unit 2 Flashcards
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how did the french policies differ from the spanish?
france was more interested in trade than they were in conquest, in particular, fur trade.
what did the dutch do in the americas?
trade. come on. they’re dutch. they didn’t really interact with the natives. they were in new york. they engaged in shipping and banking/finance. fur trade!
what did the french do in the americas?
the french were more trade-y than the spanish, they engaged in conversions and stuff, they more intermarried and stuff. they also engaged in cultural exchange.
what did the english do in the americas?
while some were people getting wealth, it was also people searching for religious freedoms. in general, while there was some friendliness between natives and the english, there was a lot of violence.
what did the spanish do in the americas?
they engaged in conversions, mining, and most importantly, farming. they enslaved natives and imported african slaves.
jamestown
founded in 1607, funded by a jsc. purely for profit! disease and famine killed nearly half the settlers. in 1612, john rolfe stumbled across tobacco, reversing their being cooked. for now.
new england confederation
new england colonies combined against the dutch and the natives without the crown’s permission
william penn
quaker with religious tolerance who founded the pennsylvania colony in 1681
glorious revolution
in 1688, overthrow of king james ii, william and mary established monarchs
leislers rebellion
taking advantage of the instability caused by the glorious revolution, in 1688 to 1689, an uprising occurred due to unhappiness with the aristocratic nature of the ruling in the colonies
who worked on the plantations of jamestown?
indentured servants
bacon’s rebellion
in 1676-1677, bacon led poor people and indentured servants and stuff against berkeley because berkeley refused to protect them against the natives and so naturally, they rebelled, this instilled fear into people as mass destruction was caused, and this led them to (eventually) replace indentured servitude with slavery.
the new england colonies vs the chesapeake colonies?
new england colonies were more trade focused, plus major religious motivations.
english west indies colonies?
cash crops, tobacco, major, until the prices fell and sugar cane rose, but because that’s labor intensive, england imported african slaves. proprietary charters.
mayflower compact
the document that was signed by plymouth people that stated they were self-governed, in 1620
house of burgesses
virginia’s self governing thing, established in 1619
what are the navigation acts?
england made the colonies trade with them and also imposed taxes on them
metacom war/king philips war?
in the 1670s, metacom, also philip, tried to force out the british from the land, along with other native groups, british allied with a native group and killed metacom
enlightenment?
new european way of thinking that emphasized rational thought over tradition. heavily influenced founding fathers. includes kant, voltaire, and locke
natural rights
introduced by the enlightenment, the idea that people have inherent rights given by a creator, not a government
the social contract
the idea that the people gave power to the government in exchange for protection of their natural rights
the great awakening
MASSIVE religious revival in the 1730s and 40s, primarily led by edwards and whitfield who preached in places, may be the first instance of an american identity
impressment
colonial men serve british
