Resistance to Colonial Authority Flashcards
1
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the Glorious Revolution 1688-89 (England)
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- bloodless
- James II (Catholic) ousted
2
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Boston
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- Dominion of New England collapses
- Sir Edmund Andros, English representative in charge of Massachusetts, was booted back to England
- 1691: Massachusetts declared a “royal colony”
3
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Salutary neglect
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- relaxed grip on colonial trade
- navigation laws weakly enforced
4
Q
Bacon’s rebellion (1670)
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- Virginia: the poor and indentured servants led by Nathaniel Bacon vs. Governor
- indentured servants were no longer sought after for labor
5
Q
new labor arrives
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African slave labor - trade begins on a wide scale
6
Q
remember this…
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what impacts the “old world” will impact the “new world” of the colonies
7
Q
what essentially gave the colonists ideas of “new labor”
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the glorious revolution gave ideas of greater freedom, and Bacon’s Rebellion, ideas of “new labor”
8
Q
who was the first person to get ousted in the colonies
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sir Edmond Andros
9
Q
what was one of the results of Bacon’s Rebellion
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the idea of using indentured servants began to be replaced by other methods, such as slavery
