History of the Incas
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Top 10 List: Colonization through the Civil War
Top 10: Colonial Differences – NE (Mass.), Middle (Penn.), South/Chesapeake (Virginia) 1. NE – Religion played a much greater role than in the South – Puritans (Mass. Bay colony), Pilgrims/Separatists (Plymouth) – most southerners were Anglican but there were few churches as people were more spread out 2. Religious tolerance was the greatest in the Middle Colonies – Maryland (Lord Baltimore – Catholic Haven – Maryland Toleration Act), Pennsylvania (William Penn- Quakers – Pennsylvania Toleration Act) – other religious groups settled there (most tolerant area) – Philly – “City of brotherly love” 3. NE – less tolerant, but better work ethic (Calvinist viewpt.), mix of church and state (to vote in Mass. You had to be a covenanted member of the church – “a saint”), placed importance on education laws (Old Deluder Satan Act), praying towns – leads to problems with NA later, “City on the Hill” – Arabella Sermon – John Winthrop, Salem Witch Trials (Calvinist beliefs are clashing with a more modern, merchant-based society – leads to jealousy and suspicion, which fuels the accusations); lack of tolerance leads to people like Roger Williams (goes to Rhode Island) and Anne Hutchinson getting kicked out of Massachusetts 4. Slavery – more predominant in the South due to cash crop economy – 1st was tobacco in Virginia, later Carolinas – rice, indigo. The 1st slaves brought to Virginia in 1619; all colonies had legal slavery; even in the south, only 25% of the population owned slaves in the South (most still supported the system though as many yeoman farmers aspired to one day own slaves); slave codes established (made it impossible for slaves to have any legal status), esp. in the Carolinas, where the number of blacks outnumbered whites by the 18th c. 5. House of
Highly recommended that you know everything on these lists for the AP History test!
Top 10 List: Colonization through the Civil War
Top 10: Colonial Differences – NE (Mass.), Middle (Penn.), South/Chesapeake (Virginia) 1. NE – Religion played a much greater role than in the South – Puritans (Mass. Bay colony), Pilgrims/Separatists (Plymouth) – most southerners were Anglican but there were few churches as people were more spread out 2. Religious tolerance was the greatest in the Middle Colonies – Maryland (Lord Baltimore – Catholic Haven – Maryland Toleration Act), Pennsylvania (William Penn- Quakers – Pennsylvania Toleration Act) – other religious groups settled there (most tolerant area) – Philly – “City of brotherly love” 3. NE – less tolerant, but better work ethic (Calvinist viewpt.), mix of church and state (to vote in Mass. You had to be a covenanted member of the church – “a saint”), placed importance on education laws (Old Deluder Satan Act), praying towns – leads to problems with NA later, “City on the Hill” – Arabella Sermon – John Winthrop, Salem Witch Trials (Calvinist beliefs are clashing with a more modern, merchant-based society – leads to jealousy and suspicion, which fuels the accusations); lack of tolerance leads to people like Roger Williams (goes to Rhode Island) and Anne Hutchinson getting kicked out of Massachusetts 4. Slavery – more predominant in the South due to cash crop economy – 1st was tobacco in Virginia, later Carolinas – rice, indigo. The 1st slaves brought to Virginia in 1619; all colonies had legal slavery; even in the south, only 25% of the population owned slaves in the South (most still supported the system though as many yeoman farmers aspired to one day own slaves); slave codes established (made it impossible for slaves to have any legal status), esp. in the Carolinas, where the number of blacks outnumbered whites by the 18th c. 5. House of