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| By 1775, how many colonies did Great Britain rule in North America? |
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| Which British colonies were wealthier than the original 13? |
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| by 1775, how many people were in the colonies? |
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| What was the average age in the colonies? |
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| How much of the population were cooped up in a specific group of mtns? (what were they?) |
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| About ___% of people lived in rural areas |
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| How many people were in the colonies in 1700? |
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| how many slaves were in the colonies as of 1775? |
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| Every TWENTY FIVE years, what happened to the colonial population |
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NAME THAT MAN:
"you people breed like your own rattlesnakes!" |
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| For every ___ English subjects, there was an American colonist born |
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| Where did much of the population in the colonies go? |
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| What were the most populous colonies in 1775? |
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| Name four colonial cities |
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| NY, Philly, Boston, Charleston |
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| How many Germans were in the colonies in 1775? |
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| What religion were most Germans in the colonies? |
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| _____show the Germans' industry and prosperity in the colonies |
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| Tell me about the ethnicity of the Scots-Irish (2) |
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-they were Scottish low-landers
-they weren't even Irish |
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| How many Scots-Irish were there in the 13 colonies? |
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| Tell me about the migration of the Scots-Irish |
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| they were pushed to Ireland, but the Irish Catholics there resented their Presbyterianism , so they came to PA, and were pushed to the frontiers to become squatters |
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| What were two things that the Scots-Irish made? (fine, not technically) |
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| This "road" was full of Scots-Irish |
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| The Scots Irish were good for THIS beverage |
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| Why didn't the Scots-Irish like the British? |
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| pushed them out of England |
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| THIS MARCH protested the Quaker oligarchy being nice to the NAs |
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| THIS MOVEMENT was in THIS colony and was a rebellion against Eastern involvement in the colonies |
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| Name a president of Scots-Irish descent |
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| 5% of colonists made up this population |
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| The largest non-English group in the colonies came to be the ____, at __% of the population |
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| The armed conflicts of the 1690s and early 1700s resulted in... |
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-richer merchant princes-->top 10% got 2/3 of the wealth
-more orphans/widows-->almshouses |
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| How did the later generations of colonists get less wealthy from landownings? |
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-less to get
-more subdivisions with inheritance |
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| people in THIS place had to wear a large "p" on their clothes to show that they were receiving public charity |
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| What is the term for English criminals shlepped to the colonies? |
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| Why did many colonists push to outlaw slavery? |
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| they represented potentially rebellious paupers |
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| THIS was the most honored profession in the colonies |
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| Name two professions in the colonies that weren't as respected |
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| When did the first med school open? |
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| Why didn't physicians like the smallpox inoculation introduced in 1721? |
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| didn't like messing with the will of God |
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| name a remedy for smallpox in the eighteenth century |
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| THIS disease was deadly, especially for young people |
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| Besides tobacco, what grew in the Chesapeake? |
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| What did NY export 80 thousand barrels a year of? |
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| THIS and THIS were a huge part of middle colony success |
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| commercial ventures, land speculation |
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| Explain the triangular trade system |
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NE-->AFRICA (rum)
-->WI (slaves)
-->COLONIES (molasses) |
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| THIS RUM was huge in RI and MA |
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| What was the most important manufacturing activity in the colonies? |
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| THIS fraction of British naval ships were American-made |
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| WHAT act didn't let colonists sell stuff to the French West Indies? |
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| populations, due to the crappy roads in the eighteenth century, tended to cluster along ____ |
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| the banks of navigable rivers |
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| taverns popped up along travel routes and encouraged.... |
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| mingling of classes,democracy, gossip |
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| V/F: A very efficient mail system was made in the eighteenth century in the colonies |
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| Why was The College of Will and Mary set up? |
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| to train the Anglican clergy |
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| V/F: Jeremiads existed in the Anglican Church, too |
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| no...it was less intensely scary there |
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| THIS colony wasn't big on congregationalists |
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| THESE two religions rebelled against the king |
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| Congregationalists, Presbyterians |
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| Anglicans wanted THIS in their colonies, but non-Anglicans said "nuh-uh" |
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| These 4 things contributed to the Great Awakening |
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-less religious fervor
-lengthy theological doctrines
-loosened membership requirements
-heretics |
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NAME THAT MAN:
"individual free will, not divine decree will determine your eternal fate" |
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NAME THAT MAN:
Jonathan Edwards |
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-started Great Awakening in Northampton, MA
-"You need God's grace!"
-Had captivating sermons:
-"Sinners in the hands of an angry God" |
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amazingness orator of Great Awakening, describe in 3 points |
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George Whitefield
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-preached human helplessness and divine omnipotence
-reduced J Edwards to tears, Ben to collection hat |
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| American imitators of the emotionalism of George Whitefield were considered... |
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| V/F: Baptists liked the Great Awakening |
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| What were 4 effects of the Great Awakening? |
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-undermined older clergy
-increased #, competitiveness of American churches
-more missionary work for slaves, NAs
-"new light" centers of higher learning (colleges) |
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| What is the significance (No effects!) of the Great Awakening? |
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| first spontaneous mass movement of the American people |
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| What was education like in each section of the colonies? |
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-NE: liked it for religion
-middle colonies: decent elementary schools, some tax-supported
-south: it was a struggle with their logistics
-corporal punishment was not shied away from |
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| What is the religious significance of UPenn? |
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| NAME four artists of the colonies in the eighteenth century |
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| Trumbell, Peale, West, Copley (NOT copland!!!) |
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painted George Washington |
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| What was architecture like in the colonies? |
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| transported from Europe to meet colonial needs (ex: log cabin) |
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Boss poet |
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"First civilized American"(also describe) |
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Ben Franklin:
-Poor Richard's Almanac
-Only first-rank scientist |
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| THIS family had a hugemongous library in the colonies |
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| Why were newspapers so amazing in comparison to books? (for the colonists) |
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| they didn't have time nor money to read books |
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| Why were newspapers important in the colonies? |
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-source of world happenings, no duh
-Aired opposition to British control |
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free press case defendant (also describe) |
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Peter Zenger:
-NYer
-charged with seditious libel
-won because the stuff was true, and the jurors went for it
-Lawyer: Alexander Hamilton |
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| Describe the bodies of the colonial legislative system |
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2 houses:
-upper house (council): appointed by crown, governor
-lower house (popular branch): appointed by generally wealthy landowners |
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crappy NY+NJ governor in 1702, +describe |
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Lord Cornbury
-drunkard
-frivolous spender
-grafter
-embezzler
-religious bigot |
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| how did governments sometimes keep their leaders in check? |
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| Describe the local government of each section of the colonies |
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south: county gov't
NE: town meetings
middle: modification of the two |
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| Who didn't like Christmas in the colonies(besides Ebenezer, though technically British)? |
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| V/F: all colonies were basically English, kind of religiously tolerant, had social mobility, and some self-government |
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