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HNRS HIST TST 2 2016
Mr. Stickler's Liberty Christian HNRS HIST Unit 2 Test Flashcards 2016
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did New Englanders do to maintain a sense of community during New England's economic rise? | They established public schools and colleges and supported newspapers. |
| Why did young men choose to remain at home rather than become indentured servants? | The English economy was imposing so it was more profitable to remain in England. |
| What was the transatlantic voyage of indentured servants of African slaves to the Americas called? | The Middle Passage. |
| What is/was "gullah"? | One of the languages that the slaves evolved from basic English words and different African languages. |
| What is/ was a "subsistence society"? | A society that produces the food and supplies necessary for its survival but that does not produce a surplus for market. (Pg. 77) |
| What are/were "absentee planters"? | An estate owner who collects profits from farming or rent but does not live on the land or help cultivate it. (Pg. 78) |
| What does the word "piedmont" mean? | Land lying at the foot of a mountain range. (Pg. 78) |
| What does the word "discrimination" mean? | Treatment that denies opportunity or rights because of class, gender, or racial category; sometimes called prejudice. (Pg. 81) |
| Middle Passage | The name for the transatlantic voyage that took captured African slaves from Africa to ports in the Caribbean and the "New World" (13 Colonies). (Pg. 82) |
| List two (2) of the three (3) European products that were imported by the Colonies. | 1. Salt; 2. Wine; 3. Spices. (Pg. 79) |
| What was the central crop of the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware area? | The central crop was wheat. (Pg. 79) |
| Why were the "English mainland colonies bound to one another despite a reputation for dispute, disagreement, and endless rivalry?" | The Colonies had to exchange goods with one another in order to survive. (Pg. 79) |
| How did the "task labor system" allow slaves in the Lower South to have some control over the pace of their work & to have some chances to manage their free time? | This happened because they had little or no contact with "white society". (Pg. 83) |
| What does the term "apprentices" mean? | A person bound by legal agreement to work for a craftsman for a specific length of time in exchange for instruction in a trade, craft, or business. (Pg. 85) |
| Who were the "Paxton Boys"? | This was a vigilante group who marched on Philadelphia in 1763 to demand a more aggressive Indian policy. (Pg. 88) |
| Who were the "Regulators"? | A vigilante group from South Carolina who "pursued and punished outlaws, dispensing justice without the aid of courts or judges" because the government provided no courts or sheriffs. (Pg. 89) |
| What was the main argument of Enlightenment Thinkers? | This group argued that reason (or rational thinking) rather than divine revelation, tradition, intuition, or established authority, was the true path to reliable knowledge and to human progress. (Pg. 90) |
| What did "deists" believe? | This group believed that the universe operated according to logical, natural laws, without divine interjection. (Pg. 90) |
| What is the Social Contract Theory? | This is the idea that people must give up a little bit of their freedom to the government in exchange for their protection. (Pg. 91) |
| Who came up with the idea of the Social Contract Theory? | John Locke. (Pg. 91) |
| What was the Great Awakening? | A series of religious revivals that began in the 1720's. It started in Massachusetts and spread rapidly through the Colonies. (Pg. 92) |
| What does the term "denominations" mean? | A group of religious congregations that accept the same doctrines and are united under a single name. Example: Baptists. (Pg. 93) |
| What did the term "salutary neglect" mean during the Colonial period? | This term meant that the English government was satisfied with "lax enforcement of most regulations as long as the Colonies remained dutifully loyal in military and economic matters". (Pg. 95) |
| What is a "corporate colony"? | This is "a self - governing colony, not directly under the control of proprietors or the Crown. (Pg. 95) |
| What powers did the king and Parliament grant to local Colonial assemblies? | 1.) Authority to raise taxes; 2.) Pay government salaries; 3.) Direct the care of the poor, and; 4.) Maintain bridges and roads. (Pg. 97) |
| Which war did the Treaty of Paris end? | This treaty ended the French and Indian War. (Pg. 101) |
| List two (2) things stated in the Treaty of Paris? | 1.) Great Britain gained much of France's possessions in North America; 2.) Great Britain & France each returned much of the territory that they had captured during the war. |
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