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History (Bonner) Honors Chapter 3 Vocab

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Sir Edmund Andros
Governor appointed by the King of England to govern over the Dominion of England
French and Indian War
This struggle between the British and the French in the colonies of North America was part of a worldwide war known as the Seven Years' War.
Pontiac
famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
Sugar Act
halved the duty on foreign made molasses, placed duties on certain imports, and strenghtened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiralty court
Ben Franklin
Enlightenment figure; belived notion of obtaining truth through experimentation and reasoning,
Parliament
Great Britain's law making body
Jonathan Edwards
North Hampton Massachusets was one member of the clergy who sought to revive the intensity of commitment of the original puritan vision
New France
Name of French colony in Canada
Triangular Trade
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
George Washington
Established an outpost Fort called For Necessity about 40 miles from Fort Duquense,Led Virginia troops in first battle in the French and Indian War
William Pitt
a new energetic self confident politician selected as a new leader to run King George II's gov't.
Enlightenment
a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
Mercantilism
an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Dominion of New England
A huge colony formedby the King of England, which included land form southern Maine to New Jersey
George Greenville
financial expert chosen by King George III to serve as Prime Minister hoping to lower the debt
Salutary Neglect
british colonial policy during the reigns of George I and George II. relaxed supervision of internal colonial affairs by royal bureacrats contributed significantly to the rise of American self government
Slaves
People who are owned and forced to work by someone else.
Stono Rebellion
1733- a group of armed slaves tried to cross Stono River into Georgia and runaway, Buford, SC; not succesful
Navigation Acts
Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
Proclamation Act
it was a law made by the British that stated that no colonist go out past the Application mountains
Glorious Revolution
A series of lawsa that established parliaments power over the monarch
Cash crop
a crop grown mostly for sale rather than for the farmer's own use (tobacco, indigo, sugar cane etc...)
Middle passage
the middle portion of the triangular trade that brought African slaves to the Americas
Great Awakening
Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established.

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