Module 2 Review Assignment Chapter 4-6 Flashcards
_ was the region whose slow growing season encouraged “diversified farming.”
New England
_ connected the New England colonies, England, southern Europe, the West Indies, and Africa
Triangular Trade
Often, _ was sent to New England from the West Indies and then distilled by New England colonists to make _ that was traded to Africa for gold and _.
molasses/sugar, rum, slaves
A _ is a long Puritan speech that emphasized society’s fall from purity and grace to its current, depraved state.
Jeremiad
The biggest export from the Middle Colonies was , so much so that New York and Pennsylvania became known to English traders as the “”
wheat, bread colonies
The Middle Colonies received most of their immigrants from which four countries?
Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Great Britain
During the colonial era, _ was the region best known for growing tobacco, a region whose elite were notorious for extravagance and indulgences but who believed they had social responsibilities as the region’s economic elite.
Chesapeake
Highly influential in America, the _ prioritized the ability to reason as the highest form of human attainment.
Enlightenment
Adam Smith became most famous for his ideas about the laws of _ and _.
supply, demand
Starting with the acquittal of New York newspaperman _, truth became a legitimate defense against a charge of libel.
John Peter Zenger
While the _ advocated a more rationalistic theology, the Protestant denominations of the Great Awakening known as the _ supported evangelism, new methods of prayer, and equality before Christ.
Old Lights, New Lights
As a result of the _, the Baptist Church saw its numbers and influence grow considerably in the Chesapeake.
Great Awakening
More than one in _ captives died on the journey known as the “_”
four, Middle Passage
The Negro Act, which consolidated South Carolina’s slave codes into one comprehensive law, was passed in response to the _ in that same colony.
Stono Rebellion
For the colonists, the result of the _ was looser governance by the Crown.
Glorious Revolution of 1688
At the _ in 1754, representatives from the mainland English colonies met for the first time for a unified purpose.
Albany Congress
During _ in 1763, the Ottawa and other tribes united in a losing fight against English intrusion of Indian lands.
Pontiac’s Rebellion
In 1760, England’s _ made some momentous changes in the way the colonies were to be governed, not the least of which was rewarding officers and crew of naval vessels for seizing smuggling ships.
Privy Council
The _ was designed to tax the colonists for the purpose of paying the soldiers protecting the North American colonies.
Stamp Act
To try to force Parliament to repeal the _, opponents in Massachusetts initiated a _ inviting representatives from all colonies to a _.
Stamp Act, circular letter, congress
The _, which convened without _, showed that the colonists were becoming more unified in their resentment of Parliament rather than the king.
Stamp Act Congress, British authorization
Organizing spinning bees to produce homespun cloth, refusing to use British imported tea and other products, and forming groups such as the Daughters of Liberty were ways in which women showed their opposition to the _.
Stamp Act and the importing of British goods.
The _, who took their name from the opposition party in Britain at the time, opposed the infringement of personal liberties at the hands of the central authority of the king.
Radical Whigs
