Terms to Know
Colonial clergy from established churches who supported the religious status quo in the early 18th C
Old Lights
Who established the settlement of Plymouth and what was their government document?
Pilgrims and Mayflower Compact
What is the dominant economic activity in the South?
Plantations
What are natural rights and who created them?
Life, liberty, property and John Locke
Define: In the colonial era, the Atlantic Ocean served as a highway between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, tying together a network of people, raw materials, finished goods, merchants, and sailors that brought wealth to colonial empires
Triangular Trade
A process through which status in the colonies became closely linked to financial success and a refined lifestyle rather than birth and family pedigree during the 17th and 18th C. Spurred by industrialization and increased global trade
Consumer Revolution
What was the original goal of Jamestown? Were the successful in this?
Gold, not successful in finding gold but was successful in creating a permanent settlement
What did the Maryland Toleration Act establish?
Toleration of differing Christian denominations/sects
“He looked almost angelical; a young, slim, slender youth… clothed with authority from the Great God.”
Who is this talking about and what is he known for?
George Whitefield and the Great Awakening
Why was their an increase in enslavement in North America?
Native peoples dying from disease, increase in plantation economies, demand for labor
Colonial clergy who called for religious revivals and emphasized the emotional aspects of spiritual commitment. Leaders in the Great Awakening
New Lights
What is Pope's Rebellion?
In which colony did women have a voice?
Pennsylvania
How did New Lights during the Great Awakening affect the social and political structures of the colonies?
Women were able to speak in pubic and they undermined legally established churches and ministers
Why did African kingdoms contribute to the slave trade?
Arms race, wealth
Companies in which large numbers of investors own stock. They were able to quickly raise large amounts of money and shared risk and reward equally among investors
Joint-Stock Company
Describe Bacon's Rebellion
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon. Bacon and his followers, many of whom were former indentured servants, were upset by the Virginia governor’s unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between settlers and American Indians and by the lack of representation of western settlers in the House of Burgess
What geographic feature did settlements establish themselves near and why?
Water
How did the Print Revolution contribute to the spreading of ideals around government?
Enlightenment ideas - self government, natural rights, social contract, mad at impressment
Guidelines for the number of enslaved people allowed in a ship's cargo.
Large and powerful confederation of Algonquian-speaking American Indians in Virginia. The Jamestown settlers had a complicated and often combative relationship with the leaders
Powhatan Confederacy
What are the names of the two individuals that were a threat to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and why?
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams - threat to church and Puritan government for dissenting beliefs
What are the three examples of self-government called?
Town Meetings, Mayflower Compact, House of Burgess
Say the John Locke chant!
John Locke....
How did Transatlantic Trade influence social standing in the colonies?
Consumer Revolution - a person's worth/ social standing was determined by wealth and goods rather than family name and prestige.