development of British hegemony in America Flashcards
give 5 reasons why people emigrated to America
bad harvest (e.g. Scot-Irish Protestants)
religious persecution (e.g. German Puritans)
increase in economic stance (e.g. decline of the linen trade)
slavery from Africa
bad living conditions in Europe
give 2 statistics on the increase in population
1700-1763 (250,000 to 2 million)
1750-1770 (1.25 million to 2.3 million)
give 3 reasons for the rapid increase in population
high birth rate (7 children per family)
low death rate (better quality of life)
mass immigration
by the 1700s what was the largest state and what was the smallest state
Virginia was the largest (500,000 inhabitants)
Georgia was the smallest (30,000 inhabitants)
summarise African settlement in the early years of American in 3 points
1619 first slave
1763 there were 350,000 slaves (1/6 of the countries population)
90% lived in the south
what were the 3 categories of the 13 colonies called
royal colonies
proprietary colonies
corporate colonies
what is salutary neglect
parliamentary rules and laws were losely or not enforced by British rule
what is a royal colony
governors appointed by the king or can be removed by the king
give 3 examples of royal colonies
Virginia
New Jersey
New York
what is a proprietary colony
governed by a lord proprietor, who, holding authority by virtue of a royal charter, usually exercised that authority almost as an independent sovereign
give 3 examples of proprietary colonies
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
what is a corporate colony
governors were elected democracticaly
what were colonial assemblies
the legislative bodies of the colonies, responsible for making local laws and managing the finances of the colonies
they met in spring and autumn time
what were the 2 houses of the colonial assembly
upper house
lower house
summarise the upper house
appointed by the governor
chosen from colonial elite
advisors to the government
