Chapters 4-5 Flashcards
Triangular trade
A trade from Africa (slaves, gold pepper) —> Britain (firearms, textiles, pots and pans) —> the Americas (sugar, rice, rum, cotton, tobacco).
New England Colonies
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire— industrial only (fish, rum and ships) poor rocky soil, excellent harbors || major ports: boston, newports
Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware— agricultural & industrial factories
(Wheat, textiles, iron, paper) breadbasket colony || major ports: New York, Philadelphia
Southern Colonies
Virginia, Carolinas, Maryland, Georgia— agricultural only (tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton) plantations || major ports: Charleston
Century of change
1650-1750
Winston Churchill
Created parliament
Parliament
Assembly of people with the authority to make new laws
English bill of rights
Divine right is no more; no monarch would have absolute rule
William & Mary
Signed the English bill of rights, betraying Mary’s monarch father
Great Awakening
1700s; return to faith, religious awakening, change of attitude, creates an American identity ((God before people, people before ruler))
Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield
Influential ministers in the Great Awakening
1619
The first time America excepted a shipment of slaves / indentured servants
Middle Passage
A 3-month journey from Africa to the Americas
Angela of Angola
One of the “20 and odd” enslaved Africans that arrived to the Americas in 1619
Queen Nzinga of Ndongo & Matamba
Princess/queen — amazing warrior with a fiery rivalry with her brother— skillfully port3etced her kingdom for 39 years (1624-1663)
Salutary Neglect
Beneficial Neglect; England let colonies trade with no (and then few) restrictions— slack on rules; good for colonial development!
Oxymoron
Two opposite words when put together make sense
What do the French & Indian war and the Revolutionary War have in common?
Both wars energized by unfair taxation where citizens fought for their rights
French and Indian war
Seven years wear from 1756-1763
William Pitt
Secretary of State; political leader of Britain— helped win the French and Indian war