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Chapter 4- Life In Colonial America Flashcards

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What are the dates of the colonial era?

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1607 to 1775

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2
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In colonial America where did most of the colonists come from?

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England

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What name was given to groups of people who left Scotland and settled in Northern Ireland in the seventeenth century?

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The scot-Irish

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In what colony did many German Americans choose to settle

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Pennsylvania

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By 1760 what city in America was the largest in the colonies?

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Philadelphia

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Name the black servant of Count Lauring of Copenhagen who encouraged Moravians to take the gospel to St. Thomas

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Anthony Ulrich

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During the late 1700s what island became the strongest center of Christianity in the West Indies ?

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Antigua

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What type of church was the official church of the southern colonies?

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The Anglican Church

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The moravians followed the teachings of what reformer?

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John Huss

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What group wrote the first book of classical music to be composed in America?

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The Moravians

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What great Moravian leader came from Saxony and helped the moravians found Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Count von Zinzendorf

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For many years in New England what type of church was most numerous?

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Congregational Churches

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What book played an important role in shaping the American character

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The Bible

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What did nearly 90% of all colonies rely on for their livelihood

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Farming

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What was the chief crop of New England?

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Corn

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Which colonies were known as the bread colonies?

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The middle colonies

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Name one of the three important crops in the southern colonies?

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Rice, tobacco, indigo

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By the end of the colonial period about what fraction of England trading vessels were made in America?

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1/3

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As ships sailed from New England to Europe and back around again what type of route did they follow?

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Triangular trade route

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What economic system stressed that the colonies existed for the sole benefit of the mother country?

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Mercantilism

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What type of homes for most typical in New England?

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Cottages

22
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What area of the home was the central gathering place?

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Fireplace

23
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What type of roads were used to move the mail?

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Post roads

24
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What is the major difference between how classes were determined in Europe and America?

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In America your class was determined by your wealth and in England your class was determined by your birth

25
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What do we call sparsely populated area in the fringe of settlement?

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Frontier

26
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Who is one of the first and most famous men to lead a group of pioneers into the frontier?

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Daniel Boone

27
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In the late 1760s Daniel Boone led settlers through what natural passage through the mountains near theTennessee border

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Cumberland gap

28
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What name was given to the trail that they took?

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The wilderness Road

29
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What group of colonist set the pace for education in colonial America?

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The puritans

30
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What type of school was run by a widow or single lady?

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Dame school

31
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Most Children learn to read using what book?

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Horn book

32
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What was the most widely used textbook in America?

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The new England primer

33
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What was the best known academy in the colonies?

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Philadelphia academy

34
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What type of school was founded in the south in an abandoned tobacco field

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Old field school

35
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What type of education revolves around young man serving a master craftsman in exchange for an education and learning trade.

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Apprenticeship

36
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Colonial America develop the education system so children can learn to read what?

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The Bible

37
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What was the first raingear Lee printed newspaper in the colonies?

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Boston newsletter

38
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Who encourage the building of libraries and produce poor Richards almanac

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Benjamin Franklin

39
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Who is remembered As an American patriot and experienced silversmith

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Paul revere

40
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Who is remembered as the first American professional musician and also conducted singing schools

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William billings

41
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Who was the first American member of the Royal Society of London?

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John Winthrop Junior

42
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Who was a famous black American scientist who predicted in eclipse in 1789?

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Benjamin Banneker

43
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What Puritan minister and scientist help produce smallpox and maculation to America

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Cotton Mather

44
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What were the three types of colonies in America?

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Royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and self-governing colonies

45
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What is a proprietary colony?

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A proprietary colony is a colony that is granted by the king to a proprietor who can do whatever he wants to the colony with limited power

46
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Except for Pennsylvania, how many houses did the colonial legislatures have?

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Two and they are called bicameral

47
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Who served as the chief executive of the colony?

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The governor

48
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Go with the governor had tremendous power what did the legislator control that gave them some power over the governor?

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They control the purse strings or the money or his pay

49
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What did English man in the colonist believe was the main role of government?

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To protect the people and their property

50
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What is the basic unit of local government in New England?

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The town

51
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In the southern colonies what was the basic unit of government?

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The county

52
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What kind of local government did they have in the middle colonies?

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Both towns and counties

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