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US AP ch 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Headright System | Encouraged importation of workers in MD and VA. Whoever paid the passage of a laborer received the right to gain 50acres of land. Masters benefitted mainly. Masters became merchant-planters. Servants and Indians suffered. |
| Bacon's Rebellion | 1676Men unhappy w/not being able to find land/wives.Resented Gov Berkeleys friendly policies w/Indians&dominating the fur trade.Attacked Indians,set fire to capital,chased Berkeley out of Jamestown.Former/Indentured Servants.Landless,discontent underclass |
| Royal African Company | 1672-started 1698-ended. Lost crown granted monopoly. Price dropped and quantity increased |
| Stono Rebellion | 1739-slave revolt. Tried to march to Spanish FL. Easier to stop than Bacon's Rebellion. More than 50 blacks along the Stono River. Strict atmosphere after-Barbados Slave Code more severe |
| New England Town Meetings | Place of worship&town hall. Adult males met together&voted. Classroom for democracy |
| Half Way Covenant | Admitted to baptism of unconverted children-Not visible saints. Weakened distinction between elect&others. Religious strictness sacrificed for wide spread branching. Deep crack in Puritanism's foundation, created envy for conversion though |
| Salem Witch Trials | Adolescent girls "bewitched" "Witch-hunt"-lynching of 20. Superstition&prejudices caused; property owning women accused. Puritan Dilemma-spiritual perfection&earthly success. Widening social gap |
| Leisler's Rebellion | Rebellion in NY. Grieviences of the poor. Leisler hanged, similar to Bacon's Rebellion |