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Chapter 4--Give Me Liberty
What was "deference"?
What is the liberal "social contract"?
Chapter 4--Give Me Liberty
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Eric Foner Give Me Liberty Chapter 4
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What is the liberal "social contract"?
Surrender the right to govern, to have a rule of law
Rule as an individual
hold up the collective identity of the colony
contract between the King and the colonists
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What was "deference"?
Assumption that we should defer our laws to the British
Assumption the poor should be in political office only
Assumption that we should defer our taxes to the Crown
Assumption the wealthy should be in political office only
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What was Salutary Neglect?
British not enforcing laws in the colonies
Lax smuggling laws to allow colonists to make $$$
British enforcement of tax laws
British harshly enforcing laws
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In African American culture, Gullah was?
a language mixed from different African Roots
an execution tool
an island of many different African cultures
A town that included many different cultures of slaves
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Pontiac's Rebellion
NAs rise up against British as a unified NA culture
Caused by being forced to pick sides in 7 Years War
NAs were separate and not unified
Resulted in British losing the Ohio River Valley
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What was the Stono Rebellion?
Colonists rebelled against Native Americans
Whites rebelled against Native American captors
ex-solider African slaves rebelled against owners
Colonists rebelled against Tea taxes
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What did the Trial of Zenger epitomize?
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Expression
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What were the thoughts on freedom of the press in the colonies?
It was good because it spread information
It was dangerous because newspapers lied
It was necessary in a new society
It was dangerous because citizens were dumb
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How many slaves ended up in America between 1700 and 1775?
800 thousand to 1 million
585 to 800 thousand
280 thousand to 585 thousand
0 to 280 thousand
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Under the "task" system, individual slaves were assigned:
daily jobs; these jobs were never ending
weekly jobs that often took 14 hours of work a day
daily jobs; after completion they had "free" time
daily jobs that were easy for them to complete
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In "republicanism", the essence of liberty was:
participation in politics by economically-independent people
participation in politics by all adults
participation in politics by free men
participation in politics by land owning men
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Who were the "maroons" in Jamaica?
fugitive slaves that fought the British
fugitive slaves that eventually gained freedom
Slaves from South America
White slave owners
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Seditious libel was:
a crime involving the destruction of property
a crime that meant you tarred and feathered someone
a horrible crime against a farmer
a crime that included defaming government officials
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The Middle Passage was:
The voyage for pilgrims across the Pacific
The voyage for pilgrims across the Atlantic
The voyage for slaves across the Pacific
The voyage for slaves across the Atlantic
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Who were the Creoles?
Anyone born in Florida
Slaves born in Africa
Slaves born in the New World
People born in Louisiana
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The Proclamation of 1763 said:
prohibited settlement East of the Appalachian Mountains
Created a new line for our Northern border
Created a new line for our Southern border
prohibited settlement West of the Appalachian mountains
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What did Olaudah Equiano say about his "Interesting Narrative"?
a history of a saint
a history of a tyrant
a history of a hero
a history of a victim of slavery
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What did freedom of speech mean originally?
You can say whatever you want
Politicians could speak their mind on political issues
Politicians could not be held liable for their words
You can criticize anyone
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The Albany Plan of Union?
Rejected by the colonial assemblies
Was a draft of a colonial government with representatives
Could have been our first government
Would have allowed for a colonial representative gov
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The American Enlightenment:
Attempted to use science to prove the existence of God
Response to bloody religious wars in Europe
using the scientific method to judge authority, tradition
Must research, question, experiment, and challenge everything
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The essence of liberalism was:
Public life; social quality
personal freedom; social contract; rule of law
Thomas Hobbes ideas on government
collective identity; republicanism
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Circulating Libraries?
helped to disseminate information quickly to colonists
increased knowledge of colonists on political situations
resulted from 3/4 of male population learning to read
caused by a huge increase in colonists literacy
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The Great Awakening:
Included a movement back to Catholicism
Included mass revivals to bring people back to God
Was dominated by emotion and "religion of the heart"
Was a step back towards strict religious teachings
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What was the Middle Ground?
Area colonists lived in
NA area disputed by French and British
Area between two mountain ranges
NA area disputed by Spanish and Dutch
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The 7 Years' War
NA fought on both sides; British killed French aligned ones
Created the need to tax colonists because it cost $$$$
End of French influence in the Americas
British vs. French over the Ohio River Valley
