Chapter 4 Flashcards
role of education
most colonists valued it; public & private schools
Great Awakening
religious revival; 1730s & 1740s
Pitt’s war goals
get Ohio River Valley; conquer French Canada
Zenger case
key step in development of free press
Treaty of Paris
ended French & Indian War; 1763
alliance
partnership of two parties
convert
change religious beliefs of someone
Iroquois Confederacy
powerful Native American group; eastern North America
Benjamin Franklin
author of Albany Plan of Union
Enlightenment
knowledge, reason, science could improve society
Navigation Acts
series of laws directing flow of goods between England & colonies
who could vote
white men who owned property
Washington’s command
Ohio River Valley; Fort Necessity
Proclamation of 1763
no settlement west of Appalachian Mts.
proprietary colony
owner(s) names colony’s governor; rules as they wished
water used for
running grain & lumber mills
cash crops for SC & GA
rice
largest cities
New York & Philadelphia
slave code examples
not allowed to leave w/o permission; illegal to teach to read/write; no assembling in large groups; punishments included whipping, hanging, burning
ESSAY: Why were the Native Americans so important in the clash between the French & British?
- Native Americans helped French by raiding British settlements
- British tried to ally w/Iroquois, but they remained neutral
ESSAY (part 2): Who had the advantage with the Native Americans and why?
- Native Americans didn’t trust British b/c land-hungry
- French just wanted to trap/trade
- French married N.A. women
- French missionaries
