SS Vocab, Short Answer, & Essay

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Vocab

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Import- something brought into a country

Export- something sold to another country

proprietary colony-? when a king gives land to someone in return for yearly payment

great awakening- religious movement

ben franklin- help to Pennsylvania; created bifocal glasses, told gov't to pave roads, created lightning rod and created a library; inventor; example of enlightenment

act of toleration- when gov't lets you practice your religion freely for Christians ONLY!

slave codes- laws that slaves could not have a say in laws/basic rights

William Penn- started Pennsylvania; Quaker

royal colony-? colony under direct control of England

libel-? act of publishing something that is false and can destroy a person reputation

indentured servant- someone who asks a friend to pay for their trip to the Americas and has to do what the person who funded their trip tells them to do; t fed, clothed and they get a shelter from the person who funded their trip to the Americas

James Oglethorpe- started Georgia; help people in debt

metacom- AKA king Phillips; killed by NA; decided to fight back

Roger Williams- started Rhode Island

Lord Baltimore-? started Maryland; Catholic

quaker- someone who believes in equality of people; religious group

enlightenment- movement in Europe that taught to use reason

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Short Answer

What caused Bacon's rebellion AND how did the conflict end?

colonists were trying to take over the NA land and he fought back. it ended when he had a sudden death and no one knew what caused it and the rebellion fell apart

Why did the "triangular trade" get its name AND explain how it worked.

"triangular trade" got its name because of the shape of how the trade works is a triangle. It worked by US giving rum & guns to Africa, Africa giving slaves to the Caribbean, and the Caribbean giving sugar and molasses to the US

Give 2 effects the Great Awakening had on colonial life.

spread of democratic beliefs

spread of churches

Name 3 ways people in New England made a living.

whaling

fishing

farming

What was the cause of the conflicts between the colonists and the Native Americans

colonists were trying to take over NA land and they weren't very happy so they fought back

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Essay

The New England, middle, and southern colonies have differences and similarities when it comes to schooling. The New England colonies had public schools funded by the taxes people paid. The reason for public schools in the New England colonies was for kids to learn to read so they can be taught the Bible.

The middle colonies had private schools funded by parents. The reason for private schools was so that kids could have a basic education and get good jobs. The southern colonies had tutors that were funded by parents as well. The reason for tutors was again to have a basic education and get a good job.

What is an apprenticeship? An apprenticeship when once a child comes out from elementary school, their parents send them off to either a learning environment for what the kid wants to do when he/she grows up or what the parents want their child to do when they grow up. Then, once the child meets whomever it is the parent sent them to, they are clothed, fed, and given shelter for the amount of time needed to learn. When they are there, they learn a basic education and they also learn how to do what they want to do a job when they are older. Then, once they come back home they are to do that job for the rest of their life.