Chapter 4 Flashcards

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1
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Why did the English Parliament not trust King James?

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Thought he supported Catholicism

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2
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Did English Parliament out James?

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Yes, during Glorious Revolution

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3
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Why was Glorious Revolution a thing?

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Assertion of ¨the rights of english men¨ and authority of elected assemblies to control their destiny

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4
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What was hypocritical about King James II

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A Catholic that was the head of the Protestant Church of England

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5
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What did James do for Catholics?

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Expand their religious freedom

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6
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What did James do for Protestants?

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Aroused opposition in Britians Protestant majority

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7
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What did James want to assert

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royal authority

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8
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how did James assert royal authority?

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appointed a single governor Sir Edmund Andros over New England

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9
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Did colonies like Sir Edmund Andros as their new governor?

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no

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10
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WHat did James do because the people didnt like him?

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He fled

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11
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When King James fled, what did Parliament do?

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Invited his daughter Mary to go to England as joint sovereigns

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12
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what did Parliament do now that it was in power?

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Limited royal authorities and took some control over kings and queens choices

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13
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Kings and Queens were now ______, leaving ________ as the deciding factor in England

A

limited, Parliament

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14
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Who justified the Glorious Revolution?

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John Locke

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15
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Why did he justify the Glorious revolution

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he wanted the government resting their natural rights of the governed

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16
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What did John Locke believe?

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Believed that people were born free in a state of nature and only agreed to social compact when it suite their purposes

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17
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What did John Locke believe about the king

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The king nor the parliament are supreme, but the people are

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18
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What continent used Lockes ideas hundreds of years later

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North America

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19
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Who were the new monarchs of New England?

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William and Mary

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20
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What did William and Mary allow?

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Allowed New England colonies to return to former separate existences

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21
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In what colonies were Protestants allowed ¨Liberty of Conscience¨

A

Massachusetts and Connecticut

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22
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Were Catholics granted ¨Liberty of Conscience¨

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No

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23
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What wasnt allowed in New England

A

Catholic worship

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24
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What state made the bottom of the social order gain power

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New York

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25
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Who made the bottom of the social order gain power in New York

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The governor, Jacob Leisler

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26
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Who made low social class New Yorkers loose their wealth

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New governors Mary and William

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27
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Which colonies catholic proprietor lost ownership

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Maryland

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28
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After 1689, what companies lost power?

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Virginia Company and Massachusetts Company

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29
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What religion gained rights

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Protestants

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30
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Who were now considered African slaves

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Mixed children

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31
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Did slaves grow or decline in the south?

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grow

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32
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What type of workers were all African slaves

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Tobacco and rice workers

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33
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Consistent flow of slaves to islands controlled by

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English, Dutch, French, Danish, and Spanish

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34
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how many Africans were forced across the Atlantic between 1500-1900

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10-15 million

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35
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Conditions of the slaves on the African coast

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cramped in slave factories, only fed bread and water

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36
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How did countries keep track of ¨their slaves¨

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marked them with an iron

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37
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The Middle Passage

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where slaves were transferred to the Americas, and had ships of 400 slaves, chained shoulder to shoulder

38
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What percent of slaves died on the voyages

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25%

39
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What percent of slaves died on the voyages

A

25%

40
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After generations of slaves, did they get treated better or worse

A

worse

41
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Usually what job did African slaves do

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tobacco, rice, or cotton plantations

42
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Slaves punishments

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branded, tortured, whipped

43
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Where was the largest trading center in North America

A

Charleston, South Carolina

44
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Stono Rebellion

A

Runaway slaves led a rebellion, which drained the Carolina economy and helped gain freedom from slavery in Spanish Florida in 1739

45
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How did slaves rebel during the Stono Rebellion

A

About 60 slaves walked off their plantation and burned buildings, killed whites to gain freedom in Spanish Florida

46
Q

New Yorks African community had _____ out of 10,000 residents

A

2,000 africans

47
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How may Africans died bc they were suspected of killing during the rebellion

A

30 (burned, hung, executed)

48
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Where were the other suspects exported

A

Jamaica (84)

49
Q

Women in Salem who-

A

lived alone or werent English were not to be trusted

50
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Which girls suffered fits and didnt believe in Go, leading people to believe they were involved in witchcraft

A

Abigail and Betty

51
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Who did they accuse of bewitching them

A

Tituba, their family Indian slave

52
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what did Abby and Betty start

A

Salem Witch trials

53
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How many people ere executed that were thought to be witches?

