US History quiz 1
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- 1754-1763, one of many wars between france and england in 1700s.
- French and Indian War
- Oldest settlement in US, 1565
- St. Augustine Florida
- First step to republican gov't, bi cameral modeled after england's parliament
- House of Burgesses
- European immigrants who worked for as many as 7 years to pay off cost of passage
- indentured servants
- diverse econ, farming most popular job, and also center of colonial shipping. merchants wealthiest
- char. of New England
- included Dutch, Scotch-Irish, and German settlers, had more fertile soil, exported wheat and corn.
- char. of middle colonies
- lots of agriculture with rich soil and warm climate, econ based on crops like indigo, tobacco, and rice for export, slaves cultivated farmland.
- char. of southern colonies
- religious group who wanted to reform church of england
- puritans
- 1620, what pilgrims signed before landing at Plymouth. agreed to be governed by gov't that they created (self gov't)
- Mayflower compact
- way that slave trade worked...NE merchants gave rum to W. Africa who gave slaves to west indies who gave sugar for more rum to NE.
- triangular trade
- written into law by 1700
- race based slavery
- voyage that slaves took from africa to america.
- middle passage
- gov't where people elect reps who speak and act for other citizens
- republic
- gov't by people...began in athens in BC
- democracy
- intellectual movement that thought that reliance on reason and experience would lead to social progress
- enlightenment
- believed in constitutional rights including life liberty and propety
- john locke
- french philosopher who believed that british political system worked because power was divided between monach and two houses of parliament
- baron de montesqieu
- french philosopher who fully developed idea of social contract-influenced dec. of ind.
- rousseau
- idea that people are in contract with gov'tthat they can be governed
- social contract
- french philosopher who wrote philosiphical letters praising british instituting and rights. worte against religious tolerance and persecution
- voltaire
- provided legal authority to companies or indivs to start a colony
- charters
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german immigrant to New York who was tried for seditiout libel for accusing NY's governor of wrong doing. found not guilty
has to do with free press - john peter zenger