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Kyle Walden
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Kyle Walden
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Headright System
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Was in Virginia and Maryland. Encouraged the importation of servant workers. Whoever paid the passage of a laborer received the right to acquire fifty acres of land
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Bacon's Rebellion
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1676 Bacon's rebellion was an uprising of indentured servants led by Nathaniel Bacon frustrated from unfair treatment of their masters. They burned down Jamestown. This also lead to african slavery for labor force since they were less of a threat for an uprising
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Half-Way Covenant
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1662 The Half-Way Covenant was a way to increase members into the church and widened church membership to baptism but not full communion to become a member. This was caused by less and less conversations and signs from God of elect people to attend the church
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Stono Rebellion
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1739 more than fifty blacks erupted in south carolina and tried to march to Florida. There were stopped by local militia. This lead to more tightly controlled labor force.
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Jonathan Edwards
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1730s-1740s was the first ignitor of the Awakening. Edwards would give lectures to is subjects by painting lurid depictions of hell and eternal torments of the damned. He believed that salvation could be found not through good works but a complete dependence on God's grace.
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George Whitfield
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1730s-1740s approached a different style of evangelical preaching that was more powerful and entertaining to the audience. He held many crowds and even Franklin listening to him, He inspired imitators that would turn religion into a more emotional investment. He also trumpeted his message of human helplessness and divine omnipotence
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Phillis Wheatly
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1753-1784 An enslaved girl brought to Boston at age 8 andn ever educated published a book of poems influenced from Alexander Pope. She was one of the earliest american poets and her remarkable story of overcome a severly disadvantaged background and could write poetry was inspiring.
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Great Awakening
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1730s-1740s Was a time of religious revival in America that focused more on the individual rather than God. Instead of boring lectures had fun loud sermons that created an emotive spirituality in churches. It created a separation of new lights to old lights. Many of these believers moved over to the baptist churches. These movement also lead to advances in schooling such as more colleges. This also created a fresh wave of missionary work to indians and also to black slaves. This also helped break down sectionalis mand great a unified sense of american identity
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Regulator Movement
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1760s. Was spearheaded from the Paxton Boys in 1764, was a in North Carolina was a small group of men that rebelled against England's domination of the colony's affairs. Some of who were Andrew Jackson
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Paxton Boys
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1764. Was a scottish group of settlers in Philadeplhia protesting against the Quakers Oligarchy's lenient policy towards the indians.
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Triangular Trade
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1700s. Was the trade from America to Africa to the Caribbean and back in which merchants would make a great profit. Ships from America would bring rum to Africa which would get slaves in return to the carribean which in turn would get molasses for the colonies to make rum.
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Molasses Act
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1733. Parliament passed the Molasses act which its main goal was to stop trade with the French West indies. If this was successful this would essentially destroy American international trade and lower the quality of life drastically. However many traders smuggled or bribed their way around the Act and this helped create the rebellious roots for the American Revolution
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