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| planters of the south. The dominance of aristocracy in the South widened the gap between the rich and poor because the aristocrats made all the decisions in their favor in government. |
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| Ex. Cortes or Pizzaro. They brought an end to many civilizations like Aztecs or Incas by their guns and germs. Explorers for Spain. They were the three g’s. Gold, God, Glory. |
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| Named after King James. First permanent English settlement in the New World. Survived through a lot. It became successful when the residents of James Town developed tobacco. |
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| how Jamestown was organized. The Virginia company organized Jamestown. They were profit making. Depending on how much the queen purchased. |
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| In Maryland the Catholics didn’t want to be outnumbered by predestines so they wanted to make sure they had freedom. |
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| In Virginia in 1676 Western small farmers, many were former indentured servants, were mad at Jamestown for not protecting them, so they got angry and burned the capital. First example of East-West friction. |
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| Someone that had to pay for debts by working on plantations for tobacco crops. They would work until they payed off their debt. |
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| The official church of a country or colony. In VA it was an Anglican church. Rhode Island doesn’t have an established church. PA didn’t either. They were supported by tax dollars. In many colonies yo needed to be a member of the church to be able to vote and run for governor. |
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| Religious revivalism to get people to be religious again. |
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| 1st true world war. It was a struggle for control for the French and Indian allies and the English and their Indian allies. After the peace treaty ending this war the English take over control in all French land in the Continental America. |
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| brought of by the French and Indian war. Plan to have the thirteen colonies come together for a common cause. It was rejected. |
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| series of laws passed by England to ensure that colonies only traded with the mother country. |
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| blanket search warrants. Search anyone anytime anyday. They stirred things up. They were so objectionable because we made sure that there were no Rids of Assistance in our country. |
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| - an economic theory that advocates more wealth flowing into a nation then flowing out through increase exports over imports. In order t promoted only trade with Mother Country. |
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| Threw tea into harbor as they protest. England decided to make an example out of Boston by imposing the Intolerable Acts on them. Ships were not allowed to unload tea. Mobs wouldn’t let them unload the tea and sell it. They dealt with the people in Boston first. |
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| Most objectionable act. Taxes on any legal document. To regulate trade they taxed things. Previous acts past by parliament had a purpose, but Stamp act had nothing to do with important things. They just did it to raise money. Legal or official documents you had to pay a fee to get stamped. Colonies objected by non importation agreements. They wanted the English to repeal the law. |
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| For weeks in Boston there were incidents between people. The crowd that gathered called the British Soldiers names and threatened them. The Soldiers shot into the crowd. 4 or 5 people died. British people were surrounded by a crowd. Before they had been verbally harassed. British soldiers were in Boston to try to keep peace, but people got mad. Great deal of political mileage. |
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| past by an English parliament that gave religious freedom for the people living in Quebec. The colonists objected because the colonists thought they were just trying to make sure Canada wasn’t joining rebuttle. They didn’t want to benefit Catholics. |
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| they set out a force to get weapons and a smaller force met the British force at the bridge in Lexington. |
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| First year of AR took place in North. After this 2-3 years of war took place in the middle colonies and towards the end of the war took place in the south. The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. |
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| series of battles in upstate NY, Lexington and Concord, York Town-climactic battle of war |
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| German mercenaries hired. |
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