Chapter 5 Flashcards
basics of pop
pop was doubling every 25 years
(white immigrants and SLAVES)
1700-1775: 20:1 - 3:1 colonists to slaves
90% rural
-worked sun up to sun down
Germans
1775: 6% of pop
left bc of economic hardship, religious reasons, and war
were protestants
“pennsylvania dutch”
stayed together in pennsylvania
-beer
scots-irish
NOT IRISH
left bc of catholic/protestant conflict and economic restrictions by english
-frontier squatters
-whiskey
-less civilized
-frontier squatters (shack-like houses)
*sons of liberty
paxton boys
scots irish
1763-1764
pontiac’s rebellion
upset w/ Quakers for lack of action
raided wrong natives (not the brightest)
many become revolutionists
march on philly
paxton boys
wanted to protest Quaker’s peaceful treatment of Indians
Ben Franklin met w/ leaders to find solution
regulator movement
w fronter farmers (s-i) united
had problem w/ taxes
(NC)
other immigrants
welsh, french Huguenots, dutch, swedes, jews, irish, and scot highlanders (5% of pop)
afrcans: 20%
mingling and intermarriage
triangular trade
purposeful economic structure (unlike columbain exchange)
NW-OW: raw goods
OW-Africa: manufactured goods
Africa-NW: slaves
africans in south
worst conditions further south + in indigo and rice plantations
in tobacco plantations, they were closer together, hand friends/fam, and was less demanding
increasing female pip in ches
africans in n eng
city workers or agricultural
gullah: goober, gumbo, voodoo
jazz, banjo, bongo drum
became skilled artisan
ny slave revolt
1712
was easy to meet and plan revolt
23 slaves set fire to building
9 whites killed; 6 wounded
slaves captured; suicide; excution
stono rebellion
1739
SC to spanish florida
effects of pop growth
colonists demanded more British products, but eng was at its limit
younger daughters/sons hired out
homeless and charity living
less choice land and smaller farms to move further west
molasses act
1733
tried to stop colonial trade w/ French W. Indies
-ignored and went to foreign trading partners
When: GA
1730s-1740s
where: GA
13 colonies
who: GA
traveling ministers
old v new light
johathan edward and george whitefield
what: GA
chrisitian religous revival; preached spiritual equality; renewed religious focus
why: GA
gave hope of new life
how: GA
sudden conversion (rebirth)
emotional
results of GA
conflicts led to people going to new churches and increase in non-traditional denominations
religious diversity increased
weakened Anglican church
upset the social system when Africans and Natives were converted
helping orphans
educating natives and africans so they can read bible
religion important in the S
COLONSITS BEGAN TO CHALLENGE AUTHORITY AND QUESTION TRADITIONS
1ST RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE SHARED BY ALL AMERICANS
the enlightenment
idea that reason and science led to new knowledge and self-improvement
spread of the E
began in europe
in colonies, began with rich bc they had a higher education
john locke
challenged the divine right of kings
said peep created gov, so they could change it
natural rights: life, liberty, property