HannahL Flashcards

(31 cards)

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What is an apprentice?

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someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time.

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What else did he do?

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business man, community leader, scientist, inventor, and diplomat

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What was the gentry class?

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upper class; wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, royal officials, successful lawyers, goldsmiths

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How were free African Americans different from enslaved African Americans?

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Free were allowed to own property even in the Southern colonies

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What was the middle passage?

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Atlantic voyage to bring slaves to the Americas from Africa

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What was the triangular trade?

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Three way trade between the colonies, Europe, and Africa

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What is racism?

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A belief that one race is superior or inferior to another.

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What were slave codes?

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Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves.

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Who was Benjamin Franklin?

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A colonial writer

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What was his most popular work? What did it include?

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Poor Richard’s Almanack

pithy sayings

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Magna Carta

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The first document to place restrictions on an English ruler’s power

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Parliament

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A great council to advise the king. A 2 house legislature; House of lords and House of Commons

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bill of rights

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written list of freedoms

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English bill of rights

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” “ signed by King William and Queen Mary

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John Peter Zenger Trial

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Thought he could write about the governer and not get in trouble. He was found not guilty for being libel.

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Libel

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writing something false that is written about a person (must be false!)

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Glorius Revolution

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overthrow of king james II by a union of English parliamentarions

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Navigation Acts (purpose)

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It helped create jobs for English workers

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Legislature

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A group of people who have the power to make laws.

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The great awakening

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First national movements in the colonies. In reinforced democratic ideas.

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The enlightenment

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new intellectual movement; looked for natural laws that governed politics, society, and economics

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Divine right

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God–>ruler–>people

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Natural rights

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God–>people–>ruler

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John Locke

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Said people were born with natural rights (ie; property, life, and liberty

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Baron de Montesquieu
Favored separation of the powers, French, protected rights of people, and created executive, legislative, judicial
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Separation of the powers
division of the power of government into separate branches
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Executive branch
carries out the laws
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Legislative branch
Passes laws
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Importance of land ownership
determined social class, voting rights, and political influences
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What goods were transported in triangular trade
Americas-->Europe: Furs, timber, and ore Europe-->Africa: weapons Africa-->Americas: slaves
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Salutary neglect
Colonists didn't have to follow English laws, so colonists could be on their own, and the British government became stricter