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Ch. 4 Vocab
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the rental of property (tenants) | tenacy |
| someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent | squatter |
| a type of indentured servant in the Middle colonies in the 18th century who did not sign a contract before leaving Europe but instead negotiated employment after arriving in America | redemptioner |
| An 18th century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world | Enlightenment |
| A christian revival movement characterized by Bible study, the conversion experience, and the individual's personal relationship with God that became widely influential in Britain and its colonies in the 18th century | Pietism |
| The rights to life, liberty, and property. (John Locke) | natural rights |
| the Enlightenment- influenced belief that God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws | deism |
| a renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation | revival |
| conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical New Light preachers; they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life | Old Lights |
| evangecilal preachers who decried a christian faith that was merely intellectual; they emphasized instead the importance of a spiritual rebirth | New Lights |
| an increase in consumption of english manufactures in Britain and the colonies that was fueled by the industrial revolution | consumer revolution |
| landowning protesters who organized in North and South carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern- controlled gov, provide western districts with more courts, fairer taxation, and greater representation in the assembly | Regulators |
| the system of exchanging goods and labor that helped 18th century New England freeholders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce | household mode of production |
| The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass that ability on to the next generation | competency |
| A principal in English Law that placed wives under the protection and authority of their husbands so that they did not have independent legal standing | coverture |
| Founding Father. Invented bifocals, the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, and the swivel chair. An early campaigner for American unity, he served as the first U.S. Ambassador to France. Signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. | Benjamin Franklin |
| An English Anglican minister who toured the colonies, helping to spread the spiritual revival. | George Whitefield |
| A Whig statesman who shifted British efforts in the French and Indian War from colonial skirmishes to the capturing of Canada, with key victories in Louisbourg , Quebec , and Montreal. This effectively removed France's presence from North America. | William Pitt |
| Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named | Pontiac |
| war was one fought between the French and Indian allies against the British and their Indian allies. The war started in America and extended to Europe, where it was called the Seven Years' War. France diverted many resources to fighting the Prussians. | French and Indian War |
| The end of Anglo-French imperial competition on the North American. continent laid the groundwork for the Revolutionary War. | Great War for Empire |
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