of mercantilism that the English hoped to achieve by regulating colonial trade
Glorious Revolution
Bloodless uprising that resulted in the crowning of a new king and queen of England whose royal power was limited
The main consequence of the Navigation Acts for the colonists was
The regulation of colonial trade
English Bill of Rights
Measure enacted by Parliament as a result of the Glorious Revolution
Great Awakening
Series of emotional religious revivals that emphasized the equality of everyone before God
Great Awakening
Period of emotional religious revivals that emphasized that equality of all human beings- including women and slaves- before God
George Whitefield
English revivalist who toured colonies, preaching to thousands
Colonists turned to the frontier because
The population was growing quickly in settled areas and they faced land shortages
In order to survive
Frontier families had to produce their own food and almost everything they needed
The lifestyle of frontier families was
Self-sufficient
Sources of conflict among Native Americans who depended on the fur trade included
Hunting territory
Fur trade
Profitable Native American activity that led to competition and conflicts among tribes
Iroquois League
Confederation of Native Americans, also known as the Six Nations
During the 1600s the Native Americans of New England were nearly wiped out because of
Conflicts and wars over land and land ownership
Albany Plan of Union
Called for alliance between colonists and Native Americans, but was rejected by colonial assemblies
James Wolfe
British general who led attack on Quebec but was killed during battle
France
Country that lost most of its North American land holdings after the French and Indian War
French and Indian War
Resulted in France’s losing most of its North American land claims
