Chapter 4
What are three ways slaves resisted?
Breaking tools, feigning illness, staging slow downs, arson, sabotage
What were the justifications for the subjugation of African Americans and Natives?
Negative race commendation, stereotypes, Savior /superiority complex,
What were the causes of the French and Indian war(Seven year’s war)?
Imperial rivalry between Britain and France, antagonism between Prussia(allied to Britain) and Austria(allied to France)
What continents were involved in the triangle trade?
Europe, Africa, The Americas
Where are the modern day locations of these colonies?Spanish, French, and English
Spanish: Mexico, Florida, South western part of South America
French: Inland parts of North America and the Saint Lawrence River
English: Colonies in Canada, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean
What is actual vs virtual representation? And how does that apply to taxation without representation?
Actual signifies being an active member in parliament, virtual is being spoken for by someone else.
Colonists were upset that they were being taxed even while still having only virtual representation and not actual representation
Explain the slave trade process
Kidnapping adults and children, Shipped to the Americas, sold into slavery, auctioned to predominantly plantation owners, separated from families
How were Native Americans treated in each of the colonies(English,French, Spanish)?
English: Did not want to convert them religiously,wanted land
French: Peace and harmony with Natives, intermarriage
Spanish: Harsh treatment, diseased them
Explain the Proclamation line of 1763
A British -produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental divide, it prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French after the French and Indian War
What was Olaudah Equiano known for?
Part of the campaign to abolish slavery/slave trade, The interesting narrative of the life of OE, being a slave that bought his own freedom, revealed a new perspective on slavery
What were the economic sources of British, French, and Spanish colonies?
British:Fish, Trees, Furs, rich natural resources
French:Fish and Furs
Spanish: Gold and silver and rich minerals, native American labor
Who were the Paxton boys? What did they do?
They were frontiersman from along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania who formed a vigilante group, they terrorized local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian war and Pontiac’s War.
How did African Americans develop their culture?
Culturally diverse foods, practicing religion, expressing themselves through music/dance, strong family bonds(uncle/aunt rule), personal guidance
Who was the First Continental Congress comprised of? What was discussed ? What were the 3 written outcomes?
Delegates from the colonies, they convened about the Revolutionary war, Prepared steps to declare Americas independence, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Rights and Grievances