Chapter 3 1660-1713 Flashcards
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What is a proprietorship
Royal grant of land given to an individual by the English crown could be ruled any way within English laws
What happened in the carolinas
Established a strict racial hierarchy and grew rice
Who was William penn and pennsylvania
Quaker, pacifist, paid native Americans for their land and wanted to tolerate many religious groups, did not favor predestination women quarters had more rights than other women colonists
What were the navigation acts
Laws passed by England that required all goods to be carried on English or colonial shios and colonists could not trade with other countries which led to smuggling if goods
What was the dominion of england
Massachusetts with England and later NJ and NY assemblies were eliminated and a new governed was appointed the glorious revolution caused the dominions end
What was the glorious revolution
King James II is overthrown and installed as joint rulers.
What was the declaration of rights
Established a constitutional monarchy that limited the power of the monarchy
What was leislers rebellion
Rebelled against dominion of new England and was eventually hanged and decapitated demonstrated lower and wealthy classes
What was tribalizatiok
Native Americans were forced to demands of europeans
What did the Iroquois indians do
Used the French and English against each other while they remained neutral
What was the south Atlantic system
Trade between Caribbean Brazil and Africa
What happened in England and the West Indies
Barbados became a major sugar producer using slave labor sugar was the most profitable
What was the impact on britain
England gained tremendous. Wealth through the south Atlantic system and navigation acts
How many slaves were men
2/3 which resulted in polygamy
How did slaves come to america
The middle passage
What caused the increase in slaves after 1676?
Bacon’s rebellion
How were slaves defined
By race slave owners could not be charged with a crime if they killed their slaves
Where were diseases most frequent
The west indies
What plantations did south Carolina raise
Mostly rice
What did plantation owners do so the slaves would not recolt
Bought slaves from different areas of Africa who did not speak the same language
How did slave resistance occur
Working slowly faking illness breaking tools and running away
What was the stono rebellion
Many slaves revolted and killed whites to try to flee to Spanish Florida which caused slave laws to become more strict
What was the rise of the southern gentry
Wealthy plantation owners had tremendous power and hope to prevent another bbacojs rebellion by lowering taxes and encouraging small farmers to own slaves some small farmers were given the right to vote
What emerged in new England
Shipbuilding and fishing
