Chapter 4 Exam Flashcards
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
Slave who bought his freedom, went to England , wrote a popular memoir about his struggles.
When Scotland and England united into Great Britain.
Act of Union 1707
Britain acquired an _____ to take over the slave trade from the ___.
asiento, Dutch
How did Europeans monopolize slave trade?
They purposely put African nations at war against each other, because they would capture war prisoners and sell them to coastal trading posts as slaves.
What was the “rice kingdom”
South Carolina
Who founded Georgia and why?
James Oglethorpe wanted to improve the welfare of imprisoned debtors in England and abolish slavery.
why was NY and NE less dependent on slaves?
NY: economy depended on the state of the international economy, so wage labor is better to rely on.
NE: mostly small family farms
who were yeoman farmers?
small-scale, independent farmers. Common in the Chesapeake.
Slave life in the Chesapeake vs Slave life in the South
Chesapeake: exposure to Christianity and English culture (because they worked with small plantations)
Southern: more autonomy, harsher conditions, Gullah
Stono Rebllion (date + description)
1739 - South Caro. slaves seized weapons and marched to Florida chanting “liberty”
Panic in NYC (date and description)
1741, similar to salem witch trial, intense paranoia that a slave rebellion was present. Tons of people (black and white) were arrested
republicanism
political ideology: citizens participating in government was the foundation of liberty. Only property-owning citizens had virtue.
liberalism
Political ideology: shielding personal liberties (e.g., religion) from the state. Individual rights, consent of the governed, people surrendering part of their freedom to live in law and order, and only men with property having access to freedom. (john locke)
Explain the “rise of the assemblies”
Most assembly members were of the landed gentry and used their wealth to exert influence over governors. Governors who were cooperative with assembly members were the most successful.
2 things Ben franklin established
Library Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania gazette
John Peter Zenger
wrote critiques of the governor’s tyranny, was tried in court for seditious libel but was found not guilty.
Who wrote “sinners in the hands of an angry god”
Jonathan Edwards
During the Great Awakening, many preachers became
evangelist: traveling preachers
acculturation
Acculturation refers to the process by which individuals or groups from one culture come into contact with, and adopt practices, values, or behaviors of another culture
Philosophical result of the Great Awakening
personal expression/judgement was asserted
effects of the civil war on the colonies.
- Salutary neglect
- The plundering time in Maryland
effects of the interregnum on the colonies
the first navigation act, democratic ideals reveberated, still not monitored very closely
effects of the restoration on the colonies
- restoration colonies (Pennsylvania, carolinas)
- End of salutary neglect
effects of the glorious revolution on the colonies.
John Coode’s rebellion
Jacob Leisler’s rebellion
English bill of rights
