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8SS_Colonial Clashes
Colonial Clashes (Nov 2012-Kendall)
Question | Answer |
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Who owned the most land within the colonies? | Lord Proprietors |
How were the Lord Proprietors appointed? | by the King of England |
What did the Lord Proprietors do? | they dictated and enforced colonial law |
Who were the Lord Proprietors? | wealthy, white men who were the aristocracy of England |
Who did the Lord Proprietors appoint to live within the colonies and enforce English law? | Governors |
What purpose did the Lord Proprietors want to use the colonies? | to make English merchants rich and strengthen the English economy |
Why did the colonists leave England? | to pursue their own economic goals and ambitions |
What were the Navigation Acts? | the colonists had to ship products directly to England and use only English ships |
What did the English merchants and shippers have over American goods? | a monopoly |
Who was sent by the English to enforce the Navigation Acts? | Thomas Miller |
What is a monopoly? | the exclusive control over a supply or trade |
What did Thomas Miller do when he arrived in the colonies? | he seized ships, imposed fines & jailed anyone who challenged the acts |
Who did Thomas Miller try to arrest? | George Durant |
What was colonist revolt called? | Culpeper's Rebellion |
Who led the Culpeper Rebellion? | General John Culpeper |
Who created the Carolina's first colonial assembly? | George Durant and John Culpeper |
What did the colonists do in the absence of a governor? | they governed themselves |
Why were the rebels not punished? | the English felt the Carolina's would be hard to govern since it was so far away |