US History I Chapter 3 – Flashcards
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crops grown primarily for sale rather than for the farmer's own use
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Cash Crop
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a three-way trading process where merchants carried rum and other goods from New England to Africa; in Africa, they traded their merchandise for enslaved people whom they transported to the West Indies and sold for sugar and molasses; these goods were then shipped to New England to be distilled into rum
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"Triangular Trade"
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the voyage that brought Africans to the West Indies and later to North America because it was considered the middle leg of the "triangular trade"
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Middle Passage
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20 slaves gathered at the Stono River wielding guns and other weapons. They killed several planter families and marched south, loudly inviting more slaves to join in their flee to Spanish-held Florida
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Stono Rebellion
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a group of girls accused a slave, Tituba, of practicing witchcraft
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Cause of the Salem Witchcraft Trials
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how the world worked, literacy, experimentation and reasoning, natural rights, Great Britain's monarchy, emotional and individual importance
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Beliefs of the Enlightenment
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a revival of religious feelings in the American colonies
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Great Awakening
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a series of laws restricting colonial trade
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Navigation Acts
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British government issued it. It banned all settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Proclamation of 1763
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halved the duty of foreign-made molasses (in hopes that the colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling) It placed duties on certain imports. It strengthened the importance of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases into a vice-admiralty court rather than a more sympathetic colonial court
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Sugar Act
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Philadelphia
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Largest American City in Mid-1700s
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South economy was based on agriculture rather than commerce, so they needed slaves to work the farms
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Why South had Slaves and North not so much
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embraced the notation of obtaining truth through experimentation and reasoning
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Benjamin Franklin
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a member of the clergy who sought to revive the intensity and commitment of the original Puritan vision
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Jonathan Edwards
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a financial expert, chosen to serve as a prime minister. He suspected the colonists of smuggling goods
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George Grenville
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led the British militia to evict the French. He established the outpost called Fort Necessity, but was forced to surrender by the French
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George Washington
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the Ottawa leader
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Pontiac
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King James II picked this veteran military officer from an aristocratic English family to rule over New England
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Sir Edmund Andros
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Under William Pitt, the reinvigorated British army started winning battles in the French and Indian War, which prompted the powerful Iroquois to support them
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William Pitt
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the theory that a country's ultimate goal was self-sufficiency and that all countries were in competition to acquire the most gold and silver
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Mercantilism
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the amount of goods sold compared to the amount bought. A favorable balance meant more gold was coming in than out
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Balance of Trade
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an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty
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Salutary Neglect
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the searching of homes or ships without a warrant
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Writ of Assistance
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the country's legislative body
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Parliament
