US History 10 Chapter 3 (England & Its Colonies)
Who defeated the French?
Britain
Who was France greatest rival in North America?
Britain
Who was a leader of the Great Awakening in America?
Jonathan Edwards
a member of the clergy who sought to revive the intensity and commitment of the original Puritan vision. He preached that church attendance was not enough for salvation; that people must acknowledge their sinfulness and feel God's love for them
Jonathan Edwards
A veteran military officer from an aristocratic English Family
Sir Edmund Andros
A 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina leading to the tightening of a already harsh slave law
Stone Rebellion
a trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America
Sugar Act
ended the years was lost all claims to land (french) Britain and america won.
Treaty of Paris 1763
An energetic, self-confident politician. While in office the British army finally began winning battles.
William Pitt
Who assembled the largest army seen in North America during the French and Indian war causing the Iroquois to join with Britain against the French?
William Pitt
Why was James II unpopular in England?
Because of religious learning and he became catholic
Who was a leader of the Enlightenment in America?
Benjamin Franklin
embraced the notion of obtaining truth through experimentation and reasoning. An outstanding enlightenment figure
Benjamin Franklin
Who led the Stono Rebellion?
African Slave
the land from Southern main to New Jersey was put into one vast colony
Dominion of New England
an 18th Century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge
Enlightenment
a conflict in North Africa lasting from 1754 to 1763, that was part of a world wide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French and the transfer of French Canada to Britain
French and Indian War
A financial expert who served as prime minister in 1763. He suspected that colonists were smuggling goods in to the country and prompted parliament to enact a law known as the Sugar Act
George Grenville
At age 22 he led a small band to established an outpost called Fort Necessity about 40 miles from Fort Duquesne.
George Washington
The transfer of the British monarchy from James II to William
Glorious revolution
revival of religious feeling that stirred colonial society in the mid-1700s
Great Awakening
Who did the French have a good relationship with and also trade with in the North American Empire?
Indians
During the period of salutary neglect, what happened to the colonial economy?
It grew by trading with foreign countries
A series of Laws enacted by parliament beginning in 1651 to tighten control of trade in its American colonies
Navigation Acts
What was the point of contention in North America? Most wanted area fought over in the fr. and in. war
Ohio River Valley
The legislative body of England
Parliament
An Ottawa leader who recognized that the French loss was a loss for Native Americans He also led Native Americans to captured eight British forts in Ohio Valley and laid siege to two others
Pontiac
Who captured 8 British forts on the Ohio River, but was weakened by disease?
Pontiac
Why did the colonist hate George Grenville?
Prime Minster who ended policy of salutary Neglect. He cracked down on colonial smuggling thereby ending the policy of Salutary Neglect
An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
The French and Indian war was also called?
The Seven Year War
The triangular trade routes connected what areas for trade?
The west Indies, New England, and Africa
the difference in value between a country's imports and exports
balance of trade
What did Britain financial crisis do to the colonies?
brought on "unfair" taxes
How did they stop the smugglers?
by issuing the Writs of Assistance (blank search warrants)
A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use
cash crop
What problems faced the British once the war was won?
debt
Why did French colonist come to America?
for trade
Once the French and Indian War was over, did American colonist need Britain more or less?
less
An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver
mercantilism
the voyage that brought enslaved Africans to North America
middle passage
During the French and Indian War, Native Americans fought on Which side?
mostly french, but both
Why was the relationship between the French and the Indians most peaceful?
mostly traded and there were French settlements
the transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people including slaves were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe and the West Indies
triangular trade
What did Enlightenment thinkers Stress?
reasoning and the scientific method to obtain knowledge
What was "awakened" by the Great Awakening?
religious feeling
An English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulation in its colonies in return for the continued economic loyalty of the colonists; led to a governor appointed by the king serving nearly each colony
salutary neglect
Pontiac was finally defeated by what?
small pox
How did the British decide to solve many of these problems?
taxation on the colonies
After what event in England, did salutary neglect of the colonies begin?
the Glorious revolution
How did power in England change because of the Glorious Revolution?
the king was not there so it went back to a colony
What is the main goal of mercantilism?
to maintain gold and barrens of trade
Why did Britain enact the Sugar Act?
to reduce colonial smuggling
What were the important cash crops of the Southern colonies?
tobacco, rice and indigo