Question 1

Middle Passage

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The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies

Question 2

Bacon’s Rebellion

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Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part

Question 3

Stono Rebellion

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Slave uprising in South Carolina in 1739, in which twenty slaves robbed guns and ammunition from the Stono River Bridge along with killing civilians. Officials suppressed the rebellion and stopped any more chaos and damage.

Question 4

Slave Codes

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Slave codes were laws which each US state, or colony, enacted which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters. Such codes gave slave-owners absolute power over their human property.

Question 5

Civil Death

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The loss of a citizen's privileges through life imprisonment, banishment, etc

Question 6

Harvard College

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Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees. Founded in 1636, it is also Harvard's oldest school.

Question 7

Half-Way Covenant

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The Half-Way Covenant was a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. Reverend Solomon Stoddard, promoted this because felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose

Question 8

Salem Witch Trials

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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by county court of trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex counties of colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693.

Question 9

Enlightenment

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A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers.

Question 10

John Locke

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John Locke, widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers

Question 11

Sir Isaac Newton

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English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion

Question 12

Deism

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Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

Question 13

Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

Question 14

Great Awakening

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A series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. Beginning in the 1720s

Question 15

Jonathan Edwards

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American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America

Question 16

George Whitefield

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George Whitefield was an Anglican Protestant minister who helped spread the Great Awakening in the Kingdom of Great Britain and, especially, in the British North American colonies.

Question 17

Old Lights

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viewed revivalism as an unnecessary and disruptive element within church life” and “emphasized rationalism, which was born out of the Enlightenment and signified common sense, and self-control

Question 18

New Lights

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New Lights supported the Great Awakening, “stressed the emotions” and were “both piestic and perfectionistic.”

Question 19

Fort Duquesne

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Fort Duquesne was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in what is now downtown Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania.

Question 20

French and Indian War

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North American war (1754–63) between France and Great Britain

Question 21

Albany Plan of Union

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The Albany Plan was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany, New York.

Question 22

General Edward Braddock

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General Edward Braddock was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War.

Question 23

William Pitt

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As a prime minister of Great Britain. Born into a prominent family, Pitt entered Parliament in 1735. As prime minister, he attempted to extend Britain's empire around the world, largely by taking on Britain's ancient rival, France

Question 24

Paris Peace Settlement of 1763

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The treaty ending the Seven Years’ War, concluded between Great Britain and Portugal on the one hand and France and Spain on the other. Resulting in France ceding many of its colonial possessions to Great Britain.

Question 25

Acadians

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Early French settlers in the Maritimes

Question 26

Pontiac’s Rebellion

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Pontiac's War was a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with the British

Question 27

Proclamation of 1763

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An order issued by the British government that declared the area west of the Appalachian mountain range off-limits to settlement by American colonists.  The area was reserved instead for use by Indians

Question 28

Freedom Dues

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payment of articles of clothing, food, and sometimes land by masters or colonial governments to *immigrant servants upon the termination of their labor terms; these payments differed by colony and time period *convict servants did not receive freedom dues

Term	Definition	Significance
Middle Passage	The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies	It was a major part in slave trade that resulted the enslavement of millions of africans and the deaths of about 1/4 of newly captured slaves
Bacon’s Rebellion	Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part	The first rebellion that took place in the colony of Virginia against the oppressive government.
Stono Rebellion	Slave uprising in South Carolina in 1739, in which twenty slaves robbed guns and ammunition from the Stono River Bridge along with killing civilians. Officials suppressed the rebellion and stopped any more chaos and damage.	It was the largest slave rebellion against slave owners in colonial america where 21 whites and 44 slaves were killed
Slave Codes	Slave codes were laws which each US state, or colony, enacted which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters. Such codes gave slave-owners absolute power over their human property.	It ensured that slaves status were permanent and could not marry or take part in a legal contract.
Civil Death	The loss of a citizen's privileges through life imprisonment, banishment, etc	It caused the loss of majority of basic rights including the right to vote
Harvard College	Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees. Founded in 1636, it is also Harvard's oldest school.	Oldest institution for higher learning. Harvard began granting higher degrees in in the late 18th centuries.
Half-Way Covenant	The Half-Way Covenant was a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. Reverend Solomon Stoddard, promoted this because felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose	It reinforced religion because half way members of the church could not vote for public officials
Salem Witch Trials	The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by county court of trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex counties of colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693.	Showed how panic and chaos can cause irrationality in governance in allowing for women to be publicly executed
Enlightenment	A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers.	It encouraged people to learn more and challenge themselves and others intellectually
John Locke	John Locke, widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers	He influenced the American revolution and the Enlightenment
Sir Isaac Newton	English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion	A great scientist and a major influence on the Enlightenment
Deism	Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.	Many founding fathers were Deism which allowed them to be freethinking and not be hindered by their religions.
Benjamin Franklin	Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.	Benjamin Franklin was one of the most important if not the most important of the founding fathers.
Great Awakening	A series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. Beginning in the 1720s	It gave Colonial America a sense of national identity and prepared America for the war for independence
Jonathan Edwards	American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America	Revived the spiritual zeal to Congregational churches
George Whitefield	George Whitefield was an Anglican Protestant minister who helped spread the Great Awakening in the Kingdom of Great Britain and, especially, in the British North American colonies.	He was a minister who helped spread the great awakening in great britain
Old Lights	viewed revivalism as an unnecessary and disruptive element within church life” and “emphasized rationalism, which was born out of the Enlightenment and signified common sense, and self-control	They were used as terms in the great awakening to describe people suspicious of the revival in religious views
New Lights	New Lights supported the Great Awakening, “stressed the emotions” and were “both piestic and perfectionistic.”	New lights embraced these new revivals of religion taht spread through the colonies
Fort Duquesne	Fort Duquesne was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in what is now downtown Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania.	It was built where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers come together to form the Ohio river and was important for controlling the Ohio river.
French and Indian War	North American war (1754–63) between France and Great Britain	It was a war between France and Britain that many Colonial Americans served in and learned of the brutality of British commanders
Albany Plan of Union	The Albany Plan was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany, New York.	This was the first movement towards unified government between colonies in North America
General Edward Braddock	General Edward Braddock was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War.	He was the general tasked with regaining british strength in the Ohio valley region during 1754
William Pitt	As a prime minister of Great Britain. Born into a prominent family, Pitt entered Parliament in 1735. As prime minister, he attempted to extend Britain's empire around the world, largely by taking on Britain's ancient rival, France	William Pitt reformed the British Parliamentary system. He had great influence on strengthening the prime minister office.
Paris Peace Settlement of 1763	The treaty ending the Seven Years’ War, concluded between Great Britain and Portugal on the one hand and France and Spain on the other. Resulting in France ceding many of its colonial possessions to Great Britain.	It ended the French and Indian war and ceded all of frances land in North America to Britain
Acadians	Early French settlers in the Maritimes	Acadians were taken over by the British who carried out "The Great Expulsion of 1755-1763" in which they were deported from the maritime region. They later became known as Cajuns
Pontiac’s Rebellion	Pontiac's War was a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with the British	It was a war that had made the british and colonist very uneasy about the Native Americans and caused great brutality against them
Proclamation of 1763	An order issued by the British government that declared the area west of the Appalachian mountain range off-limits to settlement by American colonists. The area was reserved instead for use by Indians	It angered many Colonists as they wished to expand past the Appalachian mountains
Freedom Dues	payment of articles of clothing, food, and sometimes land by masters or colonial governments to immigrant servants upon the termination of their labor terms; these payments differed by colony and time period convict servants did not receive freedom dues	It gave indentured slaves money and land after they finished serving their masters.

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