Chapter 5

Question 1

basics of pop

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Germans

Answer 2

1775: 6% of pop
left bc of economic hardship, religious reasons, and war
were protestants
“pennsylvania dutch”
stayed together in pennsylvania
-beer

Question 3

scots-irish

Answer 3

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

Question 4

paxton boys

Answer 4

scots irish
1763-1764
pontiac’s rebellion
upset w/ Quakers for lack of action
raided wrong natives (not the brightest)
many become revolutionists

Question 5

march on philly

Answer 5

paxton boys
wanted to protest Quaker’s peaceful treatment of Indians
Ben Franklin met w/ leaders to find solution

Question 6

regulator movement

Answer 6

w fronter farmers (s-i) united
had problem w/ taxes
(NC)

Question 7

other immigrants

Answer 7

welsh, french Huguenots, dutch, swedes, jews, irish, and scot highlanders (5% of pop)
afrcans: 20%
mingling and intermarriage

Question 8

triangular trade

Answer 8

purposeful economic structure (unlike columbain exchange)
NW-OW: raw goods
OW-Africa: manufactured goods
Africa-NW: slaves

Question 9

africans in south

Answer 9

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

Question 10

africans in n eng

Answer 10

city workers or agricultural
gullah: goober, gumbo, voodoo
jazz, banjo, bongo drum
became skilled artisan

Question 11

ny slave revolt

Answer 11

1712
was easy to meet and plan revolt
23 slaves set fire to building
9 whites killed; 6 wounded
slaves captured; suicide; excution

Question 12

stono rebellion

Answer 12

1739
SC to spanish florida

Question 13

effects of pop growth

Answer 13

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

Question 14

molasses act

Answer 14

1733
tried to stop colonial trade w/ French W. Indies
-ignored and went to foreign trading partners

Question 15

When: GA

Answer 15

1730s-1740s

Question 16

where: GA

Answer 16

13 colonies

Question 17

who: GA

Answer 17

traveling ministers
old v new light
johathan edward and george whitefield

Question 18

what: GA

Answer 18

chrisitian religous revival; preached spiritual equality; renewed religious focus

Question 19

why: GA

Answer 19

gave hope of new life

Question 20

how: GA

Answer 20

sudden conversion (rebirth)
emotional

Question 21

results of GA

Answer 21

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

Question 22

the enlightenment

Answer 22

idea that reason and science led to new knowledge and self-improvement

Question 23

spread of the E

Answer 23

began in europe
in colonies, began with rich bc they had a higher education

Question 24

john locke

Answer 24

challenged the divine right of kings
said peep created gov, so they could change it
natural rights: life, liberty, property

Question 25

clergy

Answer 25

most honored position in colonial society

Question 26

physicins

Answer 26

not highly esteemed bc they werent good
used bleeding
plague breakouts (smallpox)
some clergy and doc didnt get vaccinated bc they were afriad to tamper w/ the will of god

Question 27

lawyers

Answer 27

1st werent liked
1750: lawyers were recognized as useful and started defending high profile cases

Question 28

workday

Answer 28

agriculture was the leading industry
fishing in new england
tri-trade
not much manufacturing
stronged backed laborers and skilled craftsmen were scarce

Question 29

traveling

Answer 29

roads were poor and dangerous
towns were created around waterways
taverns served travelers

Question 30

congressional church`

Answer 30

came from Puritan church
established in N eng (except RI)
worry by late 1600s that peeps werent devout enough

Question 31

anglican church

Answer 31

official in georgia, N + S Cs, Virg, Mary and part of NY
sermons were shorter
descriptions of hell were less frightening

Question 32

jonathan edwards

Answer 32

1st preacher to spread new light (1734)
talked abt the damnation that nonbelievers would face
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

Question 33

george whitefield

Answer 33

1738
better preacher than edwards
founded “new light” centers like Princetown, Brown, ect

Question 34

schools and colleges

Answer 34

education was most important in N Eng
other colonies didnt have the time for education
only well off children could attend
schools post the most emphais on religion and classical languages

Question 35

provincial culture

Answer 35

free time was used for religion
painters were said to be wasting time
architecture came from old world
literature was undistinguished

Question 36

pioneer presses

Answer 36

few libraries
presses printed pamphlets and journals to encourage revolts
john peter zenger

Question 37

politics

Answer 37

1775: 8/13 colonies had royal govs, 3 had been chosen by propreitors
2 house legistlative body
self taxation was a cheristed privledge
lower house: elected by people
upper: appointed by royal officlas

Question 38

colonial folkways

Answer 38

basic hardships: no heating in churches, no plumbing, primitive garbage disposal
amusemnt: partied during house rasings, apple parings,ect
south had cards and horse rasing
lotteries were aprroved by all