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Chapter 3-4
Life in the English Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A political meeting at which people make decisions on local issues; used mainly in New England. | Town Meeting |
| A shift of political power from the British Monarchy to Parliament. | English Bill of Rights |
| A system of creating and controlling wealth through carefully controlled trade. | Mercantilism |
| These acts passed by Parliament limited colonial trade, and only allowed America to trade with England. | The Navigation Acts |
| A system in which crops, goods, and slaves were traded among the Americas, England and Africa. | Triangular Trade |
| A voyage that brought millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies. | Middle Passage |
| A religious movement that swept through the colonies and changed colonial religion. | The Great Awakening |
| A religious leader during the Great Awakening who gave sermons on the choice between salvation and damnation. | Jonathan Edwards |
| A movement in the 1700's that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society. | The Enlightenment |
| A philosopher who thought that people had natural rights such as equality and liberty. | John Locke |
| War between England and France. The Native Americans fought with the French against England and the colonies. | French and Indian War |
| The treaty than ended the French and Indian War. | The Treaty of Paris |
| An Ottawa chief who brought Native Americans together to stop European settlements in America. | Pontiac |