Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
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What is mercantilism?

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a country’s ultimate goal is self-sufficiency and that all countries were in competitions to acquire the most gold and silver

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2
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What did the theory of mercantilism spark?

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the English wanted to establish colonies

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3
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What were the Navigational Acts?

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  1. no trade unless English or colonial
  2. crews had to 3/4 English or/and colonial
  3. colonies could export certain goods only to England
  4. almost all goods had to go through England before the colonies
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4
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How was Navigational Act beneficial to the English?

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created more jobs

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5
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Why did the colonist dislike the Navigational acts?

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it cut out their profits

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6
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What did the colonist do about the Act?

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started smuggling goods

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7
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How did England get the Puritans to obey?

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revoked the Puritan charter and make MA a royal colony

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8
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When did James II come to power?

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1665

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9
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What did James II do to the land from Main to New Jersey?

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became one big colony called the Dominion of New England

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10
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Who did James II appoint the leader of Dominion of New England?

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Sir Edmund Andros

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11
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What did Edmund Andros do to make the Puritans mad?

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enforced Navigational acts, punished smugglers, and restricted assembles

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12
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When did the British decide that they could not have a Catholic dynasty?

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1688

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13
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How did England strengthen/enforce the Navigational Act?

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trying smugglers by judges and creating a board of Trade to monitor colonial trade

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14
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What is a cash crop?

A

a crop grown primarily for sale rather than for the farmer’s own good

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15
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Name the five major cash crops

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cotton, rice, tobacco, indigo, and sugar

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16
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Describe the life in southern society

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a prosperous and diverse people; poor small farmers formed the majority of the southern populations; planters: owners of large, profitable plantations, controlled mush of the economy; controlled the South’s political and social instruction

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17
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Describe plantations

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built near rivers, could ship goods directly north and to England

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18
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What was Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina’s cash crop?

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tobacco

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19
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What were South Carolina and Georgia’s cash crop?

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cotton, indigo and rice

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20
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Colonials’ Military Organization

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colonial militias served under own captains

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21
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British’s Military Discipline

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drills and tough discipline

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22
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British Method of Fighting

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march in formation or bayonet charge

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23
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British Military Organization

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British officers wanted to take charge of colonist

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24
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Effects of the F & I War on Britain

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  1. it increased her colonial empire in the Americas
  2. it greatly enlarged England’s debt
  3. Britain’s concept of colonist created bitter feelings
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25
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Effects of F & I War on the North American Colonist

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  1. united them against a common enemy for the first time
  2. it created a socializing experience for all the colonial who participated
  3. it created bitter feeling toward the British that would only intensify
26
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Colonist’s Method of Fighting

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Indian-styled guerrilla tactics

27
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Albany Congress

A

failed Iroquois broke off relations with Britain and threatened to trade with the French

28
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Describe Indentrued Servants

A
  • mainly white men that traded life of prison or poverty for limited servitude
  • 5-7 yrs fo harsh labor
  • no money or place to go
  • they either moved west and started a farm; or asked former employer for work
29
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What are the four points of the European Slave Trade?

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  1. rum, other goods/merchandise from New England to Africa
  2. mercandise was traded for slaves in Africa
  3. Slaves were traded for sugar and molasses in West Indies
  4. Sugar and molasses was sent to New Englad to be distilled
30
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Who was Ben Franklin?

A

a scientist that used the Enlightenment to explain things

31
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Describe the Evolution of Slavery

A

indentrued servant population fell and colonist turned to African slaves as an attractive alternative

32
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Describe the economics for the slaves

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African slaves worked for life and thus brought a much larger return for the investment

33
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Describe the social aspect of Slaves

A

colonist saw the African’s dark skin as a sign of inferiority since most colonist only saw Africans as slaves

34
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Describe the plantations

A

built near rivers; could ship goods directly north and to England

35
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Describe the Southern life style

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a diverse and prosperous people; poor large, profitable plantaions, controlled much of the economy and politics; population was mainly small farmers

36
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Describe the role of women

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  • 2nd class citizens
  • barely any legal, civil, and economic rights
  • could not vote, preach or own property
  • were responisble for all domestic activities including: cooking, milking cows, slaughtering pigs, and tended the garden, sewing clothing, washed and cleaned clothes
37
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Describe Northen farms

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small, produce a variety of crops and had livestock

38
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What was the Northan economy driven by?

A

trade

39
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Define the Trianglular Trade

A

encompassed a network of trade routes criss-crossing the Northern and Sourthern colonies, W.Indies, England/Europe, and W. Africa. The network carried an array of goods indluding furs, fruits, tar, tobacco, slaves

40
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what is a cash crop?

A

a crop grown primarily for sale rather than for the farmer’s use

41
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3 Northern Industries

A

lumber, fishing, and ship building

42
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3 Northern Rising Cities

A

Boston, New York, Philadelphia

43
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Why would people move up north?

A

job opportunities

44
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Which Northern city became a world leader and why?

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Philadelphia b/c it was extremely modern (police, parks, street lights)

45
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Name 7 groups within the North

A

German, Irish, Mennonites, Quakers, Dutch, Scandinavians and Jews

46
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What are the results of the Great Awakening?

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  • people become more interested in church
  • caused people to examine exactly what the church was saying (led to denominations)
  • increased the importance of ed. (church started colleges)
47
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Describe the Enlightenment

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  • scientist started to look beyond religion to answer worldly questions
  • reason used
  • spread fast in North b/c they could read
48
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What did the colonist use the Enlightenment for?

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to question the authority of the British

49
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What kept women in the North inferior to men?

A

religion and law

50
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Who was John Edwards?

A

clergyman who decided that the people of New England needed to be more active in the Puritan Church

51
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Colonial Finances

A

resistance to rising taxes

52
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Colonial demeanor

A

casual, non-professionals

53
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Colonial military discipline

A

no military deference or protocols observed

54
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What was William Pitt’s compromise?

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colonial loyalty and military cooperation –> Britain would reimburse colonial assemblies for their cost
- Lord Loudoun would be removed

55
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What were the results of William Pitt’s compromise?

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colonial morale increased by 1758

56
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What impact did the Treaty of Paris have on Paris?

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lost her Canadian possessions, most of her empire in India, and claims ot land east of the Mississippi River

57
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What impact did the Treaty of Paris have on Spain?

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got all French lands west of the Mississippi River, New Orleans, but lost Florida to England

58
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What impact did the Treaty of Paris have on England?

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got all French lands in Canada, exclusive rights to Caribbean slave trade, and commercial dominance in India

59
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Name the 4 acts in George Grenville’s Program and their dates

A
  1. Sugar Act - 1764
  2. Currency Act - 1764
  3. Quartering Act - 1765
  4. Stamp Act - 1765
60
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3 effects of the war on the American Colonials

A
  1. it united them against a common enemy for the first time
  2. it created a socializing experience for all the colonials who participated
  3. it created bitter feelings towards the British that would only intensify
61
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What were the effects of the war on Britain?

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  1. it increased her colonial empire in the Americas
  2. it greatly enlarged England’s debt
  3. Britain’s contempt for the colonials created bitter feelings
    - therefore, England felt that a major reorganization of her American Empire was necessary!