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History Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Singleton Copley | whose detailed style allowed him to eventually find success in Europe as a member of Great Britain's Royal Academy.He is known especially for his portraits of colonial political figures |
| William Billings | was the first notable composer born in America |
| Benjamin Franklin | Best-known American scientists of the Colonial wra, is famous for his students of lightning and electricity. |
| Cotton Mather | helped to introduce the smallpox vaccine in America |
| Daniel Boone | in 1769, they led a party of men into the Appalachians. To protect the settlers from the natives, they built a fort which later became the town of Boonesborough |
| Thomas Hutchinson | Of Massachusetts wrote a history of his Conley and is considered to have been the foremost historian of his day. |
| John Peter Zenger | A German printer and editor of the New York Weekly Journal, was brought to trial for printing articles that criticized the governor of New York and his political companions |
| Scots-Irish | Followed by the Germans, many of whom cane to escape religious persecution and to enjoy better economic conditions. They were people of Scottish descent who had migrated to Northern Ireland in the 1600s. |
| Bread colonies | The middle colonies, with their fertile soil and moderate climate, were called the bread colonies because they produced an abundance of grain, including wheat, corn, barley, and oats. They also produced fruits, vegetables,and livestock. |
| Post roads | By 1750, the larger cities were connected by this over which the mail was carried. |
| Domestic system | In the early colonial days most manufacturing was done by the entries family in the home |
| Triangular trade routes | Ships sailing from the New England colonies to Africa usually stopped at two distant ports before returning to New England; thus, the routes they followed became known as triangular trade routes. |
| Enlightenment | A movement in the 18th century, departed from traditional beliefs about God, man, and the universe. Its followers rejected man's sin nature and believed that man is naturally good, exalting man and his accomplishments |
| Wilderness Road | In 1775, Boone and a group of frontiersmen connected And widened the existing native trails through the Cumberland gap blazing a trail |
| Harvard College | In 1636, the Puritans of Massachusetts founded which they named in honor of Cambridge, England. The first institution of higher learning in British North America,young men preparing for the ministry would study Greek,Latin,and Hebrew. |
| Ole' Deluder Satan Act | Required all towns of st least fifty families to hire a teacher and all towns of one hundred families or more to establish grammar school. |
| New England Primer | the most widely used textbook colonial America. This book contained word lists, poems, prayers, Bible stories, and other character-building stories. After the Primer, students read the Bible and classics like Pilgrim's Progress |
| Poor Richard's Almanac | He was perhaps the first internationally known American writer.One of his most famous works, not only provided meteorological and astro-nomical information but also offered Simple and sound advice couched in good humor |
| Subscription libraries | Only those who contributed to their support could borrow books |
| Boston News-Letter | America's first regularly published weekly newspaper, started in 1704 |
| New-England Courant | The first privately published newspaper in America, appeared in 1731 and was published by James Franklin, elder brother of Benjamin Franklin. |
| Bicameral | composed of two houses |
| The largest group of immigrants in America | English |
| The New England colonies | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island |
| The Middle colonies | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware |
| The Southern colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
| The three class distinctions in America | Aristocracy, Middle class, indentured servant and slaves |
| The first institution of higher learning founded in British North America | Harvard College |
| Nine colleges founded in Americans colonies period | Philadelphia Academy, College of William and Mary, Yale, Princeton University, Columbia University, Brown University, Rutgers, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania |
| The foremost historian of his day | Thomas Hutchison |
| 1636: | In ____ the Puritans of Massachusetts founded Harvard College in Cambridge |
| 1647 | In ____, Massachusetts passed the Ole' Deluder Satan Act |
| Name the two western-most cities in the colonies in 1770 | Augusta and Pittsburgh |
| Which colonies were settled before 1650? | Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, New York |
| In what colonies were rice and indigo grown? | South Carolina and George |
| What major cities would have been centers of the fishing industry? | Boston, Salem, Portsmouth, Newport |
| What four cities would one have visited if traveling on main roads from Falmouth to New Haven? | Boston, Salem, Portsmouth, Newport |
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