unit 2 test Flashcards
Enlightenment date?
1680
1st great awakening date?
1720–40
french and indian war date?
1754-63
Albany plan of union date?
1754
Pontiac’s rebellion date?
1763
Stamp act congress date?
1765
Revolution date?
1763-1776
The Boston Massacre date?
March 5, 1770
Revolution:
rapid socio-economic and political change that reorders society
Laissez faire:
free market, determines who creates what
Pietism:
rigorous religious observance
Triangle trade:
stems from mercantilism, by european countries
Mercantilism:
the economic system in which empire decides what is produced and where it is produced
Tariffs:
taxes on imported goods
Matrilinear:
through the mother’s line, in iroquois: women
Acadians:
The Acadians are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.
John Locke:
natural rights=freedom of life, liberty and property. BORN GOOD
GOVERNMENT PROTECTS (if government does not protect, you can rebel)
Charles:
Checks and balances
wants 3 branches of government
Hobbes:
BORN BAD
Strong Government necessary to protect and maintain stability
George Whitefield:
God is love
Individuals should seek a relationship with God
Challenging the role of ministers
Whitefield known and loved nationwide (brought world together)
Iroquois:
expanding empire, traditional enemies of huron
Johnathan Edwards:
Angry God
Huron:
allied with french
Religious switch from Britain to america:
strong church state alliance-> separation of church and state (freedom of religion, if white)
Economic switch from Britain to america:
mercantilism-> free market (adam smith)
Social switch from Britain to america:
inherited status-> meritocracy