C. Period 2 1607-1754 Vocabulary PDF

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Period 2: 1607-1754 Ch 2 & 3 Brinkley & Ch. 2 & 3 AMSCO

Unit Vocabulary

Directions: Identify each term and be prepared to turn in for a formative grade on __. If you don’t find them in the book or the book doesn’t give you enough info then look it up online. These terms appear on the APUSH Course Description. Terms

Identification / Definition

Chesapeake

1623, Charles I subdivided Virginia colony, charter new colony Chesapeake Bay to George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) as reward for service to crown, this Maryland colony became first proprietary

North Carolina

Farmers from VA and New Eng estab small self-sufficient tobacco farms, few good harbors and poor transportation, fewer large plantations and less slaves, earned rep in 18th century for democratic views and autonomy from Brits

Indentured Servants

Under contract w/ master or landowner who paid for passage, woung Brits worked for 4-7 years in return for room and board under absolute rule of masters, then gain freedom and work for wages or get own farm

New England

Farming limited to substience levels, 100 acre farms worked by fam members Industrious descendants from Puritans- logging, shipbuilding, fishing, trading, rum-distilling

Puritans

Moderate dissenters thought that the church could be reformed, wanted to purfy church

Middle Colonies

Rich soil produced abundance of wheat and corn for export to Euro and W Indies, 200 acre farm worked by fam and indentured servants Small manufacturing efforts like iron making Trading led to growth of Philidelphia and NY

Southern Colonies

Agriculture varied greatly w/ diverse geography and climate, small substinence farms w/ no slaves Few plantations 2,000 acres, relied on slaves (locted bu river for trade) - Tobacco in Chesapeake and NY - Timber and naval stores (tar and pitch in Carolinas - Rice and Indigo (SC and GA)

Staple Crops Salutary Neglect

Planters Triangle Trade (trans-

a period from 1607-1763 in which England did not strictly enforce Parliamentary laws, which allowed the colonies to flourish as almost independent states for many years. Wealthy, owned a lot of land, usually in control of govs, esp VA

Atlantic Trade) “Middle Passage” (Atlantic Slave Trade) King Philip’s War

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King Philip’s War (1675-1676) English & Mohawks vs. Wampanoags (led by Metacomet/King Philip Metacomet killed, other leaders executed & sent into slavery Wampanoags left powerless

Pueblo Revolt First Great Awakening

Enlightenment

Mercantilism

Feverent expressions of religious feeling among masses of people Jonathan Edwars, George Whitefield Ministers lost some authority among those who studied Bible on own, caused division in churches 1700s- some educated Ams attracted to movement in lit and philosophy Believed the darkness of past ages could be connected by use of human reason and solving most of Humanity's problems John Locke Americans were restless enterprising practical and forever seeking improvements of circumstances Use of gov subsidies and charters to stimulate Eng manufacturing and foreign trade Beginning 1650’s Eng gov extends this to Am colonies Created a gen of political controversy

Chattel Slavery Slave Codes

Put in place to stop uprisings like the stono rebellions...