APUSH IDs Chapter 3

Harvard

The first American college established in 1636 by the General court of Massachusetts because of Puritan theologians.

Salem Witch trials

A series of accusations in 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts. In which many people (mostly women) were accused of being witches and over 15 people were killed.

indigo

A cash crop that added to the "boom and bust" economy and made the need for slaves much greater.

Consumerism

A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers

The Enlightenment

A philosophical movement which started in Europe in the 1700's and spread to the colonies. It emphasized reason and the scientific method.

almanac

A reference book with facts and figures, which was very popular in colonial America.

"Bleeding"

A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South,

Slave Codes

Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.

King's College (Colombia)

founded in New York in 1754 which was devoted to the spread of secular knowledge.

Yale

Founded by congregationalists in new Haven, Connecticut.

Huguenots

(french Calvinists) Left to the colonies because the French government revoked the edict to let them become their own state. They were Protestants in a Catholic City.

Middle Passage

A system in which African Chief tons would capture and sell members of other tribes, who were then packed into ships and would sail for months in terrible conditions on the journey to America.

Triangular Trade

A trade with the colonies, Europe, the West Indies, and Africa; and traded goods such as sugar, molasses, agricultural products, animals/meat, slaves, and other goods.

George whitefield

A very influential English clergyman. Who involved himself in the Great Awakening in 1739 preaching his belief in gaining salvation.

Jonathan Edwards

An influential Puritan preacher during the Great Awakening.

Stono rebellion

An uprising of slaves in South Carolina in 1739, the largest slave uprising in the colonies.

Academy and College of Philadelphia

Became the University of Pennsylvania, and was a completely secular institution founded in 1755.

Princeton

First known as the College of New Jersey and was founded in 1746, which was later named Princeton.

"Pennsylvania Dutch"

German speaking immigrants who came to Pennsylvania and took on the name " German Deutsch"

John Peter Zenger

Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was put in jail but was not found guilty.

Benjamin Franklin

Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father.

William and Mary College

School founded in 1693 by a Royal Charter issued by William III and Mary II—second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

Saugus Ironworks

The first effort to create a large metal industry after iron ores were discovered in the region - water power to drive a bellows which controlled the heat in a charcoal furnace.

Scots-Irish

The most numerous of all of the new immigrant groups to the Americas after 1700.

Smallpox Inoculation

The practice of vaccination so as to not contract smallpox and other diseases.

The Great Awakening

This was a major religious revival in the colonies, which began in the 1730's and in which, several new religions were created.

Midwives

Treated only a few people but used herbs and other natural remedies, were very popular in the early colonies.