APUSH Periods 1-5 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Specialized Colonies
region-specific characteristics
Natives/Slave Relations (effects)
increased contact, direct impact on economic characteristics, severe effect on culture
Intermarriage
marrying between cultures
Voodoo Religion
religion mixed with Christianity
New England Colonies/Bread-Basket Colonies
North - grew crops, close-knit
Chesapeake Region/Southern Colonies
South - grew tobacco, large farms
Columbian Exchange
the transfer of animals, plants, and slaves across the Atlantic region
Puritans
believed in Calvinist predestination - wanted to purify the Anglican church
Indentured Servants
Spain’s Florida Territory
where slaves tried to escape to during Stono Rebellion
Encomienda System
another forms of slavery - used on Native American laboreres
Headright Sysetm
a landowner gets land for every “head” he pays to travel to the New World; pays for someon else’s trip to America, and you get the land
Indentured Servitude
done with the citizens of Great Britain, especially those who couldn’t pay to travel to the New World
Chattel Slavery
a child born from an enslaved mother is enslaved by the same matter once he/she is born
Kinship Ties
a family connection between slaves - a result to families being separated during auctions
Mercantilism
economic concept in which a mother country creates colonies with the purpose of obtaining raw materials from such colonies for the mother country’s benefit
Salutary Neglect
a period of relative colonial autonomy - not much control from Great Britain over colonial affairs
Navigation Acts
passed by Parliament to regulate colonial trade, restricting colonial exports only to Great Britain
Issues with the Navigation Acts
- largely ignored by colonists
- not strongly enforced by Britain
- an example of change/continuity
