Unit 2 PPTS Flashcards

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17th century population growth led to..

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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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19
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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

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Middle-fARMING
Rich soil; farms up to 200acres, cereal crops, indentured servants & laborers
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Cereal Crops
wheat, corn, exported.
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Middle-Industry
Small manufacturing, iron-making, Trading: PHil., NY
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South-Farming
varied: small farms w/o slaves, large plantations w/ slaves for tobacco, rice, indigo
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# S South-Industry
Carolinas; timer, naval stores Goods direct to europe
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How did the English control the colonial economy?
restricting money
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Specie
gold & silver coin
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colonies limited to what?
hard currency to trade with europe
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attempt to print paper money
led to inflation
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what did parliament veto?
things that could hurt English merchants
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Major cities
Boston, NY, Phil., Charleston
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Roadside taverns
social centers for news & political discussions
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Pluralism
multiple religions | (dominance of protestant religions in the colonies)
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"Established" Religions
supported by taxes; ALL taxes, regardless of faith
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Religious Revival
sparked by Pietism
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pietism
focus on INDIVIDUAL & god
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New Lights
baptists, methodistsq
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old lights
traditionalists | minsiters yes
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great awakening did what to colonists?
unified them
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Great awakening and authority?
led to decreased belief in authority; drive expansion of democracy
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highest ed.
ministers
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Enlgithengment
human reason can solve human [porblems ## Footnote sorry for spelling ahahahah kill me
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Squanto, youth
captured by english, told to slavery in spain, escaped to england & joined the newfoundland company. became interpreter
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squanto vilage
wiped out by disease
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alliance
squanto interpreting led to an alliance with the pilgrems; promise to aid eachother if attacked and not attack eachother
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"a special instrument of god"
decriptor of squanto
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first thanksgiving
celebration of squanto teaching the pilgrims to grow crops
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squanto alienation
"sought his own ends and played his own game"
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powhatans and colonists
ph. gave clns. food until they realized the clns. wanted to stay
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confederacy chief attakced
colonial settlements-led to war for 14yrs--act of resistance
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