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The arrangement of society into a hierarchical pattern.
What is stratification?
100
(1676) Revolt in Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley due to his recent refusal to retaliate for a series of Indian attacks on frontier settlements.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
100
Describe the differences between Separatists and Puritans.
Separatists want to be completely separate from the Church of England Puritans want to purify the Church of England
100
A German immigrant who printed a publication in The New York Weekly Journal that harshly pointed out the political corruption of royal governor William S. Cosby. This immigrant was put on trial and this trial was an important shift towards free press.
What is John Peter Zenger Trial?
100
What is a joint-stock company?
Business where multiple wealthy men pool their resources together.
200
A term that refers to the image of Spaniards accusing them of cruelty and intolerance.
What is "black legend?"
200
An assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America.
What is Virginia House of Burgesses?
200
How was the founding of Maryland and Pennsylvania the same?
Both Maryland and Pennsylvania were founded on the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. (They differed because Maryland was based on freedom for Catholic Englishmen while PA was founded by Quakers for freedom and religious tolerance of all people.)
200
A group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. This ignited a wave of hysteria throughout Massachusetts.
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
200
What are some of the exports of colonial New England during the triangular trade?
fish, whale oil, fur, rum
300
What role did primogeniture have in the migration of individuals to the colonies?
Due to the practice of primogeniture, 2nd sons saw the colonies as an opportunity to seek out fortune that wouldn't be given to them in Europe.
300
What was the political impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The Treaty of Tordesillas not only impacted Spanish cultural diffusion, but also led Spain to become a huge political power due to the wealth they gained from all the land they received.
300
What was the role of religion in the development of New England colonies?
A great majority of settlers in the New England colonies came in search of religious freedom.
300
True or False: The Albany Plan of Union was accepted by King George II and by all of the individual colonial governments that considered its adoption.
False
300
What impact did the English Industrial Revolution have on the American colonies?
Before the Industrial Revolution, a majority of the colonies prospered on an agrarian society. After the Industrial revolution, more people lived in cities and worked in factories than ever before. Cities grew larger and more crowded, which prompted the rise of better transportation, land speculation, real estate boom.
400
What factors or events led to the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery? (Name at least 1)
-Bacon's Rebellion showed unreliability of indentured servants -Indentured Servitude wasn't cost efficient -Slavery became more prominent in the New World -African slaves weren't as prone to catching diseases in the New World
400
What was the significance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
It was the first written constitution. The basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662, formally adopted (Jan. 14, 1639) by representatives from the towns of Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor, meeting at Hartford.
400
What were the results of The First Great Awakening? (name at least 2)
-Created schisms in other denominations which included competitiveness of churches -Brought religion to many who lost touch with it -Undermined the older clergy w/ New Light Preachers -Encouraged new wave of missionary work among indians & slaves
400
What is the significance of Anne Hutchinson?
Significance: She challenged the general ideals of Puritans becoming a symbol of religious dissident. In the fall of 1636, she accused Puritan ministers of making salvation dependent on an individual's good works rather than on divine grace, which was contrary to Puritan teaching.
400
Economic theory and practice that promoted governmental regulation of a nation’s economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. (trade w/ mother country)
What is mercantilism?
500
Describe the differences between English, French, and Spanish interaction with Native Americans.
English: They were very rude often times raiding them for goods and moving them from their homes. French: They were willing to have peaceful trade w/ the Native Americans, gaining fur in exchange for weapons. Spanish: They were willing to synchronize cultures & wanted to convert them to Catholicism.
500
What was the significance of the Dominion of New England?
It brought about the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The Dominion itself had little success; the failure changed many British views on American colonies leading to a period of "salutary neglect."
500
Define and provide the significance of the Half-Way Covenant.
Religious-political solution adopted by 17th-century that eased qualifications for joining church. It provided partial church membership for children & grandchildren of church members. Significance: It reminded New England Puritans of their religious foundations because they were drifting from religion.
500
True or False: Roger Williams claimed that the colony should completely break off from the Church of England and questioned the legality of the colony's charter.
True!
500
True or False (if false explain why): The colony of Roanoke failed due to a failure in the economy.
False, the colony of Roanoke had failed due to the English people's lack of knowledge of farming as well as having to share land with the Native Americans.