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Unit 2 SS Vocab
Study Unit 2 Vocabulary.
Term | Definition |
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Jonathan Edwards | Preacher during the First Great Awakening, famous sermon was "Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God" |
George Whitefield | Preacher during the First Great Awakening, famous for preaching at large gatherings that were very emotional |
First Great Awakening | Christian revival in the early 1700s that united the colonies and led to more churches |
Denomination | A church organization like the Baptist or Methodist Church |
Benjamin Franklin | American writer, printer, inventor that proposed the Albany Plan of Union |
Navigation Acts | A series of laws passed by England to ensure that colonists only traded with England |
Mercantilism | Economic system by which England made money off the American colonies |
Salutary Neglect | England’s unofficial policy of not enforcing laws in North America |
Parliament | The legislature, or law making body, of Great Britain |
French and Indian War | War that was caused by a rivalry between England and France over the Ohio River Valley |
Seven Years War | War between England and France in Europe as a part of the French and Indian War |
Ohio River Valley | Region west of the Appalachian Mountains; England and France’s rivalry here led to the French and Indian War |
Fort Loudoun | Fort in South Carolina in which the Cherokee massacred a group of English soldiers that surrendered to them in the French and Indian War |
Albany Plan of Union | Proposal by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies against the French and the Native Americans |
“Join or Die” Cartoon | Drawing made by Benjamin Franklin of a snake cut into pieces; each part represented a colony |
Battle of Quebec | Last major battle during the French and Indian War in which the British defeated the French; took place on the Plains of Abraham |
Treaty of Paris 1763 | Treaty that ended the French and Indian War, stated France lost all of its land in North America |
Pontiacs Rebellion | Native American uprising around the Great Lakes region as a result of Americans moving west |
Proclamation of 1763 | English law passed because of Pontiac’s Rebellion |
Proclamation of 1763 | Law issued by King George III that forbade Americans to settled west of the Appalachian Mountains |
Sugar Act | Law passed to tax molasses in the colonies and stop smuggling |
Quartering Act | Law passed by Parliament that required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers |
Stamp Act | Law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed all paper documents in the American colonies; sparked a wave of outrage because colonists had no representation in England |
Declaratory Act | Law passed by Parliament after they repealed the Stamp Act, stated that they had the right to tax the colonies whenever they wanted |
Boycott | Refusal to buy a good or service to bring about a change of policy |
Townshends Acts | A series of taxes placed on imported goods like lead, paper, paint, glass and tea; passed in 1767 |
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 and patriot that was killed during the Boston Massacre |
Propaganda | Propaganda a piece of media that tells a half truth to influence people |
Boston Massacre | Occurred in Boston in 1770 when a mob of colonists harassed a group of redcoats who then fired into the crowd killing five Americans |
Tea Act Law | Passed in 1773 to give the British East India Company a monopoly on all tea sales in the colonies |
Monopoly | Total control by a single business over a product or industry |
Boston Tea Party | An organized protest by the Sons of Liberty in which they destroyed tea in Boston Harbor because of the Tea Act |
Intolerable Acts | Also called the Coercive Acts; series fo laws passed by Great Britain to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party; violated many of their freedoms |
Sons of Liberty | Group of American colonists that were formed to protest unfair taxes passed by England |
Samuel Adams | Leader of the Sons of Liberty; organized protests and the Boston Tea Party |
Committees of Correspondence | A group of colonists that wrote letters to communicate with the rest of the colonies |
John Hancock | Wealthy smuggler from Boston that helped organize and lead the Sons of Liberty |
Impose | Tto force upon a group or person |