A

144

54
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What happened to the Salem Witch Trials?

A

Authorities had doubts and led them to end the trial

55
Q

What percent of British women in North America were lonely

A

90%

56
Q

What could men do that women couldnt

A

lots, like sell, buy, and make political talk

57
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What occupation were alot of women

A

nurses

58
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Who was at the bottom of the heirarchy

A

enslaved women

59
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Eliza Lucas

A

Wealthy woman, became a popular member of Charlestons elite and was in charge of 3 plantations at age 16 (bc war)

60
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what did Eliza Lucas help develop and cultivate

A

indigo

60
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what did Eliza Lucas help develop and cultivate

A

indigo

61
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What population increased with trade

A

British North American population

62
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What was the total population of the colonies

A

2.5 million, including 500,000 slaves

63
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How did port cities help the British Empire

A

Centers for trade and culture

64
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What did North American ships carry

A

cornmeal, pork, and beef

65
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What plantations were richer than mainland plantations

A

Jamaica and Barbados

66
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Cotton Mather

A

Created the first vaccine against smallpox in 1721
made cities safer

67
Q

What economic system did Britain develop

A

mercantilism

68
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What other economic system was taking over

A

capitalism

69
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Why did people support mercantilism

A

they thought it would increase the nations wealth

70
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Why did Britain guard mercantilism colonies

A

so the colonies wealth would be with Britain

71
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Navigation Act

A

anything shipped to North America had to be transported in English ships and everything shipped from the colonies had to be transported in English ships
(mercantilism)

72
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What did mercantilism focus on

A

control of things

73
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what did mercantilism NOT focus on

A

trade of things

74
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Why did British colonists in North America hate mercantilism

A

British policies were keeping them from getting rich

75
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What was a source of wealth throughout British colonies

A

finding loopholes in the Navigation Acts

76
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What did trade increase

A

information gain, like helping Mather with vaccination and having Indians ally w France

77
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Two social classes in North America (1700s)

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mean and women who didnt work for a living and those who needed money on bottom

78
Q

Who was considered lowest of the low

A

slaves and indentured servants

79
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What type of people considered themselves ¨middle sorts¨

A

mechanics, farmers, physicians, sailors, and printers

80
Q

Who was the best known minister in Boston in 1702

A

Cotton Mather

81
Q

What did Mather publish?

A

a history of New England that basically said that this land was a divinely planned opportunity to begin the world again and make it right

82
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Why was Mathers book declined

A

settlers were living comfortable lives

83
Q

What did the growth of philosophical ideas lead to

A

intellectuals looking into science and trying to understand the world

84
Q

What was the ¨science age¨ considered

A

Age of Enlightenment

85
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Who was nervous about the science uproars

A

ministers

86
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how did ministers deal with the science popularity?

A

Had sermons to increase the interest of religion

87
Q

The First Great Awakening

A

Led by Jonathan Edwards, religious revivals that swept the North American colonies in the 1730s had started

88
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What did the Great Awakening lead to?

A

any non-religious people to believe in religion and strengthening others religions

89
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What did the Awakening also help?

A

education systems

90
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What was Benjamin Franklins greatest desire?

A

for the people of Great Britain and its colonies to ¨learn to consider themselves, not as people belonging to different communities with different interest, but to one community with one interest¨

91
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Which countries tensions started a war?

A

France and England