Colonial Life
What did women do in the colonies?
Take care of the home, have babies, and had very little rights.
Actual vs Virtual Representation in the Colonies
Virtual representation was the British theory that Parliament represented all subjects of the empire, including colonists, regardless of direct election or geographical origin. In contrast, actual representation was the colonists' belief that they should be represented only by elected members from their own distinct geographical districts or colonial assemblies.
What was the first form of "slavery" in the colonies?
The rebellion consisted of indentured servants, farmers, and slaves. They were upset about Native American protection. Ended with a change in slavery.
Bacons Rebellion
Who created the Declaration of Independence? What were the unalienable rights?
Thomas Jefferson. Life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.
What did many early colonists value?
Religion
"No Taxation without Representation"
A pivotal slogan during the American Revolution, summarizing the belief that the American colonists should not be taxed by the British Parliament without having direct representatives to voice their interests in that body.
What was the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Trafficking of Africans from the 16th to the 19th centuries, who were transported across the Atlantic to be enslaved and work for European colonists in the Americas.
The largest slave uprising in the British North American colonies before the American Revolution. Approximately 20 rebels began by raiding a store for arms, then marched south, killing white settlers, and gathering followers.
Stono's Rebellion
Who wrote the infamous letter, "Remember the ladies"?
Abaigail Adams
Were both the birth and death rates high in the colonies?
Yes!
What was the Stamp Act?
a 1765 British tax on the American colonies requiring that many printed materials—including legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards—be produced on stamped paper, which cost money. The 1st DIRECT tax on the colonists.
Society with slaves vs a slave society?
The 16th century is a society with slaves & 18th century is a slave society.
An Indigenous uprising in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region, led by Odawa war chief Pontiac, against British control after the French and Indian War.
Pontiac's Rebellion
Who led/created the Continental Army?
George Washington
What were some movements happening in the colonies?
The Salem Witch Trials, the Enlightenment, and the Great Awkening.
What was the Common Sense pamphlet?
Inspired the American Revolution by making a persuasive case for independence, shifting public opinion from seeking reform to demanding complete separation from Britain.
Who were classified as potential slaves in early colonial America?
Native Americans, indentured servants, poor whites, and Africans.
British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists, killing five people. The incident was caused by rising tensions due to heavy British taxation, particularly the Townshend Acts, and the subsequent stationing of British troops in Boston to enforce these unpopular policies
Boston Massacre
Which general during the American Revolution switched sides?
Benedict Arnold
How were colonists split for the American Revolution?
Loyalists, Neutrals, and Patriots.
What was the "Liberty to Slaves" movement?
The various ways enslaved people sought and gained freedom were by fleeing from their enslavers to join the British. Caused the southern states to join the American Revolution.
What rebellion caused the switch to racially based slavery?
Bacons Rebellion
A political protest by American colonists, in which they destroyed a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor to protest British taxation policies without colonial representation
Boston Tea Party
Who pushed for the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther