Newman AP US History Ch. 4- Ch. 5
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heykirsten on November 19, 2011
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Important terms from Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century through Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 William Berkeley | Colonial Governor of Virginia. Appointed by the King |
| Nathaniel Bacon | By the late 1600s there were lots of poor frustrated men with nothing. Nathaniel Bacon led a few thousand men to rebel against the VA Gov't in Bacon's Rebellion |
| Indentured Servitude | Work for several years for a a very low wage to pay off passage to New World |
| Slave Codes | Slaves and their children remain slaves for life or until voluntarily freed. Restricted slaves to stop rebellious behavior. |
| Headright System | Encourage growth of the Chesapeake. Under this system an aristocrat sponsored an indentured servant's passage to America and earned 50 acres of land. |
| Jeremiads | Started by Puritans. Preachers scolded parishioners in hopes of improving faith. Very harsh, you'll go to hell unless you go to church etc. |
| Middle Passage | Part of the Triangle Trade. Section bringing slaves from Africa to the New World |
| Witch Hunting | (Salem). Crazy accusations of witchery. 19 girls, 1 man, and 2 dogs killed |
| Bacon's Rebellion | Bacon led men to rebel and attack the colonial government (those men were sick of being attacked by the Natives too). Gave poor people rebellious ideas, the Gov't now paranoid |
| Half-Way Covenant | All people can participate in church. Don't have to be a "visible saints" but they can become "half-way converted" |
| Jonathan Edwards | Preacher in New England. Fiery! "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". Brimstone and hell for all sinners. Caused people to tremble and weep. (First) Great Awakening |
| Benjamin Franklin | Famous, influential, followed, womanizer, inventor, author. The Oprah of colonial times. Published "Poor Richard's Almanac" |
| George Whitefield | Preacher, (First) Great Awakening. Intense religious fervor through colonists. Makes Jonathan Edwards tremble and weep. Fun fact: Cross Eyed |
| John Peter Zenger | Newspaper editor sued for slanderous writing in the news. |
| Phillis Wheatley | Female slave author. Poet (American Author). Learned to read and write in Europe |
| John Singleton Copley | Artist; A disgrace, not looked upon with honor, went to Europe |
| John Trumbull | Artist; painted Revolutionary War and the signing of the Declaration |
| Charles Wilson Peale | Artist; painted portraits and George Washington |
| Benjamin West | Artist; went to Europe |
| Paxton Boys | Scottish-Irish that protested against peaceful treatment of Indians and Eastern powers |
| Great Awakening | Religious fervor spread through the colonies. (Freaky New England preachers) Creates division, old lights/ new lights. |
| Anglicans | Basically Church of England members. Short sermons that weren't so scary |
| Triangular Trade | Trade between England, Africa, and America. Cargo from England, slaves from African, materials from America |
| Molasses Act | North America was trading with other countries but Britain wouldn't have that. Molasses Act stopped N. America from trading with French West Indies. Started smuggling |
| Scots-Irish | 7% of population. Separated themselves from English crown and Anglican Church. Ill-tempered yet influential |
| Presbyterian | Closely associated with congregationalism. Great Awakening. Very Calvinist, work ethic, division in Church |
| Old Lights | Orthodox clergy men skeptical of revivalists. No Change. Against the preachers Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield |
| New Lights | Ministers that supported the Great Awakening and the new way of preaching. Like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. |
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