Unit 1 Chapter 5 Flashcards
Regulator movement
(1768-1771) eventually violent uprising of backcountry settlers in North Carolina against unfair taxation in the control of colonial affairs by the seaboard elect
-eastern domination
New York slave revolt
(1712) uprising of approximately 12 dozen enslaved Africans that resulted in the death of nine Whites and the brutal execution of 21 blacks
South Carolina slave revolt
(1739) uprising, also known as the Stono rebellion, of more than 50 South Carolina blacks along the Stono River
- Stone river
Triangular trade
Exchange of rum, slaves and molasses between the North American colonies Africa and the west Indies
-very profitable
Arminianism
Believe that salvation is offered to all humans but is conditional on acceptance of God’s grace
-threatening to the Calvinist doctrine and predestination
Great awakening
(1730s-1740s) religious revival that swept the colonies
- started with Jonathan Edwards
- The first spontaneous mass movement of the American people
Old lights
Orthodox clergymen who rejected the emotionalism of the great awakening in favor of a more rational spirituality
New lights
Ministers who took part in the revivalist, emotes religious tradition pioneered by George Whitefield during the great awakening
Poor Richards almanack
(1732-1758) widely read annual pamphlets edited by Benjamin Franklin
Zengar trial
(1734-1735) New York libel case against John peters zenger
-public officials could not be prosecuted as libel
Royal colonies
Colonies where the governors were appointed directly from the king
Proprietary colonies
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware-under the control of local proprietors, who appointed colonial governors
Paxton boys
(1764) armed march on Philadelphia by Scott Irish frontier men in protest against quaker establishments
- lenient policies toward Native Americans
