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APUSH Ch4
Question | Answer |
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Slavery was a majority in... | South Carolina |
Slave Codes (from West Indies, Barbados) stated... | forbidden to read/write, children become slaves, penalty for bad behavior |
___ was particulary severe & harsh towards slaves | deep south |
Slaves became ____ of South by 1670 | 7% (3,500) |
system that gives farmers/foreigners 50 acres of land if they payed their way to America | headright system |
Chesapeake life... | disease, few women, short life span (40s), low birth rate, high death rate (50% before 20) |
A rebellion in Virginia of poor farmers that wanted protection from Indians | Bacon's Rebellion |
the legilature had ____ houses | 2; upper & lower |
The Upper House... | advised governor |
The Lower House... | passed laws & taxes |
High population increase in the colonies resulted from... | high fertility rate, increase in slaves, increase in immigrants |
New England life... | "Yankee ingenuity", small villages/settlements, town meetings!!!, large families (grandparents) |
The Salem Witch Trials (1690s) reflected... | social tensions between classes |
Satan Deluder Law (1647) stated... | towns of 50 families had to provide school |
Common Qualities of colonial life... | dominance of Eng. culture, self-government, no hereditary aristocracy, social mobility, religous toleration |