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Quest of a Hemisph 6
Quest of a Hemisphere CH 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who founded Georgia and why? | James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia to help debtors who were being held in prison in England |
| How did small trade pave the way for a great industrial nation? | Colonists began making extra products from the natural resources to sell or trade. Demand grew for these products creating a need for mills & factories to produce more. |
| What delayed the growth of manufacturing? | Lack of capital , equipment & labor. Land lured working men away from the mills. |
| How was "freedom of opportunity" protected? | "Monopolies" were limited & individual enterprise was encouraged. |
| "Ye Olde Towne Meeting" | Meetings where colonists discussed matters that benefited or concerned their colony. "A training school in political liberty which laid the foundation for our present government" |
| Town meetings & colonial assemblies had what result? | Colonists took an active part in their government gaining political liberty. Government by the people evolved insuring "freedom of Opportunity". |
| Sir Edmond Andros | Appointed Governor in Chief of Massachusetts by King James II to establish "one man rule". |
| Peter Zenger | A printer from Germany who published the "New York Weekly Journal" which exercised freedom of the press by criticizing the appointed governor. |
| Andros incident | Andros set himself up as a dictator over the colonies. he was captured & held prisoner guarded by colonial soldiers until he could be deported back to England. |
| Zenger incident | Zenger was arrested for criticizing Governor Crosby in his newspaper , imprisoned & put on trial. Colonists jurymen found him not guilty and voted in honor of freedom of speech. |
| What did the Andros & Zenger incidents reveal? | The colonists had become accustomed to ruling themselves. They were willing to stand up & fight for the right to govern themselves. |
| "Description of New England" | a description of new England written by John Smith in 1614 |
| Cent Associes | French Trading Company headed by CHamplain |
| venture capital | money for investment |
| indentured | a mutual agreement to bind oneself to a set term of service until a "master" was repaid for the cost of the voyage to the colonies |
| servitude | the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful |
| foment | (verb) to instigate or stir up |
| George II | King of England who supported James Oglethorpe's "debtor" colony in Georgia |
| James II | King of England who tried to destroy town meetings, a system of self government |
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