Chapter 4

Question 1

Consumer Revolution

Answer 1

• Caused by increasing prosperity in British colonies (from sugar)
• Different commodities across different political territories led to new means of exchanges (paper notes, system of credit) = central in prosperity/development of capitalism
• Purchased luxary items made by specialized artisans/manufactures, items shifting to common goods due to economic prosperity

Question 2

Gullah and Geechee

Answer 2

• Carolina cultures cultivating rice
• Syncretic languages
• Retained many African practices (termanology) and basket weaving

Question 3

Stono Rebellion

Answer 3

• A resistance to slavery occuring in 1739 in South Carolina
• Dealt with by militia violence and tighter control of slave life

Question 4

Great Awakening

Answer 4

A religious movement in the mid 18th century of popular revivals and mass-yet individualistic-performances, united British Protestant churches
- caused by rising critique of consumerism, protestant roots, and culture of individualism
- provided language of individualism, reinforced print culture, supported independence
- Contributed to an individualist and anti-hierarchial style of religion

Question 5

Seven Years War / French and Indian War (IN AMERICA)

Answer 5

Constant conflict between England and France developed in 1754 fighting in colonies and in Europe
- Contributed to a feeling of the colonies as a single unit, separate from England
- Caused when British colonists and Native’s killed a French diplomat over a fued of boundaries
- Ended with peace treaties of Paris and Hubertusburg in 1763 -> Britain gaining control of former French territory

Made British regulate and tax colonies more closely

Question 6

Pontiac’s War

Answer 6

Caused by Ottawa leader inspiried by a religious revival, Pontiac crafting an alliance of indigenous groups to fight to remove European people from the Americas
- supported materially by French, sucessfully attacked Brits for 3 years, disease/lack of supplies = downfall
- altered the British government policy

Made British regulate and tax colonies more closely

Question 7

Royal Proclamation of 1763

Answer 7

Created the proclamation line marking the Appalachian Mountains as the boundary between British colonies and land held controlled by the Natives

• Made to regulate and tax the colonies more closely = royal protection of Native’s and regulation of Anglo-American trade activity in territory controlled by the Natives