Colonial and Revolutionary America (terms and Questions)

Study Guide Exam 1 Colonial and Revolutionary America Key Terms John Rolfe Pocahontas William Wood Thomas Morton John Winthrop Roger Williams white pine commodification sovereign ownership vs. individual ownership sachem Miantonomo wampum fur trade smallpox pastoralism William Byrd II of Westover Robert “King” Carter Nomini Hall Anthony Johnson Martha Ballard household production William Corbit George Washington’s “Rules of Civility” courtesy books Lord Chesterfield Edmund Burke’s Enquiry Georgian 4x4 urban grandeur Iroquois/Five Nations/Six Nations Second Anglo-Dutch War mourning wars Beaver Wars Grand Settlement of 1701 Covenant Chain Walking Purchase James Logan Half-King/Tanaghrisson Fort Duquesne Fort Necessity Braddock’s Defeat New Lights and Old Lights George Whitefield gang labor and task labor

Albany Congress William Pitt General James Wolfe General John Forbes Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm Louisbourg Battle of Quebec/Plains of Abraham Study Questions In what ways did Indian and English agricultural practices differ? How did these differences affect the lands where the English settled? In what ways did the extent and purposes of hunting wild animals differ in Indian and English societies? How were Indian societies organized? In what ways were the economies of the Britain’s American colonies shaped by their relationship with the mother country? What factors caused a shift from labor by indentured servants to enslaved Africans in Chesapeake agriculture? What was the status of women under English law? In what ways was the status of women under the law in the American colonies different from England? In what ways did women’s role in the economy and society change between 1630 and 1790? How did this affect their legal and political rights? What was the Great Awakening? How did it affect churches and the relationship between ministers and the faithful? Why did different slave labor systems develop in the Chesapeake and Lower South colonies and what did their differences mean for the lives of slaves? In what ways did slavery in the cities differ from rural slavery? In what ways were the institutions similar? What sort of relationship did the Iroquois League have with other Indian groups, European settlers, and Imperial authorities? How did the Iroquois manage to become and remain the dominant Indian group in eastern North America? How did the French and Indian War affect relations between Britain and its American colonies? Between Indians and European Americans?