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Unit 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Edwards | Preacher during the First Great Awakening, famous sermon was "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
| George Whitefield | Preacher during the First Great Awakening, famous for preaching at large gatherings that were emotional |
| First Great Awkening | Christian revival in the early 170s that united the colonies and led to more churches |
| Denomination | A church organization like 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 marker body, in Great Britain |
| French and Indian War | War that was caused by 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 Indian War |
| Ohio River Valley | Region west of the Appalachian Mountains; England and France's rivalry here led to 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 unit 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 |
| Prolcamation 1763 | law issued by king George ||| that forbade American to settled west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Prolamation 1763 | English law passed because of Pontiac's Rebellion |
| Sugar Act | Law passed to tax molasses in the colonies and stop smuggling |
| Quartering Act | Law passed to tax by Parliament the 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 |
| Boycott | Refusal to buy good or service to bring about a change of policy |
| Declaratory Act | Law passed by Parliament after they repealed the Stamp Act, stated that they had the right to tax the colonies whenever the wanted |
| Townshed Act | 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 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 Massarce |
| Propaganda | A piece of media that tells half truth to influence people |
| Boston Massacre | Occurred in Boston in 1770 when a mod 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 on a monopoly on all the sale in the colonies |
| Monopoly | Total control by a single business over a produce or industry |
| Boston Tea Party | Organized protest by the Son of Liberty in which they destroyed tea in the Boston Harbor because of the Tea Act |
| Intolerable Acts | Also called the Coercive Acts; series of Laws passed by Great Britain to Punish for the Boston Tea party; violated many of their freedoms |
| Sons of Liberty | Group of Americans colonists that were formed to protest unfair t]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 letter to communicate with the rest of the colonies |
| John Hancock | Wealthy smuggler for Boston that helped organize and lead the Sons of Liberty |
| Impose | To force upon a group or person |
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