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21 Cards in this Set
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Describe the health in the Chesapeake
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poor health because of dysentery and typhoid
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How did tobacco affect the Chesapeake settlers' relationship with the Indians?
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they over planted the soil,
and forcefully acquired new land- kicking Indians out |
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____- whoever paid the passage of a laborer received the right to acquire 50 acres of land
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headright system
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What happened to many indentured servants when their time was up?
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"freedom dues" - land, cloths, ect.
-but by the end 17th century their land became scarcer, were penalized for misbehavior - extended term |
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Summarize Bacon's Rebellion
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1676 a thousand rebels led by Bacon murdered Indians, ran Berkley out of Jamestown, burned capital
-b/c Berk. refused to retaliate against Indians |
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Where were the majority of African slaves taken?
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South: Virginia and South Carolina
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When did slavery really take off in North America?
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late 1600s and early 1700s
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Trace the path of slaves from capture to sale.
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1.captured by coastal Africans
2.shipped 3. auction blocks in New World ports |
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Describe slave codes
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earliest- made blacks and their children the property of their master for life
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Gullah
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language that evolved off coast of S.Carolina
-blended English with several different African languages |
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Name five contributions Africans to culture.
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-new words: goober, gumbo, voodoo
-jazz-from African relig. dance -banjo -bongo drums |
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FFVs -
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first families of Virginia
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What were the levels of Southern society?
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1.great planters
2.small farmers(largest group) 3.landless whites 4. indentured servants 5. black slaves |
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Make five statements Comparing the Chesapeake with southern colonies.
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1. Both the pop. were naturally growing
2.both emergence of class sys. 3.dvlpd class of free whites with no$ 4.early 1700s many African slaves 5. both based life much around plantations |
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What were the acceptable bases for divorce?
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1. outright abandonment
2. adultery |
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What is the oldest college? second oldest?
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oldest: 1636 - Harvard
2nd: William and Mary |
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____-mid-1700s a new Puritan sermon, scolded parishes for their fading faithfulness
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jeremiad
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Half-Way Covenant
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1662: new Church membership;
-could be baptized but not take full communion |
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How many were killed in the Salem witch trials?
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20
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What might have been the cause of the witch hysteria?
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the Halfway Covenant
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Liesler's Rebellion
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-bloody insurgence from 1689-1691
-animosity b/t lordly landholders and aspiring merchants |
