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1
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What was the major ethnic group in all of the colonies?

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english

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2
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What was a similarity among the 13 colonies?

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great pop. growth

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Were there more people east or west of the Alleghenies?

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East, the Indians were in the West

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What were the 5 most populous colonies?

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Virginia, Mass., Penn, N. Carolina, Maryland

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What were the only actual cities?

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Philly, NY, Boston, Charlestown

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90% of the pop. lived in rural or urban?

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rural, they were all farmers

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Why did the Germans come and where did they go?

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fleeing religious persecution, bad economy, war

settled in Penn.

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What did the Pennsylvania Dutch get their name from?

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Deusch=German

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9
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What was the German influence on Pennsylvania?

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some German street signs, stone barns

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Why did the Scots-Irish become squatters?

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b/c the catholics and germans had all the land in Penn. so they settled along frontier

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What Scots-Irish items did the English gov. place restrictions on?

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linens and woolens

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12
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What were Scots-Irish settlements along eastern Appalachian foothills called?

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Great Wagon Road

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13
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What did the Scots-Irish bring with them?

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Whiskey distilling

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14
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Who were the Paxton boys?

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group of scots-irish who led an armed march in Penn. against lenient Quaker-Indian policies

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What movement did the Paxton Boys also lead?

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Regulator Movement

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What was the purpose of the Regulator Movement?

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against eastern domination of the colony’s affairs

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What was the largest non-english group?

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Africans

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18
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Who was the equivalent of the Bacon’s Rebellion?

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Paxton Boys

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19
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What did America and Europe have in common?

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slavery

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20
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Where did the merchant princes get their wealth?

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war suppliers -> wealth from war

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What class other than the merchant princes were created b/c of war?

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widows and orphans

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What did Philadelphia and New York build in 1730 for widows and orphans?

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almshouses

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23
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What were results of the pop. growing?

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landholdings subdivided, children forced to hire out as wage laborers

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24
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Who were involuntarily shipped to America?

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paupers and convicts

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25
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What was the most honored profession?

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Christian ministry

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26
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Describe physicians in 1755

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bad: poorly trained, worked as apprentice then turned loose, when physicians weren’t available, barber was summoned

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27
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What were the 2 epidemics?

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smallpox, diphtheria

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28
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What was a common prescription for smallpox?

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powdered dried toad

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29
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Were there many lawyers at the time?

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no, farmers would rep. themselves at court

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30
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Why did the Scots get pushed from the lowlands of Scotland?

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spread of commercial farming, rack renting, persecution by Brit. authorities

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31
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Why did the Scots get pushed out of Ireland?

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rack renting

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32
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What group built floor less log cabins and frequently exhausted the soil and moved on?

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scots-irish

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33
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What was the scots-irish religion?

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presbyterian

34
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What was the leading industry in America?

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ag.

35
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What was the staple crop in Maryland and Virginia?

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tobacco

36
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On the lands that were depleted b/c of tobacco (Chesapeake), what was cultivated?

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wheat

37
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What were the “bread colonies?

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the fertile, middle colonies, produced large amounts of grain

38
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What was a major industry in NE?

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dried cod

39
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Who provisioned the Caribbean with food and forest products and hauled Spanish stuff to London?

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yankee seamen

40
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Describe the triangular trade

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NE: rum, Africa: slaves, Caribbean: molasses

NE>Africa>Caribbean>NE

41
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What were the manufactured products?

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rum, beaver hats, iron, household manufacturing+spinning and weaving

42
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What kinds of people were scarce and highly prized?

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strong-backed laborers and skilled craftspeople

43
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What was the most important manufacturing activity?

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lumbering

44
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Why were colonial naval stores highly prized?

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Brit. wanted mastery of the seas

45
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Describe the America-Britain trade imbalance

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America wanted british products but britain did need any

46
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What allowed America to buy british products?

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Trade w/ west indies

47
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What was the Molasses Act? Result?

A

Aimed at ending N. American trade w/ French west indies

bribing and smuggling

48
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What were the tax supported state churches in 1775

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Anglican and Congregational

49
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Which church was the major prop for kingly authority?

A

Anglican

50
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What were the probs with the Anglican church?

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less fierce and more worldly than the rest of NE

51
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Which church grew from the Puritan church?

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Congregational

52
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The congregational church was formally est. in all colonies except:

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rhode island

53
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What was in the neo-trinity?

A

Presbyterianism, congregationalism, rebellion

54
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Who did the Anglican clergymen support?

A

the king

55
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What did the Anglican church not have?

A

a resident bishop

56
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What were the liberal ideas of the Great Awakening?

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humans not predestined to damnation and could save themselves through good works

57
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What was in the doctrines of the Arminians?

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free will determined a person’s fate

58
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Jonathan Edwards vs. George Whitefield

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Jonathan Edwards started the beliefs, salvation through good works, dependence on God’s grace
George Whitefield went everywhere preaching with emotion

59
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Who were the old lights?

A

orthodox clergymen skeptical of emotionalism of revivalists

60
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What were the effects of the Great Awakening?

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undermined the older clergy, increased #s and competitiveness of churches, encouraged missionary work among Indians and Blacks, colleges

61
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What was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people?

A

Great Awakening

62
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What was generally taught in public schools?

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religion and classical languages (latin, greek)

63
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Who launched the University of Pennsylvania?

A

Ben Franklin

64
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Who were the 4 patrons of the arts?

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Trumbull, Paele, West, Copley

65
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Who was famous for his George Washington paintings?

A

Paele

66
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What were the architecture forms?

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log cabin from sweden, red-bricked georgian style in virginia

67
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Who was the best of the poetry poor?

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Phillis Wheatley

68
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What work of lit. did Ben Franklin put together?

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Poor Richard’s Almanack

69
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What did Ben Franklin invent?

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bifocals, Franklin stove

70
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What did hand-operated printing presses lead to the production of?

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newspapers

71
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What was the importance of the Zenger trial?

A

helped est. the doctrine that true statements about public officials are not libel, freedom of the press

72
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Was the upper house of legislature chosen or elected? lower?

A

upper- chosen by king or proprietor, voters in self gov.

lower- elected by the people

73
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What group was seriously underrepresented?

A

backcountry

74
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Who sets the taxes?

A

legislature

75
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Who was Lord Cornbury?

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the worst governor

76
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How did the colonial assembly assert authority and independence?

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power of the purse

77
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At town meetings, what was at its best?

A

democracy

78
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What were lotteries used for?

A

churches and colleges

79
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Were stage plays popular in north or south?

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south, north preferred religious lectures

80
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Why was Christmas frowned upon?

A

popery

81
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What were the similarities among the N. America colonies?

A

English in lang and customs, protestant, some degree of ethnic and religious toleration, social mobility, some measure of self gov. but not full democracy

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