802 Quiz 1 - Changing Frontiers Flashcards
Who was a missionary to the Indians after the Great Awakening?
David Brainerd
What was one of the most important schoolbook for New England Students?
The Bible
Members of the Upper Class were:
Wealthy Land Owners
Two results of the Salem witch trials were:
1) government pardoned those convicted of witchcraft and 2) people admitted to falsely accusing others of witchcraft
Southern Colonies exported what?
indigo, tobacco
Ministers who worked to inspire the Great Awakening did so because they thought what?
They thought the church had lost its religious fervor.
What were several laws that were forced on free blacks that separated them from white colonist?
1) They could not vote 2)They could not hold government office 3) They could not testify in court 4) They paid higher taxes
Who was a prominent evangelist during the Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards
Two important industries in New England (but not in other colonies) were what?
Whaling and Shipbuilding
Members of the Lower Class were:
free poor people, black slaves, and indentured servants
What were two reasons the New England colonies did not much do much farming?
They had rocky soil / They had a short growing season
Who invented the bifocal eyeglasses?
Benjamin Franklin
Southern Colonies imported what?
slaves from Africa
Middle Colonies exported what?
furs, timber, rum, iron, wheat, and corn
Members of the Middle Class were
business owners and small farmers
