Unit 2 test #3&4 #gonnacry Flashcards

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French and Indian War

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Developed due to overlapping land claims between the french & British
- it was french & Indian allies vs Britain
- One of the main regions was the Ohio valley region, a region that was geographically valued because of its rich resources and abundance in fur and accessible trade routes. (OHIO RIVER)

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The 7 year war/Great War of Empire

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A war that was arose due to global conflicts. At first, it was the french and Indian war, a war that fought over land in a local region. Eventually this led to a global scale conflict between both countries and their respected allied as the war shifted from land to imperial dominance. Eventually British would emerge as the victor, changing the dynamics of imperial power and expanding British influence.

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Effects of the trans-atlantic slave trade (economical)

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Provided labor forces that were needed for the laborious tasks like cultivating sugar and rice and tobacco
These crops would be shipped back to Europe as the colony became heavily reliant on exports.
Triangular trading

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Effects of the trans-atlantic slave trade (economical)

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Racial Segreation/Hierarchy
white men were given freedom, power and social status.
Black men were enslaved, and on the bottom
Racial ideologies that promoted the idea of African men being inferior.
Stratified societies; however different from the Spanish where theirs was based on wealth and land ownership

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Effects of the trans-atlantic slave trade (politcally)

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Many laws were passed to limit slave rights.:
Plantation farmers had more poltical power

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Penn’s Holy Experiment

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an attempt by William penn to set up a colony in Pennsylvania where religious freedom and political equality could be practiced.

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Cooperate Colonies

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Colonies that developed due to joint stock companies and or due to charters given by the British crown.
Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

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Virginian Colonies & Chesapeak

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  • First English settlement (Jamestown)
  • Maryland
  • Heavily produced tobacco
  • House of Burgess
  • Around chesapeak
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Southern Colonies

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  • South Caroline, Gerogia
  • Had long growing seasons which led to a plantation economy.
  • Obvi dependent on indentured slaves
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Colonies of Pennslyvania

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  • Founded by William Penn, a proprietor
  • Created a haven for quakers
  • Were pacifist, had good relationships with natives
  • Ensured religious freedom.
  • Had some sense of gender equality
  • Women were actively participating in meetings.
  • Both boys and girls were educated
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Quakers Movement

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  • Wanted to restore Christianity to its earliest Value
  • They rejected the predestination
  • Believed in an inner light
    everyone could experience direct communication with God.
  • Fleed from England to Pennsylvania bc they were persecuted
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Natural Rights

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A beliefs that resulted from the enlightement movement.
- born into everyone,
- rights are equal & universal, everyone has these rights,
- Consent to government
- Life libery property

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Navigation laws

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Laws that regulated colonial trade aiming to ensure England would reap all the benefits.

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Salutary Neglect

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An unofficial British policy that showed lenience towards the colonies basically allowing them to bypass navigational laws as long as Britain was still making profit and the colonists were loyal to the crown

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Enlightenment & Impacts

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Movement that believed reason and knowledge could lead to progress and advance society
- originated in Europea
- Challenged traditional authority, especially monarchies
- Scientific Advancements, as it fostered a new way
- Politcal Philisophy, led the way for human right movements (LLP)
- Securlism - Seperation of Church and State
- led to the revolutionary war as the ideas of enlightenment were about individualism and self governance.

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First Awakening

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A religious revival movement that emerged in response to the strict religious practices. (puritan revial)
- New messages were taught such as salvation was for everyone.
- emphasized core christian principles
- New lights thought that church was to strict and focused too much on doctrines and pratices instead of devotion.
- Emphasized personal piety
- Offered a more inclusive puritan faith.

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John Locke

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An enlightenment philospher who had profound influence influence, on the enlightenment movement, by
Created the Natural rights
Life, liberty, property
Consent of government,
THe government rule with the people’s permission

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Revenue Acts

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A law that imposed taxes on plantations following the navigation laws, set in place to help pay for the enforcement of the navigation act

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Lord of trade/Board of trade

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A government agency that oversaw the economic and administrative affairs of the American colonies, mostly concerned with merchants and trading, exports

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Dominion of New England & Impacts

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A movement that formed a mega colony, merging many colonial states together. The monarch wanted absolute control over the colonies. Also this allowed him to collect taxes easier.

This led to an increase sense in independence from the colonists bc of salutary Neglect and because they resented the new ruler Andros.

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Glorious Revolution & Impacts

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stemmed from political and religious conflicts.
The overthrow of king James
Orange and Mary were join monarchs
Signed the bill of rights
Allowed the parliament to rule the kingdom
Shift from absolute monarchy to the people.
Gave the colonists more autonomy

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Tribalization

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The adaptation of native groups to the presence European colonization, warfare, and shifting dynamics

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Covenant Chain

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The series of treaties and alliance between iroquois and english.

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middle passage

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the middle passage from Africa to the colonies
- Forced into overcroweded ships
- Had little to eat
- Dysentary

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Legacy of Bacon's rebellion
Indentured servants wanted rights Indentured servants were europeans The colonies didn’t want another uprising so they switched to african slaves Planter elites tried to create an alliance with the lower class people Allowed them to vote Lowered their taxes
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Stono Rebellion
It was one of the most significant slave rebellions in history. Slaves gathered at the stono river and tried to make it over to Florida before being gunned down by military,
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Acts
Woolen Act Iron Act Currency Act
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Women in Puritan Societies
Women were seen as subordinates to men Bearing children were their type priority Coverture: Legislature that forced women to lose their individualism, placing them as property to their husbands
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Dower right
a women's right to own 1/3 land of her husband after his death, cannot sell
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Life in Freehold societies
Securing competency in these societies was the most crucial task to a family as this guarantees land for future legacies. - Sons and daughters would acquire land shares in their early twenties. This would pay off their past labor and allow parents to choose whom they marry - Old aged parents often relied on their kids to support them - Because sons would inherent land, their parents chose who they would marry
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The walking Purchase
a response to the the decrease of available land as migrants continued to move to new england. The walking purchase was a fraudulent claim to millions of acres of Indian land. This was accomplished by fabricating a document that allowed for a as much land as they could walk. Penn hired the fastest men and they ran and claimed over a million acres of land.
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The effects of the printing revolution
a movement that took place during the significant expansion of printing technology. This movement played a crucial role in shaping public opinion, spreading Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas, and fostering a sense of unity among the colonies. - Spread knowledge and ideas - Fueled enlightenment as works by enlightenment activists such as john Locke could easily be printed and spread out - literacy rates increased due to more people having access to books -
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Licensing Act Lapse
The moment in colonial history where the licensing of the press act of 1662 expired
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Treaty of Paris
The outcome of the french and Indian war that
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Albany Plan of Union
A proposal made during a meeting known as the Albany Congress, in Albany New York by Benjamin franklin. - The first attempt to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies. - Proposed to establish a central government for the colonies with representatives chosen from each colony. The government would have a grand council composed of the representatives and led by a president general appointed by the british crown. - This plan was proposed as way to provide a common defense against threats from french forces.
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Household mode of production
Where families produced most of what they needed at home through farms and exchanged with locals for other amenities.
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Freeholder Ideal
Owning land without debts. Having full legal right over lands.
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Manorial System
It was modeled after the European feudal system, where large estates (manors) were controlled by wealthy landlords who exercised significant power over the land and its inhabitants.