APUSH - Ch 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

paxton boys

scots-irish protest in PA against lenient indian policy

regulator movement

scots-irish revolt in NC against eastern elite control

new york slave revolt

1712 uprising, slaves killed whites, harsh punishments followed

south carolina slave revolt

1739 stono rebellion, slaves tried to escape to spanish florida

triangular trade

3-way trade: slaves (africa), raw goods (americas), manufactured goods incl. rum (europe)

molasses act

1733 british tax to stop colonial trade w/ french west indies

arminianism

belief in free will, salvation not just for predestined

great awakening

religious revival w/ emotional preaching, challenged church authority

old lights

traditional clergy against emotional revival

new lights

revivalist preachers supporting awakening

poor richard’s almanack

ben franklin’s yearly publication w/ proverbs, advice, and wisdom

zenger trial

1735 case, established freedom of press against unjust government

royal colonies

ruled directly by crown through governor

proprietary colonies

land granted to proprietors who governed

philadelphia

leading colonial city, home of ben franklin

african americans

largest non-english group in colonies

scots-irish

frontier settlers, whiskey makers, disliked authority

paxton boys and regulators

scots-irish uprisings vs colonial elites in PA and NC

Patrick Henry

eloquent lawyer, defended colonial rights

anglican church

official church in south + NY, tied to british crown, seen as weak

Jonathan Edwards

NE preacher, started great awakening

George Whitefield

british evangelist, spread great awakening w/ emotional sermons

Phillis Wheatley

enslaved poet who gained fame young

Benjamin Franklin

printer, inventor, writer, “first civilized american”

John Peter Zenger

printer tried for libel, led to press freedom

Quakers

religious group in PA, criticized for fair indian relations

baptists

nonestablished church, grew during great awakening

John Singleton Copley

colonial painter who studied in britain