Chapter 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
(19 cards)
Paxton Boys
An armed march led by the Scots-Irish protesting the Quaker’s leniency towards the Indians.
Regulator Movement
A small but nasty protest against the eastern domination of the colony’s affairs.
Triangular Trade
Trade from the Old World, to to Africa, to the New World, and back.
Molasses Act
Parliament’s attempt at stopping the North American trade with the French West Indies.
Great Awakening
The spontaneous religious movement that was responsible for revitalizing American religion.
Old Lights
Older clergymen who were skeptical about the Great Awakening due to the emotionalism and theatrical antics it encouraged.
New Lights
People that defended the Awakening for its role in revitalizing American religion.
Poor Richard’s Almanack
Benjamin Franklin’s most well known publication, containing witty advice for old and young alike.
Zinger Trial
A case against John Peter Zenger for publishing a paper exposing the corrupt royal governor. He was claimed innocent and the trial became a big achievement for freedom of the press.
Royal Colonies
The colonies that had their council appointed by the crown.
Proprietary Colonies
Colonies in which proprietors chose the council.
John Trumbull
A painter from Connecticut who travelled abroad to pursue his ambitions.
John Peter Zenger
Was charged for reporting against the corrupt royal governor. Was claimed innocent and his trial became a big achievement for freedom of the press.
Phillis Wheatley
African American female poet and ex-slave that wrote literature that compared favorably to the best of the poetry during the colonial period.
John Singleton Copley
A successful painter that had to travel to England to complete his training
George Whitefield
Puritan Minister who used raw emotion to preach to all and revitalize religion as a whole
Jacob Arminius
Dutch theologian who preached that the choices made in one’s life leads to their fate and that everybody could be saved
Jonathan Edwards
Painted a vivid image of hell in order to scare people to act good to go to heaven
Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur
New York French American writer who wrote “Letters from an American Farmer”
