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This person was a German American newspaper publisher and printer. His acquittal of libel charges in New York City (1735) established a legal precedent for freedom of the press. The supreme court would later reinvigorate free press rights. New York Times V. Sullivan (1964) strengthen the protection of the press against libel causes brought by public figures.
What is John Peter Zenger?
100
This person was Britain's capable and energetic prime minister. After several humiliating defeats, he led Britain to virtually destroy the French empire in North America by focusing on the French headquarters in Canada.
What is William Pitt?
100
After this rebellion, American colonies turned increasingly away from indentured servants and toward slave labor. The leader of the rebellion objected to the rights granted to Virginia's wealthy inner circle and was angered by Governor Berkeley's inability to protect Virginia from attacks by the Native Americans.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
100
James Oglethorpe (an English philanthropist and soldier) chartered this colony. Also, after wars between the European empires began, this colony served as a buffer between South Carolina and Spanish-held Florida.
What is Georgia?
100
This dictated that certain goods shipped from a New World port were to go only to Britain or to another New World port. Also, this served as the foundation of England's world wide commercial system; came out of the economic philosophy of mercantilism.
What is Navigation Acts?
200
This connects the idea of Deism, where the universe was created by God and then abandon; no supernatural controls would be exerted and all things are explainable by reason. This idea moved from Europe to become the New World's seed of culture, intellectualism and society. Important writers on this idea are Isaac Newton, John Locke and Rene Descartes.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
King Charles II established this as a Royal Colony. The colony remained economically Dependant on Massachusetts, and Britain continued to appoint a single person to rule both colonies until 1741.
What is New Hampshire?
200
These people were seen as lifelong property whose status would be inherited by their children. The importation of these people increased in southern colonies.
What is Black Slaves in the 1600's?
200
This was created as a result of mercantilism. also, this was the reason why trade thrived, because each partner could get the resources they wanted by exchanging resources that they had available.
What is The Triangular Trade (also known as the Atlantic Trade)?
200
Delegates of seven colonies met in New York to discuss this for a collective defense. It was also the most important precedent for the concept of uniting in the face of a common enemy.
What is the Albany Plan?
300
This person was a major English political philosopher of the Enlightenment. This person also theorized Natural Law in the realm of science.
What is John Locke and Natural Law?
300
20 people were executed during this event. This event occurred because several young girls in Salem Village claimed to be tormented by the occult activities of certain neighbors.
What is The Salem Witch Trials?
300
This person founded Pennsylvania as a refuge for his fellow Quakers. His refuge guaranteed a representative assembly and full religious freedom.
What is William Penn?
300
This conflict was based on the struggle between King Charles I (the son of King James I) and the English Parliament. Charles claimed to rule by the divine right; Parliament argued that its membership had rights that were separate from those granted to the King.
What is the English Civil War?
300
King Charles II rewarded loyal noblemen with these lands after the 20 year puritan revolution in England. Also, proprietors planned a hierarchical society for these lands.
What is The Carolinas?
400
This person was a preacher of the Great Awakening who emphasized personal religious experience, predestination and dependence of man upon God and divine grace. His most famous sermons was "sinners in the hands of an Angry God".
What is Johnathan Edwards?
400
This was the decision by Puritan colony churches to allow the grandchildren of those who did not have the personal experience of conversion to participate in select church affairs. It also reflected the decline of the zealous piety among New Englanders.
What is the Half-Way Covenant?
400
These people believed that human religious institutions were largely unnecessary. They thought they could receive revelation directly from God and placed little importance on the bible.
What is Quakers?
400
This was one of a series of wars fought between France and England throughout the world during this time (1748-1763). Also, this battle continued on European and American fronts until Britain gained control of Canada.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
When the corporate colony was established and recognized by England, its charter was founded on the Fundamental Orders. Also, Thomas Hooker led a large group of Puritans to settle here after a religious disagreement with the leadership of Massachusetts.
What is Connecticut?
500
This was a series of religious revivals that occurred throughout the colonies. It also resulted in the creation of many more denominations of Christianity.
What is The First Great Awakening?
500
This is an administrative body created by King James II that oversaw British colonies in the New England region. It was also put into place to implement the Navigation Acts and to assist the colonies in defending themselves against hostile French and Native American forces.
What is Dominion of New England?
500
Last Dutch governor was Peter Stuyvesant. James was adamantly opposed to representative assemblies.
What is New York and New Jersey?
500
From France, Britain took Canada and some of what could become the United States east of the Mississippi River. Also,this ended the Seven Years War.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1763?
500
This boosted the prosperity of New Englanders, who engaged in large-scale shipbuilding. It also drove down the price of tobacco.
What is Effects of the Navigation Acts?