HannahL Flashcards
What is an apprentice?
someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time.
What else did he do?
business man, community leader, scientist, inventor, and diplomat
What was the gentry class?
upper class; wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, royal officials, successful lawyers, goldsmiths
How were free African Americans different from enslaved African Americans?
Free were allowed to own property even in the Southern colonies
What was the middle passage?
Atlantic voyage to bring slaves to the Americas from Africa
What was the triangular trade?
Three way trade between the colonies, Europe, and Africa
What is racism?
A belief that one race is superior or inferior to another.
What were slave codes?
Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
A colonial writer
What was his most popular work? What did it include?
Poor Richard’s Almanack
pithy sayings
Magna Carta
The first document to place restrictions on an English ruler’s power
Parliament
A great council to advise the king. A 2 house legislature; House of lords and House of Commons
bill of rights
written list of freedoms
English bill of rights
” “ signed by King William and Queen Mary
John Peter Zenger Trial
Thought he could write about the governer and not get in trouble. He was found not guilty for being libel.
Libel
writing something false that is written about a person (must be false!)
Glorius Revolution
overthrow of king james II by a union of English parliamentarions
Navigation Acts (purpose)
It helped create jobs for English workers
Legislature
A group of people who have the power to make laws.
The great awakening
First national movements in the colonies. In reinforced democratic ideas.
The enlightenment
new intellectual movement; looked for natural laws that governed politics, society, and economics
Divine right
God–>ruler–>people
Natural rights
God–>people–>ruler
John Locke
Said people were born with natural rights (ie; property, life, and liberty
Baron de Montesquieu
Favored separation of the powers, French, protected rights of people, and created executive, legislative, judicial
Separation of the powers
division of the power of government into separate branches
Executive branch
carries out the laws
Legislative branch
Passes laws
Importance of land ownership
determined social class, voting rights, and political influences
What goods were transported in triangular trade
Americas–>Europe: Furs, timber, and ore
Europe–>Africa: weapons
Africa–>Americas: slaves
Salutary neglect
Colonists didn’t have to follow English laws, so colonists could be on their own, and the British government became stricter
