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Class 5 Flashcards

1
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Who comes up with the terminology of Mercantilism?

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Adam Smith

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2
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Define mercantilism

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The state should enact policies that create positive trade inflows

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3
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Mercantilism says that wealth if…

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finite, so trade is zero-sum

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4
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In mercantilism, why do colonies exist?

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To enrich the metropole

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5
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WHat does autarchy mean?

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Society should be completely closed-off, self-sufficient. (Sell everything, import nothing)

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6
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T or F: The line between legal and illegal piracy in the 17th century is very clear

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False, it was blurry

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7
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Why was contraband popular at that time?

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Contraband was offering bette prizes in general

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8
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What ships were the best targets for pirate?

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British

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9
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What did pirate depend on to continue their activity?

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landed communities that wanted to engage with trade

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10
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Why was the increase of trade in 18th centure a cause of the pirates decline?

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Those landed communities were not willing to deal with them anymore

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11
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What helped the connection between the West Indies and the 13 colonies?

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Piracy

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12
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T or F: gold remained one of the most important trade good.

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False, sugar or tobacco became way more popular. that’s what caused piracy decline

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13
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What trade connected the 13 colonies and France?

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Fur trade

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14
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What french company had a monopoly on fur?

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Compagnie des Indes

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15
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As the West indies became plantation colonies…

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they became more reliant to North American food imports

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16
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What is the definition of exclusive system?

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All ships had to be dealing with the direct metropole and no one else

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17
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Which of the 13 colonies was a major destination for contraband trade

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Rhode Island

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18
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Which French settlement was the main destination for trade (and smuggling)?

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Louisbourg

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19
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Why was Louisbourg the best destination (in a maritime sense)?

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You didn’t have to navigate the Saint Laurent, which was no easy task.

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20
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What increased Britain’s borrowing capacity

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The creation of the Bank of England

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21
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T or F: Because of its small population, Britain was a minor imperial power

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False, Britain was a major imperial power despite the population size

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22
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On what is based the Common law?

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A system of jurisprudence (laws are created on the basis of individual decisions, judges have to follow anterior decisions of tribunals)

23
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Of what does the Navigation act of 1696 consist?

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Tightens metropolitan control over colonial economic affairs (building on the Navigation act of 1651)
Creation of vice-admiralty courts

24
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Doest admiralty courts follow the Common Law?

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NO, that’s why they were so hated

25
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What is the task of the Board and secretary of state for the southern department, 1696?

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Responsible (in a very loose sens) of administrating the colonies.

26
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Every colonial decision had to pass through the Board, to make sure…

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it wasn’t against any British rule

27
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T or F: The Board had a real significant power over the colonies

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False, English colonies were independent of dealing with their affairs

28
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What causes tobacco to become a commodity people can afford?

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The Chesapeake and Virginia increase their number of exports since they have a lot of surplus.

29
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WHat percentage of the Black enslaved people reaching the ENglish North colonies went to the Carolinas?

A

50%

30
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Were Black people involved in the Yamasee war?

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Yes, they fought on both English and indigenous sides.

31
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What was the last of the 13 colonies to be created?

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Georgia in 1732

32
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What was prohibited to make Georgia model colony (of white people)?

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Slavery and alcohol

33
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Why did Georgia finally become more like the Carolinas?

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Spain tried to invade it

34
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Why did Virginian society become a Slave society?

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Decline of white indentures and explosion of importation of enslaved people

35
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What was the last english colony to be created in North America?

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Nova Scotia

36
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What caused the Great Awakening / creation of colonial universities?

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The revival of religious sentiment
Universities were created to train new ministers

37
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Around … millions of Africans were transported to the Americas

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12

38
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What is the particularity of Tans-Atlantic slave trade?

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For the first time in history, a laaaarge scale commodification of human beings occured

39
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T or F: Slavery in the roman empire was related to race

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False, there wasn’t a large consciousness of ideologies before in Europe

40
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What were the moral justifications of enslaving people

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Racialization: Black people were inferior
Europeans task was not to capture slaves, they made it someone else’s

41
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What was Negroland?

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A legal fiction that create a “nation” for African people

42
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Why didn’t Europeans go to Africa before?

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They were dying pf tropical diseases (like Malaria for example)

43
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Name different african states

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Kingdom of Dahomey
Ashanti Empire
Kingdom of Kongo

44
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T or F: Catholicism didn’t exist in Africa before European contact?

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False, the King of Kongo converted din 1485

45
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What is the Middle passage?

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Part of the triangular trade that implied African travel across the Atlantic Sea

46
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What legally constructed, among other things, Race and Slavery?

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Black codes

47
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Where was the first Black code created?

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Barbados

48
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Where were Black enslaved people first turned into strict commodities

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Jamaica

49
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What was the initial necessity of a Black code

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They wanted to clarify that difference between African slaves and whites indentured servants

50
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In what do the sugar plantations differ from traditional agriculture?

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Labor is strictly regulated ans every labourer has a unique role

51
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T or F: Sugar becomes one of many productions in the colonies

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False, it overtakes the other productions

52
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Examples of slave rebellions?

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NY slave insurrection
Stono rebellion

53
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What the largest sales uprising during the colonial period?

A

Stono rebellion ( it leaded to the South Carolina act)

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