Ch 4 Flashcards
(17 cards)
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John Peter Zegner
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- German American printer and journalist in New York City
- published NYWJ–> opposing gov William Cosy
- libel case against him
- defense attorney, Andrew Hamilton, argued that the jury itself was competent to decide the truth of Zenger’s printed statements
- aquitted
- victory for freedom of speech
2
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Glorious Revolution
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- 1688
- brought about a demand for more rights in both England and its colonies with the constitutional monarchy of William and Mary.
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John Locke
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-Locke argued that people would support or reject governments if these governments protected their rights.
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Middle Passage
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-voyage slaves traveled from Africa to colonies
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Stono Rebellion
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- slaves in South Carolina rose up in 1739 to try to reach Spanish Florida
- ppl become scared
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Salem Witch Trials
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- 1692
- caused by fear of Indian attacks, jealousy of the poor towards the prosperous, and the role of women in New England society
- 20 were executed in 1692/executions were halted by colonial leaders in Massachusetts.
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4 biggest cities
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- Botson, Philadelphia, NY, Charleston
- Tremendous growth due to their roles as important centers of trade and culture for the colonies, especially lucrative was the trade between England and the British West Indies
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mercantilism
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-the colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country; a favorable balance of trade.
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Navigation Acts
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- raw materials from colonies would only go to England
- only on colonial/British ships
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Triangular Trade
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- system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies
- resulted in legal and illegal loopholes in the system.
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First Great Awakening
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- a series of religious revivals led by Jonathan Edwards who “convinced many to convert to a new relationship with God, and George Whitefield who was an itinerant preacher spreading the word of God throughout the colonies
- RESULT: the creation of religious institutions such as Yale, Dartmouth, and Princeton
12
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King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War
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- With Native Americans such as the Iroquois’ involvement
- Native Americans in the Carolinas resisted white settlement with the British allying themselves with the Cherokee through trading of British goods.
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War of Jenkin’s Ear
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-1739 England “dominated SpainA” in the Atlantic and the Caribbean
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King George’s War
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- (1744–48), American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession, third and inconclusive struggle between France and Great Britain for mastery of the North American continent.
- Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), mutually restoring conquered territory but failing to solve important colonial questions.
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French and Indian War
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- France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies,
- series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756
- Spain joined France against England
- Treaty of Paris
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Treaty of Paris
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- ended French and Indian War
- French lose lots of land; British gains lots of land
- removing colonies’ European rivals to the north and south and opening the Mississippi Valley to westward expansion
- sense of patriotism/independence
- colonial militias
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Albany Plan of Union
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- 1775
- proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin
