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Chapter 5 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Native American Money | Furs & wampum (shell beads) |
| Country Money | Tobacco, rice, wheat, & corn |
| Unofficial money | Spanish & Portuguese coins |
| British Money | Pounds (scarce) |
| Paper currency (colonial) | Various kinds - per state (colonies printed their own) |
| Begins with headache , backache, & fever of 102+. Name comes from yellow color of skin. Person is dead or recovering within a week. Transmitted by mosquitos. Death rate so high, people worked day and night to bury the dead. | Yellow fever |
| Caused by variola virus. Deforms victims with hideous scars. Contagious from first signs to last scab. Spread by physical contact. Inoculation was used to prevent the spread ( injecting virus into patient). | Small pox |
| How many people died from smallpox | 30% of whites , 90-95% of native Americans |
| Results of the Treaty of Paris | France was forced to give up all land claims. Spain given all land west of Mississippi River, Britain given all East. |
| British laws affecting the colonies were made by | the parliament |
| The right of the freedom of the press in the colonies was established by the trial of | John peter zenger |
| The principal that the government should be based of laws and not the whims of a ruler was established by | the parliament |
| The English policy of interfering very little with the colonies was called | Salutary neglect |
| The ruling family of England changed as a result of | The glorious revolution |
| The first steps to limit the power of England's king were taken in the | Magna carta |
| Conflicts over land and the fur trade caused | The french and Indian war |
| This ended the french colonization in North America | The treaty of Paris |
| This was the turning point in the french and Indian war | Battle of Quebec |
| Forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachians | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Led to Proclamation of 1763 | Pontiac's Uprising |
| Benjamin Franklin proposed this | The Albany plan of union |
| A traveling minister who drew thousands with his sermons and started a home for orphans | George whitefield |
| A business person and inventor who became one of the best known political thinkers in the colonies | Benjamin franklin |
| An English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property | John locke |
| A religious movement that swept through the colonies inter 1730s-1740s | Enlightenment |
| A traveling minister who preached terrifying sermons about gods anger but promised listeners they could be saved | Jonathan Edwards |
| A movement that emphasized reason and science as the path to knowledge | Great awakening |
| Five English political traditions colonists brought with them | Electing representatives, king is not above the law , trial by jury , complain to king with no punishment, private property rights |
| Edmund Andros | English governor appointed to rule the reorganized northern colonies |
| English Bill of Rights | 1689 laws protecting the rights of English subjects and parliament |
| Magna Carta | Charter of English political and civil liberties |
| Pontiac's rebellion | Native American Revolt against the British colonies |