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APUSH Chapter 5
Colonial America in the Eighteenth Century, 1701-1770
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11th Grade
09/10/2010

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Poor Richard’s Almanac
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Successful publication produced by BFrank reflecting the economic hopes of many of colonists, promoted industriousness as the route to long-term gain
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Redemptioners
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A kind of indentured servant: captain agreed to provide passage to Philly where redemtioners would get money, usually by selling themselves as a servant, to pay for their transport
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Scots-Irish
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Protestant immigrants from Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England.

  • Increase in migration to colonies was due to the deteriorating economic conditions in their homelands
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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Name given by other colonist to German immigrants in the middle colonies. Germans were the largest group of migrants from Europe to the colonies in the 18th cent
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Iroquois Indians
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Powerful Indian tribe in the NE that resisted colonial encroachment on their territory
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Benjamin Franklin
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Philly tradesman who published PRAlm, which preached the likelihood of earthly rewards for tireless labor. BF went on to become one of the most prominent colonial leaders in the 18th cent
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Task system
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System for managing slave labor greatly used in lower south. A slave would be assigned a task or defined job to be completed that day. The slave then had discretion to use whatever time remained in the day after the completion of the task as free time.
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Stono Rebellion
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Slave uprising in sonto, South Carolina, in which a group of slaves armed themselves, plundered sic plantations and killed more than twenty whites. Whites quickly suppressed the rebellion
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“Seasoning”
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Term given to the process of acculturating newly arrived African slaves to lives of bondage in the American colonies
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Olaudah Equiano
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African forced into slavery as a child, sold from Africa and shipped first to Barbados and then to Virgina. Published an account of his life and enslavement
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Middle Passage
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The crossing of the Atlantic by slave ships traveling from WAf to the Americas. Slaves were crowded together in extremely unhealthy circumstances. The mortality rate for slaves during such a voyage was 15% on average but sometimes 50% or more died
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Seven Years War/French & Indian War
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Conflict caused by the common competition between Brit colonist and the French over control of the fur trade. The complex conflict drew Europeans and Indians into competition on the frontier for years.
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Cherokee Indians
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Indian tribe that refused to join the Yamasee and Creek Indians in their attack on colonial settlements in South Carolina. Instead they chose to protect their access to British trade and allied with the colonists contributing to the defeat of the Yamasee
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Creek Indians
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Indian tribe that assisted the Yamasees in their deadly attack on colonial settlements in South Carolina
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Yamasee War
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What: Conflict between South Carolina colonists and an alliance of the Yamasee and creek Indians
Cause: tensions related to the fur trade and land pressure.
Victor: The camases and their supporters inflicted costly attacks on colonial settlements but lost the war to an alliance between colonists and Cherokee Indians.
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George Whitefield
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Anglican minister and famous revivalist from England. He visited the colonies seven times and drew enormous audiences to his spellbinding sermons.
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Jonathan Edwards
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Fiery Puritan minister who led revivals in Mass. His sermons (including sinners in the hands of an angry god”) emphasized human corruption and gods power.
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Great Awakening
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Wave of revivals that began in Mass and spread through the colonies, emphasized vital religious faith and personal choice. Large open-air meetings at which emotional sermons were given.
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Enlightenment
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18th cent philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions. Encouraged examination of the world and independence of mind.
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Deism
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Belief that gods plan should be looked for in nature rather than in the bible. Deism had its roots in the enlightenment and had a significant impact on educated colonists.
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Congregational Church
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Official established church in New England with roots in Puritanism all residents of New England paid taxes for its support.
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