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71 Cards in this Set
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Benjamin Franklin
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Editor of the Pennsylvania Gazette; Most celebrated N American Man in Europe
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Eliza Lucas Pinknet
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Female Planter who pioneered indigo as a cash crop in South Carolina
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Edward Braddock
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British professional commander sent to N America Who tried to cross the mountains to attack the French fort on the Ohio River
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George Washington
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Virginian emplyed by the ohio company as a surveyor and militia officer. He discovered a French Partol Along the Frontier and Ordered an Attack, which started a world war
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Hugh Bryan
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Savannah River planter who preached the evangelial Christain message to his slaves; he attempted to part the waters of a river and lead the slaves to freedom
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James Oglethorpe
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One of the Founding Leaders of Georgia
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James Wolfe
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British general who laid siege to Quebec; killed in battle
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John Campbell
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City of Boston postmaster who established the Boston Newsletter in 1704
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John Tillotson
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Archbishop of Canterbury who preached morality rather than relgious dogma; his ermons appeared in many southern libraries
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Johnathan Edwards
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Author of A faithful narratice of the Surprising Work of God
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Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
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canadian who understood new france's need for support from the indians and under whose leadership tremendous damage was inflicted upon the british colonial frontier during the French and Indian War
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William Johnson
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Irish Immigrant with great influence among the Mohawk Part of the Iroquois League and the first nothern indian superintendent
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William Pitt
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British minister of war, changes how britian fought
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William Shirely
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Government of mass from 1741-1756 who used judicial and military appointments and military contracts to build a majority within the colonial assembly; he was later named second in command of theritish Army in North America
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John Morgan
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First professor of medicine in north america
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Coverture
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Common law doctrine by which a father or husband makes all legally binding decisions
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Company of the Indies
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A group created by france to protext the Guld of Mexico that shipped settlers and slaves to louisiana
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Fiat Money
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Paper money backed only by the promise of the government to accept it in payment of taxes and debts
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Great Awakening
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Immense religious revival that swept across the Protestant world
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Gullah
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A language spoken by newly imported slaves that evolved in the rice fields of South Carolina
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Gang Labor System
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Used in the Upper SOuth; Slaves closely supervised; some became artisans; klearned English; encouraged family
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Albany Congress
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Plan for colonial Union
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Naval Stores
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Items such as pitch, resin, turpentine used by the shipbuilding industry
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Ohio Company of Virgina
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Group organized to settle the Ohio country and establish an outpost near modern day Philagelphia
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Old Lights
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Name given to anti revval Congregationalists
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Philadelpia Synod
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Highest governing body of the Presbyterian church in the colonies
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Politics of Harmony
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System in which the government and colonial assembly worked through persuasion rather than thru partonage or bullying
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Republics
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Inderpendent indian villages that were willing to trade with the british and remained outside the french indian alliance system
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Shepherd's Tent
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outdoor school in New London established by James Davenport to train awakened preachers
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task labor system
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used in lower south; slaves minimally supervised; keep african traditions; not trained as artisans; developed Gullah; no emphasis on families
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Wheat
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The second Cash Crop
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Albany NY
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Town where a metting was called by the governor of NY in order to confer with the Iroquois and redress grivenances
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Boston MASS
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leading city in the printing industry in colonial america
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Great Meadows
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Location where george washinton surrended his small Viginia Force to the Frnch in 1754
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Louisbourg
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Most Formidable fortress in North America located on Cape Brenton Island
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Mose
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First community of free blacks in what is now the United States
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Nantucket, Mass
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center of the prosperous whaling industry
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mid atlantic colonies
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region with the most prosperous family farms
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New England
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Region where the most ships were built
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Plains of Abraham
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an area behind quebec where the battle of Quebec began
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South Carolina
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Most 'English' Of all the colonies; closest ties with great Britian
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Ulster
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Northern province of Ireland that provided 70%of the immants from that country
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The Population of British N America doubled
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every 25 years
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Gentleman status
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implied a man who performed no manual labor; such man began to dominate public lige
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1760- Tidewater Virgina
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80% of the land was entailed; younder sons had to look west for land
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Coveture prevented
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women from making contracts
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Inheritance rules and legal statues after 1700
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made women more english
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Peak of African Slave trade to North American
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1730-1775. Almost 90% of slavers whent to southern colonies
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Free Migration decisively
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outweighed the influx of slaves only after 1762
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Virginia House of Burgesses
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Small tobacco planted with indentured servents and maybe a slave or two
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Paternalism
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Doctrine guided southern rationale for slavery
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Redemptioners
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a new form of indentured service attractive to married couples; families could stay after finding Master
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Settlers were
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clannish and violent, drank heavily and hated indians
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Zabdiel Boylston
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self taught doctor, experimented with inoculating agaist small pox
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1733 Molasses Act
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Parliment passes this act to stamp out New England's trade with the French West Indies; if Strictly engorced, it would have stangled New England Tradw
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1730's Great awakening
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transatlantic relgious revival, swept across Britian and the Colonies
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1750's, mainland colonies imported more from britain by a
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margin of 2 to 1
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Weeklies
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Early papers that devoted nearly all of their space to European Affairs
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Junto
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discovered by Benjamin Franklin and friends, a debating society that met to discuss literary and philosophical questions--> later evolved to American Philosophical Society
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Latitudinarian
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Anglican Low Church- disliked rigid doctrine scoffed at convesion experiences, attacked superstition and rejected all fanaicism
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Samuel Johnson
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One of Yale defectors, became first president of King's college in NYC; Won a considerable reputation as a moral philosopher
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in 1700 three strongest denominations were
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congregationalists, quakers and anglicans
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by 1800 three strongest denominations
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methodists, baptists and presbyterians
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Due to competing economic interests and ethnic groups,
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northern colonies ofter produced political factions
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Stono Rebellion in 1739
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started when spanish offered liberty to any slave from british colonies who made way to Florida
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War of Jenkins Ear
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Broke out between Britain and Spain; war ended in success for britain as spanish abandoned efforts to devastate GA and SC
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King George's War
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1744, France joined Spain in war against Britain ; Early British victories gave way to series of defeats
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Treaty of Aix-La-chapelle
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1748- ended King Geoges War
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British and Colonial gov came to terms with western indians in
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1758
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Cherokees launched attack on backcountry settlers in South Carolina
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Jane 1760
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Redcoats helped to defeat Cherokees
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who sued for peace in Dec 1761
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