Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
33 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
J.Hector St.John Creveceur (1782)
|
French man who wrote from the point of view of an ordinary man,describing the American man.
|
|
|
immigrants
|
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
|
|
|
English cultural domination
|
The English were the great majority of the colonial population in origin, language, and tradition.
|
|
|
self-government
|
government by the people of the country without outside control.
|
|
|
religious toleration
|
permitting the practice of different religions.
|
|
|
hereditary aristocracy
|
when a tittle of (control or ruler) is handed down from father to son when the father is dying.
|
|
|
social mobility
|
people now had an opportunity to improve their standard of living and social status by hard work.
|
|
|
colonial families
|
family were the economic and social center of colonial life. Men were superior to women.
|
|
|
subsistence farming
|
limited farming levels that provided just enough for the farming family.
|
|
|
established church
|
taxed-supported churches.
|
|
|
Great Awakening
|
a movement characterized by fervent expressions of religious feeling among masses of people.
|
|
|
Jonathan Edwards
|
(Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God)...argued that God was rightfully angry with human sinfulness.
|
|
|
George Whitefield
|
Stressed that was all-powerful and would save only those who openly professed belief in Jesus Christ; those who didn't would be cast into hell. ( people could understand the gospel without authority of ministers).
|
|
|
Georgian Style
|
widely imitated London in colonial houses, churches, and public buildings.
|
|
|
Benjamin West
|
American artist who went to England and acquire the necessary training and financial support to establish himself as a prominent artist.
|
|
|
John Copley
|
American artist who went to England and acquire the necessary training and financial support to establish himself as a prominent artist.
|
|
|
Cotton Mather
|
author who wrote on serious subjects,chiefly religion and politics.
|
|
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
The most popular and successful american writer of the 18th century.His pioneering work with electricity and a more practical developments of bifocals eyeglasses and the Franklin stove brought him international fame.
|
|
|
Poor Richard'a Almanack
|
A best-selling book revise annually from 1732-1757 written by Benjamin Franklin.Collected his witty aphorisms and advice.
|
|
|
Phillis Wheatley
|
educated slave women who wrote poetry for her triumph over slavery and the quality of her verse.
|
|
|
John Bartram
|
Scientist, who was a botanist of Philadelphia was self-taught.
|
|
|
Sectarian
|
Exist to promote the doctrines of a particular religious sct.
|
|
|
Non-sectarian
|
To have no religious sponsors.(Philadelphia).
|
|
|
Professions: Religion
|
christian ministry was the only profession to enjoy widespread respect among the common people.
|
|
|
Law
|
lawyers often viewed as talkative trouble makers in the 1600s.1700s they however gain further respect when argued for colonial rights.
|
|
|
Medicine
|
when colonists fell ill to epidemics they were treated with leeches and bloodsuckers.Doctors had little formal training other than acting as an apprentice to a physician.
|
|
|
John Peter Zenger: libel case
|
he was an New York editor and publisher who was brought to trial on a charge of libelously criticizing New York's royal governor.The jury voted to acquit Zenger.
|
|
|
Andrew Hamilton
|
John Peter Zenger"s lawyer who argued that his client had printed the truth about the governor.
|
|
|
Colonial Governors
|
Governors who were mostly sppointed by the proprietors.
|
|
|
Colonial legislatures
|
Consisted of two houses.Lower class or assembly,elected by the eligible voters, voted for or against new taxes.Members of the upper house(council) were appointed by the King or the proprietor.
|
|
|
Town meetings
|
People of the town would regularly come together often in a church, to vote directly on public isssues.
|
|
|
County government
|
Local government was carried on by a law-enforcing sheriff and other officials who served a large territorial unit.
|
|
|
Limited democracy
|
Colonial government was best limited and partial.Those barred from voting constituted a sizable majority of the colonial population.
|
