Colonies Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is General Court?
The governing assembly of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
What is Mercantalism?
An economic theory that says that countries became wealthy when the value of their exports exceed the value of their imports
What is a planter?
The term for a large land and slave owner in the South
What is a patroon?
The term for a large landowner in the Middle Colonies
Who is John Peter Zenger?
New York newspaper publisher put on trial
Who is Anne Hutchinson and what did she do?
Colonial women put on trial for disobeying religious teachings
Who is Martin Luther
The leader of the Protestant Reformation
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
New England preacher who helped start the Great Awakening in the colonies
Who is Nathanial Bacon and what did he do?
Virginia colonist who led raids on Native American villages as well as the capital in Jamestown
Who is Metacom/King Phillip
The Chief of the Wampanoags
What is the Act of Toleration?
Maryland law that gave religious freedom to all Christians, both Catholic and Protestant
What are the Blue Laws?
Term for the colonial regulations that forbid business activities on the Sabbath
What are the Navigation Acts?
Series of British laws beginning that forbid business activities on the Sabbath
What is the Glorious Revolution?
Major event in 1688 that resulted in William and Mary becoming the rulers of Great Britain
What is a Piedmont?
The term for the area at the foot of a mountain
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
The man-made line dividing the Middle and Southern Colonies
What is the Fall Line?
The naturally occuring line dividing the two regions of the Southern Colonies
What is Primogeniture?
Traditional system of inheritance that gave all property to the oldest son
What are Ben Franklins Inventions?
Battery, Bifocals, Odometer, Gulfstream, Swim Fins, New Alphabet, Idea of Electrons
What is the Tidewater using Physical/Geography, Economy and Politics?
PG: Warmer,Long growing seasons, flat, fertile soil, rivers, ocean harbors, coast
E: Plantations-Large farms that made cash crops(cotton,tobacco,indigo) w/ slave labor; sold cash crops for manuf goods
P: Dominated by landed elites,Planters; distinct class system
What is the Backcountry using Physical/Geography, Economy and Politics?
PG: Colder, shorter growing seasons, mountains, piedmont, rockysoil
E: Small farms, trade was inconvenient, few slaves, self-sufficient
P: More democratic; egalitarian(equal)
What is the Quaker name and the beliefs and Why king didn’t like these ‘radical’ beliefs?
Society of friends
a. All ppl are equal in the eyes of god
-This was radical because there was a distinct class system in great Britain, which made this scary to the king because if all people were equal ,then he wouldn’t have power.
b. Pacifism(No War)
-This was radical because if they believed in Pacifism then they couldn’t have an army. This would mean that if anyone tried to invade great Britain, they would have no defense
What are the 13 original colonies?
a. Georgia
b. New York
c. Massachusetts
d. Connecticut
e. Rhode Island
f. New Jersey
g. Pennsylvania
h. Maryland
i. New Hampshire
j. Delaware
k. South Carolina
l. North Carolina
m. Virginia
What are 8 colony founders/leaders and of what colonies?
a. Georgia - James Oglethorpe
b. New York - Peter Stuyvesant/Duke of York
c. Massachusetts - John Winthrop
d. Connecticut - Thomas Hooker
e. Rhode Island - Roger Williams
f. New Jersey - Sir George Carteret/Lord Berkley
g. Pennsylvania - William Penn
h. Maryland - Cecil/Lord Baltimore