QUIZ 1 - Class 3 Review: Jamestown, Cash Crops, Stono Rebellion

Powhatan

A native tribe that clashed with the Jamestown settlers because their ancestral lands in the woods were taken

Jamestown

The third attempt at England founding a colony, the first successful attempt at the founding of a colony, and was a fortress established in 1607

Jamestown's Problems

1. Brackish water, little to no drinking water

2. Hard to dispose of waste

3. Settlers' attitude problems, not wanting to work

1775

A red letter year, the year before the Declaration of Independence was signed

Cash Crops

1. Sugar

2. Molasses

3. Rice

4. Tobacco

5. Indigo

6. Cotton

Cotton

50% of American exports, 8/9th of the world's supply produced during Lincoln's Election Year (1860)

Lincoln Election Year

1860

Presentism

Judging the past by the values and society of today

Facets of Slavery

1. Economy - Labor

2. Political - 11 states wanted to separate due to Lincoln's Election (the abolishment of slavery)

3. Moral - "Chattel"

America's Original Sin

Slavery in the Colonies

Mason-Dixon Line

The border between Pennsylvania and Maryland

Maryland/Virginia Cash Crop

Tobacco

Carolinas Cash Crop

Rice

Georgia Cash Crop

Sugarcane

Stono Rebellion (1739)

The South Carolina uprising of slaves, who headed towards the 31st Parallel, Spanish Florida. Led to the tightening of slave regulations

31st Parallel

The border between Georgia and Spanish Florida. The Spanish wanted the slaves to escape to Spanish Florida because they wanted to cause trouble for Britain

James Oglethorpe

Founder of Georgia Colony (1732), to house those in debt and second-chance jailbirds

Andrew Jackson

The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.

Tidewater

Coastal Virginia with aristocrats

Piedmont

Interior Virginia with regular people

Ellusion

Another name for something, ex. America's Original Sin

Civil War (1861-1865)

The deadliest war in American history; conflict between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy); 11 southern slave states wanted to secede from the Union. Fought over the abolishment of slavery

Puritan Doctrine

1. Relationship with God

2. Rejected antimonianism (Anne Hutchinson)

3. Predestination

4. Still part of Church of England

New England Families

Tight-knit, like glue

Antimonianism

The theological belief spread by Anne Hutchinson, which was seen as heresy, stated that Christians are saved by grace through faith