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Unit 2 Vocab
Vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Edwards | Preacher during The First Great Awakening; preached "Sinners in the Hands of am Angry God |
| George Whitefield | Preacher during The First Great Awakening that was known for large emotional gatherings |
| First Great Awakening | Christian Revival in the 1700's that united the colonies and led to more churches |
| Denomination | a church organization like the Baptist or Methodist Church |
| Benjamin Franklin | American writer, printer, and inventor that proposed the Albany Plan of Union |
| Navigation Acts | a series of laws passed by England to ensure that Colonists could only trade with England |
| Mercantilism | economic system in which England made money by trading with the Colonies |
| Salutary Neglect | England's unofficial policy of not enforcing laws in America |
| Parliament | the legislature, or law making body, of Great Britain |
| French and Indian War | War that England and France fought for the Ohio River Valley; the British won |
| Fort Loudoun | fort in South Carolina in which the Cherokee massacred a group of soldiers and surrendered the fort |
| Ohio River Valley | region west of Appalachian Mountains; England and France had a rivalry over it |
| Seven Years War | war between England and France in Europe |
| Albany Plan of Union | proposal by Ben Franklin to unite the colonies |
| "Join or Die" Cartoon | first political cartoon; drawing of a snake in pieces |
| Battle of Quebec | last major battle of the FIW; took place in the planes of Abraham |
| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | Treaty that ended the FIW; stated french lost all of their North American land |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | Native American rebellion around the Great Lakes because the Colonists were moving west |
| Proclamation of 1763 | King George made sure that Americans could not pass the Appalachian Mountains |
| Sugar Act | law taxing the colonists on molasses and stopping smuggling; helped to pay for the debt of the FIW |
| Quartering Act | law passed that made sure colonists had to house the standing army of the British |
| Stamp Act | law passed to tax all paper items |
| Declaratory Act | law passed after they repealed the Stamp Act; stated that Parliament had the right to tax colonists whenever |
| Boycott | refusal to buy a good or service to bring about a change |
| Townshend Act | series of taxes on things like glass, paper, lead, paint, tea |
| Writs of Assistance | search warrants issued by redcoats to seize smuggled goods |
| John Adams | Boston lawyer that defended the redcoats involved in the Boston Massacre |
| Paul Revere | Boston silversmith that made an engraving of the Boston Massacre |
| Crispus Attucks | African American sailor that was killed during the Boston Massacre |
| Propaganda | a piece of media that is telling only half the truth to influence |
| Boston Massacre | a mob of colonists harassed a group of redcoats who then fired into the crowd killing five people |
| Tea Act | law passed to give the British East India a monopoly on all tea sales |
| Monopoly | total control by single business |
| Boston Tea Party | an organized protest against tea in the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | AKA Coercive Acts; laws passed to punish Boston and the rest Massachusetts |
| Sons of Liberty | Group of colonists that were formed to protest unfair taxes |
| Samuel Adams | leader of the Sons of Liberty |
| Committees of Correspondence | a group of colonists that wrote letters to communicate to the rest of the colonies |
| John Hancock | wealthy smuggler that helped lead and organize the Sons of Liberty |
| Impose | to force upon a group or person |
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