Charles II and the Restoration
What term describes colonies granted by the king to individuals or families who had full governing rights?
Proprietary colonies.
What series of laws regulated colonial trade to keep benefits for England?
The Navigation Acts.
Which King and Queen came to the throne after the Glorious Revolution?
William and Mary.
What company held a monopoly on the slave trade until 1689?
The Royal African Company.
Which religious revival emphasized emotional, experiential faith in the 1730s–1740s?
The First Great Awakening.
Which colony did William Penn found as a "Holy Experiment" for the Society of Friends?
Pennsylvania
What policy of lax enforcement allowed colonial merchants to expand trade and smuggle goods?
Salutary neglect.
What 1689 document limited the power of the monarch and protected certain rights of subjects?
The 1689 Bill of Rights.
Who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion in South Carolina?
Jemmy (a literate Angolan).
Who is an example of an Enlightenment figure from the colonies known for experiments with electricity
Benjamin Franklin
Name two major cash crops grown in southern Carolina that helped form its plantation economy.
Rice and indigo (also acceptable: livestock; tobacco if referencing northern Carolina distinctions)
Which 1663 law required that colonial imports come from England (name of the act or type)?
Staple Act (1663) or the set of Navigation Acts requiring goods to come from England.
Name one constitutional effect of the Glorious Revolution on the balance of power in England.
It established that Parliament held ultimate legislative authority and limited royal power (constitutional monarchy).
What law passed after the Stono Rebellion restricted enslaved people's rights to assemble, learn to read, or travel?
The Negro Act of 1740.
Give one major difference between the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening in terms of core philosophy.
Great Awakening emphasized emotion and personal faith; Enlightenment emphasized reason, science, and skepticism of tradition.
What event in 1660 marked the end of the English interregnum and the return of the monarchy?
he Restoration (restoration of Charles II).
What legal instrument empowered customs officials to search colonial property for smuggled goods?
Writs of assistance (general search warrants).
Which philosopher’s contract theory argued government exists to protect "life, liberty, and property"?
John Locke
What were the New York Conspiracy Trials (1741) — give one consequence of the trials.
Hysteria over a supposed plot leading to executions and people sold into slavery; e.g., 17 executions and many deportations/sales.
What printed works or culture helped transmit British manners and ideas to colonial elites (
The Spectator or Cato's Letters
Explain one way Barbadian planters influenced the social and labor systems of South Carolina.
Barbadian planters brought a harsh slave-based plantation model and Caribbean labor practices that shaped South Carolina’s economy and social hierarchy.
Define "enumerated articles" and give examples
Enumerated articles were goods legally required to be shipped to England; examples: sugar, tobacco, indigo, rice, molasses, naval stores.
Describe one way the Dominion of New England angered colonists under Sir Edmund Andros.
Andros revoked local charters, questioned land titles, and tried to impose the Church of England in Puritan areas, alienating colonists.
Explain how slavery contributed to a shared racial identity among white colonists
Slavery created a racial hierarchy that united white colonists by defining whiteness against enslaved Africans, reinforcing social and legal systems that protected white privileges.
Explain how Enlightenment ideas influenced colonial institutions or projects
Enlightenment ideas led to institutions like the Library Company of Philadelphia and promoted scientific inquiry and philanthropic projects (e.g., Pennsylvania Hospital).