Chapter 4 - Becoming America? (1720-1760) Flashcards
What is a polyglot?
Knowing or using several languages, native peoples who knew English were used as translators between cultures
How did the population grow in the years following 1720?
The expansion of European settlements changed the dynamic of previous indigenous control outside of the interior of the continent. The population doubled by 1775, reaching 2.5 million. The majority of this growth came from Scotland, Ireland, England, Germany, and Africa.
What were the British territorial claims?
What were the French territorial claims?
What were the Spanish territorial claims?
How did the relationships between Anglo-Americans and American Indians develop?
What role did New Orleans play during this era?
What role did San Diego play during this era?
How did trade blossom through the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River?
What was the transatlantic slave trade?
How were Africans represented through the enslaved population?
What was hereditary slavery?
What were the patterns of immigration?
What changes emerged in the commercial trading practices?
How religiously diverse were the colonies and why?
What were the “middling sorts”?
What role did major cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia play?
What was King George’s War?
What were the differing economies and goals of southern colonies?
What is an oeconomical household?
What were the “Metis”?
How did men’s and women’s role is households differ?
What was the “femes covert”?
What were the dynamics between members of enslaved families?
How did the enslaved population resist against slavery?
How did the development of oral cultures shift culture?
What was the “Middle Ground”?
What were civic rituals?
How did culture surrounding consumption develop?
What were the beliefs and traditions surrounding gentility?
How did consumer goods like tea, madeira, and sugar contribute to the developing country?
What did colonial architecture consist of?
What were the first universities of America?
How did printing and print culture change the course of history?
What was the enlightenment?
Who was John Locke?
Who was Benjamin Franklin and what were his contributions to science?
What was the great awakening?
Who was George Whitefield?
What were the differences between the Old Lights and the New Lights?
What were the colonial assemblies?
How did free press affect colonial politics?
What was the Stono Rebellion?
How did Europeans compete within the colonies?
What tensions existed between the colonies and the British during wartime?
What was the significance of the Ohio country?
What role did the Iroquois play in colonial conflicts and trade?
