APUSH Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

New York

________ slave revolt: led to the death of 9 whites, which 21 blacks were executed for.

Arminianism

________: belief that an individual's actions determined their eternal fate, NOT divine decree.

French West Indies

Molasses Act: taxes on molasses imported from ________, hoped to stop colonial trade with other countries besides Britain → wasnt effective.

Paxton Boys

________: Scots Irish protest of Quaker's lenient policy towards the → Indians increased tensions.

Stono rebellion

________: blacks tried to march to Spanish Florida to freedom but were stopped → shows how easily controlled slaves were compared to indentured servants.

Colonial legislatures

________ consisted of an upper and lower house.

Regulator Movement

________: rebellion in North Carolina against eastern elite domination of the colonial affairs and unfair taxation.

Slaves

________ led to the creation of an African American culture.

social mobility

Melting pot, most people live in rural areas, allowed for ________.

Old Lights

________ were the orthodox church members who disapproved on the theatrics of the sermons during the Great Awakening.

Paxton Boys

Scots Irish protest of Quaker's lenient policy towards the → Indians increased tensions

Regulator Movement

rebellion in North Carolina against eastern elite domination of the colonial affairs and unfair taxation

NY slave revolt

led to the death of 9 whites, which 21 blacks were executed for

Stono rebellion

blacks tried to march to Spanish Florida to freedom but were stopped → shows how easily controlled slaves were compared to indentured servants

Triangle trade

trade between the colonies, Europe and Africa/South America → increased dependency on slaves

Molasses Act

taxes on molasses imported from French West Indies, hoped to stop colonial trade with other countries besides Britain → wasnt effective

Arminianism

belief that an individual's actions determined their eternal fate, NOT divine decree

Zenger trial

Journalist named John Peter Zenger criticized the royal governor of New York in his newspaper and is put to trial for seditious libel-ruled not guilty, paving the way for the 1st amendment and freedom of the press to express negative opinions, true or not,

Royal Colonies

controlled by governors appointed by the King → more direct control

Proprietary Colonies

King granted charters to companies or individuals who would decide how to run the colony → less interference