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History Hoopla 6
Unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Privy Council | a group of Royal advisors that set English Colonial policies |
| English Bill of Rights | a shift of political power from the British monarchy to Parliament |
| Dominion Of New England | King James II united the northern colonies under a government called Dominion of New England so he could have more control over them |
| Mercantilism | an economy in which the countries gain wealth through trade |
| Navigation Acts | British laws that restricted colonial trade. |
| Triangular Trade | a system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa. |
| Middle Passage | describes the journey of African slaves across the Atlantic to be sold in the Americas. |
| Great Awakening | a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730's and 1740's that helped make religion more important |
| Enlightenment | a movement that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | Treaty between Britain and France that ended the French and Indian war. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | King George III issued this to organize the new North American empire after the French and Indian war. |