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Unit 2 PPTS Flashcards

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1
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17th century population growth led to..

A

colonies growing distinct from europe

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2
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What caused the colonial population growth?

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immigration & high birthrate

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3
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What caused the high birthrate?

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fertile land and abundant food supply

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4
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European immigrants

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escaping religious prosecution & war, economic opportunity, and land

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5
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Where did the majority of european immigrants settle?

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Middle colonies, western frontier of VA, Carolinas

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6
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English numbers decreased because of…

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stability in England

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7
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Africans

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largest group of non-english

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8
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Which culture(s) dominated colonial society?

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English

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9
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Hereditary aristocracy?

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No, claasses based on economic status

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10
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How was class based?

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Economic status, thus socially mobile

save for African-Americanss

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11
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Center of life?

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family

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12
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Men

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Landowners, political power, wealth, right to property

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13
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Divorce

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legal but rare

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14
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Women

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Raised and educated children (8 on average) cooking, cleaning, making clothes, few rights

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15
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Where did 90% of colonists live?

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farms

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16
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Legislatures in the colonies?

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bicameral

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17
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Lower house

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elected, voted on taxation

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18
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Governors/Upper house

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depends on colony
- royal; crown
- proprietary; appointed
- CT, RI; elected

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New Englant govt.

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town meetings, public vote

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20
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Southern govt.

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sheriff, country admins

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21
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Voting

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limited democracy

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22
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who could vote?

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land owning white males

religion played apart until the 1690s

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23
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New England-Farming

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rocky soil, long winter; small farms

24
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New England-Industry

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logging, shipbuilding, fishing, trading, rum-distilling

25
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Middle-fARMING

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Rich soil; farms up to 200acres, cereal crops, indentured servants & laborers

26
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Cereal Crops

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wheat, corn, exported.

27
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Middle-Industry

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Small manufacturing, iron-making, Trading: PHil., NY

28
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South-Farming

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varied: small farms w/o slaves, large plantations w/ slaves for tobacco, rice, indigo

29
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S

South-Industry

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Carolinas; timer, naval stores
Goods direct to europe

30
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How did the English control the colonial economy?

A

restricting money

31
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Specie

A

gold & silver coin

32
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colonies limited to what?

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hard currency to trade with europe

33
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attempt to print paper money

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led to inflation

34
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what did parliament veto?

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things that could hurt English merchants

35
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Major cities

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Boston, NY, Phil., Charleston

36
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Roadside taverns

A

social centers for news & political discussions

37
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Pluralism

A

multiple religions

(dominance of protestant religions in the colonies)

38
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“Established” Religions

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supported by taxes; ALL taxes, regardless of faith

39
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Religious Revival

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sparked by Pietism

40
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pietism

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focus on INDIVIDUAL & god

41
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New Lights

A

baptists, methodistsq

42
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old lights

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traditionalists

minsiters yes

43
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great awakening did what to colonists?

A

unified them

44
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Great awakening and authority?

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led to decreased belief in authority; drive expansion of democracy

45
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highest ed.

A

ministers

46
Q

Enlgithengment

A

human reason can solve human [porblems

sorry for spelling ahahahah kill me

47
Q

Squanto, youth

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captured by english, told to slavery in spain, escaped to england & joined the newfoundland company. became interpreter

48
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squanto vilage

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wiped out by disease

49
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alliance

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squanto interpreting led to an alliance with the pilgrems; promise to aid eachother if attacked and not attack eachother

50
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“a special instrument of god”

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decriptor of squanto

51
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first thanksgiving

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celebration of squanto teaching the pilgrims to grow crops

52
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squanto alienation

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“sought his own ends and played his own game”

53
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powhatans and colonists

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ph. gave clns. food until they realized the clns. wanted to stay

54
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confederacy chief attakced

A

colonial settlements-led to war for 14yrs–act of resistance

55
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AP USH (10 decks)

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