AP US History Terms Chapter 3 – Flashcards
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African Diaspora
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the forced removal of Africans from their homeland to serve as slaves in the Americas
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Edmund Andros
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He was the royal governor of the Dominion of New England. Colonists resented his enforcement of the Navigation Acts and the attempt to abolish the colonial assembly.
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Anglicization
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the colonial American desire to emulate English society, including English tastes in foods, customs, and architecture.
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Coverture
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A common-law doctrine under which the legal personality of the husband covered the wife and he made all legally binding decisions
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Deism
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the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation
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Dominion of New England
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combined Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Plymouth into one "supercolony" governed by Sir Edmond Andros, a "supergovernor"
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Jonathon Edwards
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he ignited the Great Awakening in Massachusetts
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Olaudah Equiano
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sold into slavery at age 11; after gaining freedom, he spoke out against slavery and published his autobiography
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Enlightenment
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a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
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Ben Franklin
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A delegate from Pennsylvania and proposed the "Albany Plan of the Union" as a way to strengthen colonies.
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The Great Awakening
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major religious revival in the colonies, began in 1730's
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Thomas Hobbes
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believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority
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John Locke
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English philosopher who advocated government powers are derived from the consent of the governed in which the government serves the people; natural rights to life, liberty and property.
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Manumission
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the freeing of individual enslaved persons
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Baron de Montesquieu
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believed government should have separation of powers
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Navigation Acts
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Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade
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James Oglethrope
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Founder of Georgia colony for english debtors
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Pietism
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exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy
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Salem witch trials
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1629 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a puritan village marked by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria and stress
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Salutary neglect
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idea that the colonies benefited by being left alone, without too much British interference
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Scots-Irish
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group that settled the frontier, made whiskey, and hated the British and other governmental authorities
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Adam Smith
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Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade
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Stono Rebellion
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a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws
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Voltaire
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Philosopher that defended the freedom of thought.
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George Whitefield
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powerful speaker, toured the country and inspired many into Christianity
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Witch-hunts
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beliefs in widows who were susceptible to evil, mostly in protestant areas, prosecuted and killed almost anyone who was accused
