APUSH IDs Navigation Acts – Zenger Trial – Flashcards

English laws passed, beginning in the 1650s and 1660s, requiring that certain English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships manned primarily by English sailors in order to benefit English merchants, shippers and seamen.

A British law that established a tax on imported molasses, sugar, and rum from non-British colonies. The law was loosely enforced and New England imported great quantities of West Indian sugar for manufacturing rum.

English law that made it illegal to to ship wool from the American colonies. The law was designed to assist the British wool industry.

English law that made it illegal to to ship wool from the American colonies. The law was designed to assist the British wool industry.

In 1686, the Lords of Trade merged Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth to form this new royal province.

He was appointed governor of the Dominion of New England. He strongly enforced the Navigation Acts, required that landholders take out new land patents, and limited the town meetings and rights of local taxation, which caused sharp resentment in colonial America.

A bloodless coup in England that overthrew James II and enthroned Mary II and William III. When news of the overthrow of James II (1688) reached Boston, the colonists revolted, deposing Andros and imprisoning him (Leislers Rebellion). This helped plant the idea that they could take power into their own hands to overthrow an oppressor.

The American extension of the Glorious Revolution - they overthrew Andros and sent him back to England.

The alliance between the Iroquois Confederacy, first with colony of NY, then with British Empire and its others colonies, which sought to establish Iroquois dominance over all other tribes and thus put NY in an economically and politically dominant position among the other colonies. This became a model for relations between the British Empire and Natives Americans.

Triangular trade was a three-way system during 1600-1800s. Africa sent slaves to America, America sent raw materials to Europe, and Europe sent guns and rum to Africa.

One leg of the Triangular trade route - Africans were sent to the Americas and West Indies to work as slaves.

75 African slaves gathered arms and rose up against their masters and killed several whites. They then tried to go to South Florida. The rebels soon met the South Carolina militia; 44 slaves were killed and the rebellion was suppressed, preventing any further uprising.

As a result of trading with the Caribbean, NYC had a large population of enslaved Africans.~23 blacks congregated at midnight in New York City, New York on April 6, 1712. With guns, swords and knives in hand the slaves first set fire to an outhouse then fired shots at several white slave owners, who had raced to scene to fight the fire. By the end of the night, nine whites were killed and six whites were injured. The next day the governor of New York ordered the New York and Westchester militias to "drive the island." Twenty-seven slaves were soon captured. Of these, six committed suicide. The rest were executed, some by being burned alive. Within months, the New York Assembly toughened slave codes. Masters were permitted to punish their slaves at their full discretion, as long as they didnt lose a limb or die.

Runaway groups of slaves (Maroons) joined together in the more inhospitable areas of tropical forest. Groups of different African peoples and cultures blended in these areas and recreated sub-Saharan traditions in wood carving and textile weaving.

The colonies along the eastern coast of North America were formed under different types of charter, but most developed representative democratic governments to rule their territories.

A term used to describe British colonial policy during the reigns of George I and George II. By relaxing their supervision of internal colonial affairs, royal bureaucrats inadvertently assisted the rise of self-government in North America.

In this system, the British colonies were moneymakers for the mother country. The British put restrictions on how their colonies spent their money so that they could control their economies. They put limits on what goods the colonies could produce, whose ships they could use, and most importantly, with whom they could trade. The British even put taxes called duties on imported goods to discourage this practice. This pushed the colonists to buy only British goods, instead of goods from other European countries.

In 1696, Parliament created the Board of Trade to oversee colonial affairs. While the Board of Trade continued to pursue the mercantilist policies that made the colonies economically beneficial, it otherwise permitted local elites to maintain a strong hand in colonial affairs.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, African American slaves lived in all of Englands North American colonies. Before Britain prohibited its subjects from participating in the slave trade, between 600,000 and 650,000 Africans had been forcibly transported to North America. After 1700 most immigrants to Colonial America arrived as indentured servants—young unmarried men and women seeking a new life in a much richer environment.

The Dutch intermarried with the English in New York; and the environment of the Quaker settlement (settled by William Penn) of gender equality, religious toleration and little conflict with the Indians caused a large influx of people to move in with them; therefore creating greater cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity.

18th century Euro-philosophical movement that advocated the use of reason and rationality to establish a system of ethics and knowledge. This provided a framework for both the Americans and French Revolutions and the rise of capitalism.

Old Lights did not appreciate all of the emotional fervor that went along with the Great Awakening, and were ultimately against the Great Awakening movement. On the other hand, New Lights embraced the emotional aspect of the movement and were very much in support of it. This created a divide in the church, although the New Light movement was much more popular.

A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study, the conversion experience, and the individuals personal relationship with God.

He rejected the divine-right monarchy celebrated by James II, arguing that the legitimacy of government rests on the consent of the governed and that individuals have natural rights.

Individuals have inalienable rights to life, liberty and property

The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws.

He met weekly with his club to discus "Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy" as well as Enlightenment literature. He became a deist and published and popularized the practical outlook of the Enlightenment in "Poor Richards Almanac".

A movement of religious revival from 1730s and 1740s to motivate the colonial America. This was one of the first events to unify the colonies.

Popular Anglican minister/preacher who was an incredible orater and traveled throughout the colonies during the Great Awakening. People loved to hear his message of love and forgiveness, and this led to new missionary work in the Americas in converting Indians and Africans to Christianity, as well as lessening the importance of old clergy.

A Congregationalist who gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". He gave gripping sermons about sin and the torments of Hell.

A trial against John Zenger, the author of an article in the New York Weekly Journal that criticized a corrupt British governor. He was charged with sedition and libel, but he was acquitted. After this, newspaper publishers felt freer to print their honest views.