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Chapter 5-6 Cultures of the Colonies Flashcards

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What were some of the items and techniques that natives used from the Europeans? (5)

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firearms, metal tools, log homes, horses, and commercial economy

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What European power had better relations with the natives?

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the French

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What was the natives largest concern?

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the British Expansion

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What is the largest and most prosperous European colony in North America in the 18th century?

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New Spain

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5
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What was the most sophisticated city in the new world in the 18th century?

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Mexico city

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6
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Why did Spain only control St. Augustine in Florida?

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fierce fighting among the Spanish, British, and the Indians

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What is the main reason New Spain added northern colonies?

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for self defense against the English and French

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Why was settling in California difficult for the Europeans? How did they solve it?

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the natives were very resistant until they gave gifts to the natives

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What was the name of the missionaries in California. How did they control the natives.

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Franciscan missionaries who used cruel and violent means.

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What two European nations constructed a Catholic Empire.

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France and Spain

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What was the shape of the French trade and alliance network and what is their strategy?

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a crescent to block the British expansion

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Where were the communities of farmers in New France and where were they located?

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habitants along the St. Lawrence river between Quebec and Montreal.

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Where were the most profitable French enterprises in North America?

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the Lower Mississipi settlements

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Did the French and the natives combine elements?

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yes

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What was the main religion of New England besides Rhode Island? (general)

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Puritan including different puritan congregations.

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How was Church and State linked in New England

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the freemen of the church voted on the minister and other rules for the colony

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Was Puritan religion freely practiced?

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no

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Who fought for religious toleration and where did they found a colony?(2)

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Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson founded Rhode Island

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How did Religious toleration come to the colonies?

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through the toleration act

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Which colony was one of the most ethically and religiously diverse populations on the continent?

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New York

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What is a good analogy of the mixing of cultures in New York?

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a salad bowl

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22
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Why did the middle colonies grow much faster than the other English colonies?

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the high immigration rates

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What religious group founded Pennsylvania and what was their view on religious toleration?

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the Quakers and they were comfortable with religious toleration.

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What colony’s population was pushing beyond its border by a long shot into the Appalachian highlands?

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Pennsylvania

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Did many of the Pennsylvania and Virginia settlers have legal titles to the land they occupied and did they care if the Indians were there first?

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no and no

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26
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What percentage of the southern population in 1750 was slaves?

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40 %

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27
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What was the state religion in the Chesapeake colonies?

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the Church of England

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What was the building organization of the lower south plantations.

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a main house looking over the plantation with various slave houses and other small buildings

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29
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Which colonies were more well developed as a community?

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the Chesapeake

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Why did the population expand so quickly of the British colonies?

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more children and a lower death rate, Religious toleration, allowed migration of forefingers.

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Which European colony had the best economic growth?

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the British

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32
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What did Enlightenment writers emphasize?

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rationality, harmony, and order

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33
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One of the first Americans to advocate religious toleration was

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Roger Williams

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34
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The development of Pennsylvania was strongly influenced by what organization?

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the society of Friends

35
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The Chesapeake settlements and the colonies of the Lower South were diverse in what way?

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ethically diverse because of the presence of Africans, Europeans, and Indians

36
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The presence of the frontier and the availability of land in the colony did what?

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helped create social assumptions and practices that were not equally democratic

37
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What was the Intellectual movement that led to a significant transformation in British North America?

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the Enlightenment

38
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Who was the Anglican minister who helped spread the Great Awakening throughout the English colonies?

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George Whitefield

39
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The Great Awakening provided what for the colonials?

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allowed them to be involved in public action and debate

40
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Which kings were very force full on the colonial affairs?

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Charles II and James II

41
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What King and Queen introduced Salutary neglect?

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William and Mary

42
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What colony is mostly catholic?

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maryland

43
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Where was Benjamin Franklin’s plan of Union proposed?

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the Albany Conference

44
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What was one major strategy that the Iroquois used against the Europeans?

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nations fighting against each other

45
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Who was sent to expel the French from the border of Nova Scotia?

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George Washington

46
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How did the Treaty of Paris effect France?

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it took all of the French possessions on the American mainland

47
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What form of public communication was very popular in America?

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the newspaper

48
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What kinds of things did the stamp act place a duty on?

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embossed paper, documents, insurance policies, ship paper, and dice and playing cards.

49
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Why did the Americans revolt in effect of the stamp act?

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they had no actual representation in parliament

50
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What did the Townshend Revenue act place a tax on?

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lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea

51
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How did the colonists respond to most of the taxing acts (besides revolt)?

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through nonimportation and boycotting of British goods

52
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Who denounced the Revenue Acts through letters?

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Samuel Adams

53
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What was decided at the second continental congress?

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whether the colonies should be separated from Britain

54
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Who wrote Common Sense?

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Thomas Paine

55
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Who was Zenger

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a newspaper writer who wrote bad about the governor of new york

56
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What was the main task of the First Continental Congress?

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emphasizing the common cause Americans had without compromising local identities.

57
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What English document set aside an Indian Reserve in North America?

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the Royal Proclamation of 1763

58
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What was the main idea for republicanism?

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individuals should have the greatest liberty possible

59
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During the 1760’s the main American weapon of resistance to British Policy was what?

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economic boycotts

60
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The Boston Massacre in 1770 was

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an unfortunate and tragic incident that develop out of numerous colonial tensions.

61
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What was the English response to the rebellious activity in Massachusetts?

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Coercive Acts

62
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The battles of Lexington and Concord forecast what?

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the violent nature of the upcoming war

63
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In July 1775, the Second Continental Congress held what idea in their relationship with Britain?

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peaceful resolution

64
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What pamphlet reshaped American popular thinking about independence?

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common sense

65
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Benjamin Franklin epitomized which movement in colonial America?:

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the Enlightenment.

66
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The ideology of revolutionary republicanism borrowed ideas from what parties?

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Whigs

67
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Colonial Committees of Correspondence were created to?

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publicize grievances against England.

68
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Which of the following is typical of the role that colonial women played during the Townshend crisis?:

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organizing spinning bees.

69
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What were spinning bees?

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a form of protest by the daughters of liberty by spinning clothing not made by Britain.

70
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What idea was held by John Dickinson in Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania?

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Parliament may not use its power to regulate colonial trade for the purpose of raising revenue.

71
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One accomplishment of the First Continental Congress was to?:

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petition the king to recognize the colonists’ rights.

72
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The Molasses Act was intended to enforce England’s mercantilist policies by?:

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forcing the colonists to buy sugar from other British colonies rather than from foreign producers.

73
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According to the Whig ideology, the best defense against corruption and tyranny rested in the?:

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eternal vigilance by the people.

74
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Between 1650 and 1750, family life in the English colonies changed such that in?:

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northern colonies it grew less patriarchal, while in southern colonies it grew more patriarchal.

75
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What is the name of Anne Hutchinson’s philosophy?

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anti-nominism

76
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Why was Connecticut formed by the Puritans?

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to block Rhode Island from expansion

77
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Was everyone on the Mayflower puritans?

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no

78
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What was the name of the mass movement of people of this time period?

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the Great Migration

79
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Who is considered the advertising guy?

A

William Penn

80
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Who founded Georgia?

A

George Olgerthor

81
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What is the oldest city in North America?

A

St. Augustine

82
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What are naval stores?

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key products for New England

83
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What were the two preachers of the Great Awakening?

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Jonathon Edwards and George Whitefield

84
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What was the document passed by Parliament that prohibited settling past the Appalachian Mountains?

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Proclamation of 1763

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