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chapter 3
The Growth of Colonial Society
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09/30/2004

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What were praying towns?
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organized towns in southern New England for Indians to live like English Colonists. (puritan set up)
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What was King Philip's War of 1675-76 about?
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Missionary efforts combined with Indians wanting there land back ignited King Philip's war.
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what was the outcome of King Philip's War?
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King philip's war diminished New England Indian population by 40% and effectivly ended Indian resistance in New England
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Describe the Yamasee Border War of 1712
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Started when the tuscarora and several other tribes attacked and killed 130 english and german traders who cheated and enslaved there indian costomers. The slave traders destroyed Tuscorian fort killing 166 men and enslaving 362.the Tuscaroras and Yanasee and 14 ther tribes began a series of counter attacks.
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three ways in which Indian culture was affected by Europe inventions
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-Easier farming tools
-different view of animals
-different warfare
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three ways Indian culture affected the lives of European settlers.
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-adopted indian techniques
-adopted animal names
-some adopted the whole way of life (white indians)
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What was the literacy rate in the New England Colonies/Southern colonies?
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90% for New England
30-50% for Souther colonies
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Why was there such a discrepancy in literacy rates between the two regions?
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Schools in the New England colonies was required and Southern colonies had no funding. the towns were too far apart.
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Why weren't many black people educated?
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it posed a threat to white people
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Name the first Puritan and the first published black female
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Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatly
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What is Seditious Libel?
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writing against monarchy parliament or kings ministers
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What was the Enlightenment?
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the age of Reason. Americans reading books and essays about new ideas
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What was th Great Awakening? Date?
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a burst of religeous enthusiasm 1730-1750
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who wrote "Sinners in the hands of an angry God"?
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Jonathon Edwards
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What is George Witefield known for?
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enthralling huge outdoor audiences
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Explain how the Great Awakening divided colonial society
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divided into "new light"(teachings of edwards) and some flocked to babtist(new england)
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What was th Great Awakening? Date?
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a burst of religeous enthusiasm 1730-1750
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who wrote "sinners in the hands of an angry god"
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Jonathon Edwards
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what did the "new light" believe in
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teaching of Edwards
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define Colonial Governors:
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kings rep. and were responsible for overseeing the colonial government and enforcing laws.
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council
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advised the governor and assisted in running the colony
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Assembly:
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had the power to make laws raise money through taxes and decided how money is spent
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squatter's rights
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not clear legal title to a land
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fall line
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the point where coastal rivers became navigable for transporting goods to coastal ports.
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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German immigrants
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describe the stono rebelion
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The most serious slave revolt of the eighteenth century erupted in South Carolina. Slaves from the Portuguese colony of Angola in Africa, raided a store on the stono river(charles town) killed store owner and planter families and joined 100 other slaves heading south townard florida. soon killed by a white militia
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describe bacon's rebelion
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serious conflict that disrupted colonial society in virgina. In that colony many freed indentured servants were being attacked by indians and bacon demanded that they be protected but the House of Burgesses refused...so he set up 300 men and attacked peace full indians.
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describe the house of Burgesses
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the virginia assembly established in 1676
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describe the navigation act
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under this act, dutch traders who had been actively trading with the english colonies could no longer sell or buy goods in America.
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describe the dominion of New England
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the placing of northern colonies in a association
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describe the "glorious revolution"
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when james II was forced to relinquish the crown to his daughter Mary and her husband.
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define enumerated goods
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certain specific goods such as tobacco rice indigo furs and naval supplies only within the British Empire
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advantages of indetured slaves over african slaves
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cost less
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What is mercantilism
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its theory assumed that the entire world contained a limited amount of wealth and that the wealth of one nation represented lost wealth for all the other nations.
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goals of Mercantilism
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-become economicaly self sufficient
-selling more goods then bought therefore aquiring more silver an gold
-acquire and maintain colonies as sources for raw materials and as markets for the nations manufactured goods.
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items found in the New England colonies:
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ship building, family farm, corn, puritans, fishing
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found in Souther colonies
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slaves, tobacco, slow population growth, intensive manual labor, rice and indigo
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found in the middle colonies
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wheat, squatter's rights, rich soil, large land grants, bread basket
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"early to bed early to rise"
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Benjamin franklin
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