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lesson#5:BritishAmer
history 1301 test 1
Question | Answer |
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John Peter Zenger | German-born immigrant American printer, publisher, editor and journalist in New York City. He owned the second newspaper in the city, 'The New York Weekly Journal'. He printed another man's document in newspaper that criticized William Cosby, NY's gov. |
Colonial New York | new amsterdam; great britian aquired NY in 1664; most diverse city in the main land; became a center for Africa Americans to be brought as slaves; began to grow as an international place for commerce & immigrants;ppl immigrated to escape poverty |
multiplicity of religions | the 1750 society made religion very diff. than it was in any other society; some sermons made some quakers want to free their slaves; religious tollerance; |
conrad weiser | german immigrant who settled on the NY frontier w/ his fam @ 16;began acting as a intermediary between the german settlers &native americans in the region; could remain friends w/both europeans&indians; relied on shikellamy |
shikellamy | served as a supervisor for the Six Nations, overseeing the Shawnee and Lenape tribes in central Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River; after he died, conrad weiser couldnt figure out what was wrong in indian country w/o shikellamy; |
the colony of new netherland was marked by a _____ | small, remarkably diverse population |
the trial of journalist john peter zengar was significant b/c the verdict... | became a foundation stone for freedom of the press |
the quaker maxim, "in souls there is no sex" helps explain.. | the degree to which quakers allowed women to assume positions of religious leadership in the 17th century |
by the end of the 17th century, colonial commerce was characterized by.. | strong ties to england due to royal supervision of merchants, shippers, imports, and exports, & the protection of the british navy |
the most important change in 18th century colonial america was... | a phenomial population growth |
an early pennsylvania policy that encouraged settlement was... | negotiating w/ indian tribes to purchase land, which reduced frontier clashes |
one result of the multiplicity of religious in colonial america was the... | growing sense of toleration for different faiths |