Early America : History Flashcards
John Locke (17th century)
- 17th century
- An English political philosopher.
- Argued legitimacy of government rested upon consent of governed, and all individuals had the right to life, liberty and property.
Columbian Exchange (15-16th century)
- 15 through 16th century
- The introduction of goods and people between Natives, Americans, Africans, and Europeans.
- Foods like; horses, maize, sugar, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
- Various diseases like influenza, smallpox and yellow fever.
Primogeniture (15-18th century)
- 15 through 18th century
- A system in Europe and Colonial America where father’s give all their land to their eldest son.
- This forced many younger children to join ranks of the roaming poor.
- Mass immigration of many sons settled in the New World to gain access to land and wealth.
House of Burgesses (1619)
- 1619
- The first representative government in English colonies of America, located in Virginia.
- They could make laws and levy taxes, but could be overruled by the colonial governor and company council in England.
Navigation Acts (1651)
- 1651
- British North America and Great Britain
- A series of laws was implemented to restrict colonial trade to the mother country.
- It reflected the policy of mercantilism, but colonists violated the act and traded with the Dutch and French.
Stamp Act (1765)
- 1765
- British North America
- Tax on ALL printed items ranging from newspapers, stamps to playing cards.
- The hope was that tax would raise to help cove the cost of stationing British troops to North America
- Benjamin Franklin proposed Americans be represented in British Parliament
- Beginning of American Revolution
Coercive Act (1774)
- 1774
- British North America
- Series of four acts passed by British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party
- Boston Harbor closed
- capital crimes prosecuted in other colonies or in England
- Patriotic American leaders labeled these acts as the “Intolerable Acts”
Philipsburg Proclamation (1779)
- 1779
- In the United States
- British military strategy against southern United States during Revolutionary war
- Declared that any slave who deserted their master would receive protection, freedom, and land from Great Britain
- George Washington allowed black people to join the Continental Army in exchange for their freedom
Treaty of Paris (April 1782 - Sep 1783)
- April 1782 through September 1783
- Paris, France
- peace talks between United States and Great Britain
- Britain recognized American independence and relinquished all claims to lands south of the Great lakes and east of Mississippi river
- Granted American fishing rights
- Giving freedom to American slaves
What is the term defining ownership of human beings including hereditary status of one’s Mother?
Chattel Slavery
What was the interaction between the Spanish and Native Americans in the Western Hemisphere that included the introduction of food, technology, culture, and diseases between these two peoples?
Columbian Exchange
What is the system of state-assisted manufacturing and trade?
Mercantilism
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
Jamestown, Virginia
What was the first system of representative government in the English colonies of North America?
House of Burgesses
What colony was settled for the religious freedom of Catholics in America?
Maryland
What institution granted fifty acres of land to any settler within the English colonies who paid for the passage of a new immigrant to that colony?
Headright System
What religious dogma stated that God only saved a few chosen people?
Predestination
What three colonies were established as proprietorships?
Pennsylvania, and the Carolinas
What agricultural and commercial trading order in the Western Hemisphere accelerated British wealth and power in the world?
South Atlantic System
What was the name of the sea route that brought hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans to the New World?
Middle Passage
What was the name of the first slave rebellion in America?
Stono Rebellion
What is the term that defines illegal tenants of land who hope to legally acquire land ownership?
Squatters
What primary ethnic group settled large portions of the Carolinas?
Scots-Irish
What European cultural movement emphasizes the power of human reason to understand and shape the world?
The Enlightenment
