Chapter 4- Life In Colonial America Flashcards
What are the dates of the colonial era?
1607 to 1775
In colonial America where did most of the colonists come from?
England
What name was given to groups of people who left Scotland and settled in Northern Ireland in the seventeenth century?
The scot-Irish
In what colony did many German Americans choose to settle
Pennsylvania
By 1760 what city in America was the largest in the colonies?
Philadelphia
Name the black servant of Count Lauring of Copenhagen who encouraged Moravians to take the gospel to St. Thomas
Anthony Ulrich
During the late 1700s what island became the strongest center of Christianity in the West Indies ?
Antigua
What type of church was the official church of the southern colonies?
The Anglican Church
The moravians followed the teachings of what reformer?
John Huss
What group wrote the first book of classical music to be composed in America?
The Moravians
What great Moravian leader came from Saxony and helped the moravians found Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Count von Zinzendorf
For many years in New England what type of church was most numerous?
Congregational Churches
What book played an important role in shaping the American character
The Bible
What did nearly 90% of all colonies rely on for their livelihood
Farming
What was the chief crop of New England?
Corn
Which colonies were known as the bread colonies?
The middle colonies
Name one of the three important crops in the southern colonies?
Rice, tobacco, indigo
By the end of the colonial period about what fraction of England trading vessels were made in America?
1/3
As ships sailed from New England to Europe and back around again what type of route did they follow?
Triangular trade route
What economic system stressed that the colonies existed for the sole benefit of the mother country?
Mercantilism
What type of homes for most typical in New England?
Cottages
What area of the home was the central gathering place?
Fireplace
What type of roads were used to move the mail?
Post roads
What is the major difference between how classes were determined in Europe and America?
In America your class was determined by your wealth and in England your class was determined by your birth
What do we call sparsely populated area in the fringe of settlement?
Frontier
Who is one of the first and most famous men to lead a group of pioneers into the frontier?
Daniel Boone
In the late 1760s Daniel Boone led settlers through what natural passage through the mountains near theTennessee border
Cumberland gap
What name was given to the trail that they took?
The wilderness Road
What group of colonist set the pace for education in colonial America?
The puritans
What type of school was run by a widow or single lady?
Dame school
Most Children learn to read using what book?
Horn book
What was the most widely used textbook in America?
The new England primer
What was the best known academy in the colonies?
Philadelphia academy
What type of school was founded in the south in an abandoned tobacco field
Old field school
What type of education revolves around young man serving a master craftsman in exchange for an education and learning trade.
Apprenticeship
Colonial America develop the education system so children can learn to read what?
The Bible
What was the first raingear Lee printed newspaper in the colonies?
Boston newsletter
Who encourage the building of libraries and produce poor Richards almanac
Benjamin Franklin
Who is remembered As an American patriot and experienced silversmith
Paul revere
Who is remembered as the first American professional musician and also conducted singing schools
William billings
Who was the first American member of the Royal Society of London?
John Winthrop Junior
Who was a famous black American scientist who predicted in eclipse in 1789?
Benjamin Banneker
What Puritan minister and scientist help produce smallpox and maculation to America
Cotton Mather
What were the three types of colonies in America?
Royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and self-governing colonies
What is a proprietary colony?
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
Except for Pennsylvania, how many houses did the colonial legislatures have?
Two and they are called bicameral
Who served as the chief executive of the colony?
The governor
Go with the governor had tremendous power what did the legislator control that gave them some power over the governor?
They control the purse strings or the money or his pay
What did English man in the colonist believe was the main role of government?
To protect the people and their property
What is the basic unit of local government in New England?
The town
In the southern colonies what was the basic unit of government?
The county
What kind of local government did they have in the middle colonies?
Both towns and counties
