Chapter 3 Flashcards
- “Bleeding”
A medical practice that consisted of puncturing a vein in a sick persons body to get rid of “bad blood”
1.midwives
A person who was trained to help pregnant women during childbirth
- Middle Passage
The boat ride across the Atlantic Ocean that carried slaves from Africa to the New World
- Slave codes
Laws that established the legal status of African Slaves in each US colony
- Huguenots
French Calvinists who were persecuted by French Catholics and came to the colonies
- “Pennsylvania Dutch”
Germans that came to the colonies but were called Dutch because of Americans screwing up their names
- Scots-Irish
People who left their homes in Scotland and Ireland due to being poor and religious reasons
- Indigo
A West Indian plant that helped the southern economy flourish because it could be harvested when the rice was still growing
- Saugus Ironworks
Done in the New England area because the land around New England was tough
- Triangular trade
A 1700s trading system that touched Africa Europe and the New World each continent would receive imports from the other two and in return give exports
- Consumerism
An economic idea that encourages the buying of goods and services
- Stono Rebellion
A slave rebellion in 1739 South Carolina in which about 100 slaves rose up and acquired fire arms and planned to flee to Southern Florida
- Salem Witch Trials
Started by two girls who accused their neighbor of being a witch which started a chain reaction of people being accused of being witches in the end 19 people died and 18 were women who were probably accused because the broke the social norms of the time period 1600s
- The Great Awakening
A sudden outbreak in the colonies that consisted of the idea of converting to a religion and being super religious
- George Whitefield
An Anglican preacher who started a great excitement in the Great Awakening by his different ways of preaching
