The Age of Salutary Neglect (1650-1750) Flashcards
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The French and Indian War was also known as _________.
the Seven Years’ War
British treatment of the colonies during the French and Indian War was known as _______.
“Salutary neglect” (or “benign neglect”)
The treatment was called “salutary neglect” because:
although England regulated trade and government in the colonies, it interfered in colonial affairs as little as possible.
The belief that economic power was rooted in a favorable balance of trade (exporting more than you import) and the control of hard currency was known as ________.
Mercantilism
The American colonies were seen as ______ for British and West Indian goods.
Markets
The Navigation Acts were instituted between ____ and ____.
1651; 1673
The Navigation Acts required the colonists to buy goods only from _______, to sell certain of their products to _______, and to import any non-English goods via _______ ports and pay a duty on those imports.
England; England; English
The Navigation Acts sought to establish ______________ over colonial commerce.
English control
Bacon’s Rebellion took place on Virginia’s western frontier in 1676; it was led by _______________ and attacked two _______ tribes.
Nathaniel Bacon; Indian
Bacon’s Rebellion is often considered the first ________ uprising.
Populist
Bacon’s Rebellion led to the development of ___________.
Black codes
The Stono Uprising was the first ______ rebellion.
Slave
The Salem Witch Trials occurred in ____.
1692
The Glorious Revolution in England overthrew ________ and replaced him with William and Mary.
James II
The Great Awakening was a wave of _________ revival.
religious
The Great Awakening occurred between the periods of ____ and ____.
1730s; 1740s
The self-made and self-educated man of the time was ____________.
Ben Franklin
During the eighteenth century, immigrants came to the colonies from ___, ___ and ___.
Scotland, Scot-Irish people, and Germany
The vast majority of colonists – over 90 percent – lived in _____ areas.
rural
Colleges established during the time were mainly to train _____.
Ministers
Conditions in the _____ were often much worse than in the _____.
cities; country
The lives of the colonists in the various regions differed considerably. New England society centered on ____.
trade
The lives of the colonists in the various regions differed considerably. The middle colonies (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey) focused mainly on _____.
farming
