Exam Notes Flashcards
Chesapeake
New England
Virginia
West Indies
Connecticut
Africans marrying whites could vote here had more freedoms until laws were passed later
Pennsylvania
Florida
It’s next to West Indies
New Brunswick
Quaker’s
Founded Pennsylvania
Puritans
?
Civil law verses common law
English system of laws: government exported based on tradition verses legislative law common in Netherlands and France
(Look at notes for more info)
Which law is based on written law? Common law or civil law?
Civil? Probably civil law ??? Check notes
What is coverture
Legal system where women are covered by husband’s; rights are covered by husband. Become one entity legally.
Premageniture
Where eldest son inherits majority or all of property of the father
What is repugnancy?
Refers to system of laws that was in place in British North America where Rhode Island Massachusetts could pass any law as long as it wasn’t conflicting with the British law.
Massachusetts
Settled by puritans, used a congregational system
There’s 1 congregation per town
The state supported church and town and church records are the most important
Vast majority of records are kept on a town level
Majority of records are kept at what level?
Town level: even in Rhode Island
What church in any state/area is most important?
The state supported church is most important and town and church records
Rhode Island
Colony founded on religious tolerance not liberty but no state supported church exists there there’s some semblance of religious toleration there
T or F Congregational church was the established state supported church in Rhode Island? In Pennsylvania?
F for the first one then T for the second on.
Rhode Island didn’t have one church
What is the established church of Virginia?
The Church of England
What is the established church of Pennsylvania
Puritan/Congregational church???? Check notes to verify
What records matter most in Massachusetts
Town and church records matter most
Mid Atlantic colonies, what’s unique about them
There’s a lot of religious diversity and no state supported church.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware & New York
What’s unique about Louisiana
It’s a non British colony
French tule Louisiana for a period then Spanish take over before it goes back to the French before it finally becomes a U.S. state
Nova Scotia
Originally was called Acadia before it changed.
French owned, founded in 1604. It eventually fell to the British.
New York progress , who owned it?
First it was a Dutch colony before it later became an English colony.
Texas
Texas ruled by Mexico
Colonial period lasted until 1836 when they declared independence.
It was independent public until it became a state. (Learn more from notes)
What is the Canadian diaspora?
18th century Britain and France fought a war Britain kicked French out which led to the Canadian diaspora
Quebec immigrants dispersed New England …
Revolutionary war pension records are:
Military pay records. Used for tracking family information
What are loyalist claims
For this that side with British during revolutionary war if they lost property or anything like being forced to leave home in Pennsylvania or Virginia landing in West Indies Nova Scotia they can file to receive recompense for the things that they lost during the war
Hannah bars cupboard
Showing how women managed to transfer property showing how moveable goods were passed down matrilineally: shows how some inheritance worked in British south
What is a probate town and church record? Define each
Probate records are civil/court records.
Church records are death, marriage etc records.
