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