Slavery
Why did white settlers turn to slavery in colonial America?
Labor
The country that ended up supporting America in the war.
France
The book Chains takes place during what time period?
Revolutionary War
The right to practice whatever religion one chooses
Freedom of Religion
According to Zinn, American slavery was the cruelest in history because it was driven by
profit and racial hatred
After the Seven Years War, the British fought back against the Native Americans by_____________
Giving them smallpox blankets
The two main themes we will study while reading Chains are
Revolution and Injustice
A reason frequently given for why we study history
So we don't repeat it
Discrimination or prejudice against someone based on their race or ethnicity
Racism
Farmers rebelled after the war because _______.
They weren't paid
Becomes the owner of Isabel and Ruth after Miss Finch dies
Mr Robert
A type of government/economic system where the government owns factories, controls production, and wealth is supposed to be shared
Communism
Work slowdown, rebellion, destroying property
Black slaves fought in the Revolution for
both sides
Lawyer who wrote the will freeing Isabel and Ruth
Mr. Cornell
A system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected officials
What is Democracy
The practice or institution of holding people as chattel involuntarily and under threat of violence is called
Slavery
The basic principles and laws of America that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it
Constitution
This sentence refers to "and Poppa, he didn’t want them to bust up our family like we were sheep or hogs.“
Slave Auction
An economic system where private individuals control the means of production and prices are set by supply and demand
Capitalism