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APUSH Ch. 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What diseases effected the Chesapeake colony? | Malaria, dysentery, and typhoid |
| What are some characteristics of the population of Maryland and Virginia by 1700? | Mostly men (6:1), half of those who were born there died before 20, few lived to their 50th (men)/40th (women), marriages ended due to the death of a partner within 7 years |
| Why was growing tobacco hard agriculturally? What sociological problems would this cause? | Growing in the same soil after it's been used once made it not grow as well causing the need for more land causing Indian attacks |
| Where did planters get more labor in the 17th century? | Displaced farmers from England |
| How did the indentured servant system work? | People volunteered to work for Chesapeake masters in exchange for a transatlantic passage and "freedom dues" |
| Freedom Dues | Goods indentured servants received after working for their masters (ex: barrels of corn, a suit of clothes, and sometimes a small piece of land) |
| Head Right System | Guaranteed 50 acres of land for anyone that settled into the colonies |
| Grievances of Baconites | Forced into back country in search of land, resented Berkley's policies towards Indians, attacked Indians because Berkley didn't retaliate after being attacked first |
| Significance of Outcome of Bacon's Rebellion | Virginians looked at Africa for slaves because they thought they would be less troublesome laborers in the fields of tobacco |
| Describe the experience of the Middle Passage | 20% death rate, 10 million loaded, 400,000 made it, branded and bound |
| Why did Chesapeake turn to Africans as a slave source? | Whites had a short life expectancy and were expensive |
| Slave Codes | States that blacks and their children were the property for their life of their white masters, some colonies made it a crime to teach them how to read or write |
| How did slaves adapt the Christian religion to make it their own? | They made a religious dance (ringshout) by shuffling in a circle while answering a preacher's shouts which contributed to the development of jazz |
| New York City slave revolt | Slaves revolted for freedom which cost the lives of 12 whites and 21 blacks |
| Stono River Revolt | Slaves tried to march to Florida which was Spanish at the time, but got stopped by local militia |
| State some of the first families of Virginia | Fitzhughs, Lees, Washingtons |
| List the social classes of the south (descending order of power) | Planters, small farmers, landless whites, people who were serving their term |
| Why was the family the center of New England life? | New Englanders migrated in families rather than individuals |
| What rights did southern women have? | Advanced the economic security and inherited husband's estates |
| How come more than half of N. E. settlers could read and write? | Towns with >50 families were required to provide elementary education |
| What was the purpose of the New England Primer? | To teach lessons of social duty, Christian faith, reading, and writing in schools |
| Jeremiads | When preachers scolded parishioners for their waning piety |
| Why were jeremiads becoming prevalent in mid-17th century N. E.? | There were worries in the God-fearing pioneers |
| Half-way Covenant | Someone would get baptized, but not "full communion" |
| What occurred during the Salem Witchcraft Trials? | 20 people were killed because they claimed they had been bewitched in 1692 |
| What does the Witchcraft Trials show about early N. E. society? | The government thought they might have had connections to the devil |
| Why didn't slavery root in N. E. like it did in the south? | Staple products didn't flourish, couldn't exist profitably on small farms, no broad/fertile expanses, mountains were close to the shore, and rivers were usually short and rapid |
| What industries existed in colonial N. E.? | Clearing forests, herders, shipbuilding, fishing |
| Yankee Ingenuity | Claimed by all Americans as a proud national trait |
| What impact did N. E. have on the future western states and towns? | Thousands of N. Englanders spread throughout the land from Ohio to Oregon to Hawaii and they sprinkled the land with new communities |
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