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Unit 2-Colonial Adol
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Alexis de Tocqueville? | He said that americans had low morals, less sophisticated and were less refined. He talked down on them. |
| What did america base there colleges on? | Practicality |
| How did England pit the America Colonies against other parts of their English Empire? | The English made us depend on them. |
| How did the arts shape America? | They showed practicality and were very dramatic. |
| What was the impact of Benjamin Franklin's literature? | Ben Franklin wrote rags to riches autobiography, 13 virtues and Poor Richard's Almanac. |
| How did the non-Indians(colonists) and the Indians learn from one another(reciprocal acculturation)? | The non-Indians adopted indianmaterial culture, smoked tobacco, started growing and eating the same things as the Indians. |
| What were the broadsides? | Early form of newspapers |
| What methods did Edwards and Whitfield use in their sermons to get people saved in the 1st Great Awakening? | They used FIRE AND BRIMSTONE preachings. It is where the church members were told the MUST repent or else they would go to hell. |
| How did slave traders isolate Africans further when captured and what was the effect of this? | Slave traders mixed slaves by tribes and language with others so the group would not have much in common except skin color. |
| How did blacks create a unique African American folk culture? | They combined African customs with Anglo- and Celtic- American traits. |
| How did Washington, and Jefferson handle their slaves and how did they envisionthe future of slavery? | Washington would free his slaves after his death. Jefferson felt slavery was a "necessary evil." They knew it was going to end but never spoke of it in hope it would go away. |
| What was the impact of the War of Austrian Secession(War of Jenkins Ear) in the colonies? | The ban of rum was overridden. Slavery's ban was repealed. |
| Acculturation | combining two cultures |
| In 1828, who standardized the unique American English language with his dictionary? | Noah Webster |
| What happened in the Zenger trial of 1734-35? | Zenger published a story criticizing the New York Governor Crosby and his corrupt activity. Zenger was put in jail. Hamilton(Zengers defense) argued that true statements are not defamation of character and allowed. |
| What Freedom came from the Zengers case? | Freedom of press and speech |
| How did immigrants impact the colonies? | Created diversity, change and population growth |
| Who brought moonshine? | Scots/Irish |
| What happened in the 1st Great Awakening? | varied, unregulated, ethusiastic free market of new ideas in churches |
| What was the impact of the 1st Great Awakening? | NO THEOCRACY!!!! More people attended church and were "saved." |
| Who used terror in his teachings? | Edwards |
| Who used dramatic role play? | Whitfield |
| Chattle | another term that means slaves. They were property with no rights or freedoms. |
| Black codes | slave codes that said: cannot read, cannot travel without permit, cannot own gun, cannot testify in courts, cannot have sex with white females, 6 cannot be together at one time, could not be killed for commiting crime because they were too valuable |
| How were African slaves transported? | On ships through the triangular trade. |
| __% of all ships that crossed the Atlantic in the middle passage died. | 20% |
| ____ work had the highest death rate? | Rice |
| How did the Africans deal with slavery? | In a stoic and heroic fashion. Hoping for a better day. |
| Stono Slave Rebellion resulted in? | Stricter black codes and harsher treatment |
| What was invented in 1790? | Cotton gin by Eli Whitney |
| Northwest Ordinance | outlawed slavery in the northwest |
| Quakers supported _________ to free slaves. | Manumission Acts |
| Who created the 1st Anti Slavery Society? | Pennsylvania Quakers |
| Why was Goergia created? | To protect southern colonies from Spanish attacks especially the Carolina's. A;so needed protection from the French and the Indians. Which helped the Virginia Stock Company |
| What was Goergia's two nicknames? | Charity recieved the money directly from the king and Buffer because it protected the Carolinas |
| Founder of Goergia? | Goerge Olgethorpe |
| How was Goergia ran? | Limited on the number of acres people could own, welcomed religious refugees, banned rum and slavery. |