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;
17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
chesapeake bay
|
Life in the chesapeake at this time was brutal, nasty, and short for settlers. Not family oriented.
|
|
|
tobacco
|
Immensely hospitible for the Cheasapeake region. Need for more labour/indentured servents. Foundations for Virginia's economy
|
|
|
headlight system
|
whoever paid the passage of a labourer recived 50 acres of land. Maryland and Virginia.
|
|
|
Indentured servents
|
Poor englishmen who went to the america as servents or labourers, in return recived freedom after a certain amount of years.
|
|
|
Freedom dues
|
The contract a indentured makes for his labour. Recives freedom when contract is over
|
|
|
Bacon's Rebellion
|
A mass of foot-loose freemen that roamed the Chesapeake. Led by Nathaniel Bacon. Revolted in 1676. They resiented Berkley. Bacon died of disese during the revolt. Berkeley crushed the uprising soon after.
|
|
|
William Berkeley
|
Governer of Virginia. Crushed Bacon's rebellion.
|
|
|
Nathaniel Bacon
|
Led Bacon's rebellion. Free'd indentured servent.
|
|
|
middle passage
|
the ride from africa. 20 % of african slaves died.
|
|
|
colonial slavery
|
Slaves were brought in masses to farm tobacco in virginia and maryland. Severe in the deep south, farming rice.
|
|
|
Stono rebellion
|
Took place in 1739. Resentful blacks revolted in south carolina along the stono river. made their way to florida but were stopped by local millitia.
|
|
|
New York slave revolt
|
erupted in 1772. cost lives of 7 whites and 21 blacks. some burned at the stake.
|
|
|
FFV
|
70 % of the leaders of the Virginia legislature came from the "First Families of Virginia" who were all estabolished in Virginia prior to 1670
|
|
|
Charles Wilson Peale
|
A muslim brought to the new world. bought his freedom and settled in georgetown
|
|
|
Nathanial
Hawthorne |
Wrote a tale on woman adualters in New England. Woman if they cheated were publically beaten and forced to wear an A on there clothing. It was called The Scarlet Letter
|
|
|
Half-Way Covenant
|
non-converted puritans that were children of baptized member of the church were allowed to join the church
|
|
|
Salam Witch Trials
|
A lynching of 20 "witches" in Salam Massachucetts. Caused by the dilution of New Englands society by immigrants and non purtians. Reflected the expansion of new england. Scapegoat for social resentments
|
