Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Backcountry

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Region stretching 800 miles from wester Pensilvania to Georgia.

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Great Awakening

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Spontantious series of Protestant revivals.

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Fort Duquesne

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Fort established by the French in 1754

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Albany Plan

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Formation of a Grand Council made up of elected delegates from various colonies.

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Albany Congress

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Council of representative from various colonies.

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Seven Years War

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French and Indian War.

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King Georges War

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Colonist's victory over Louisbourg.

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Peace of Paris

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Peace treaty that marked the end of the French and Indian War (seven years war)

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George Whitefield

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A famous preacher who greatly influenced Great Awakening.

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Jonathan Edwards

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Preacher who originally began the ideas of the Great Wakening.

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Parliment

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Britain's branch of representatives.

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William Pitt

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British official who lead the British army to the victory of the Seven Years War.

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Gerneral Braddock

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Criticized military leader who lead British redcoats and colonists to a humiliating defeat.

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enterpots

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Location where merchants can trade without paying duties.

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Seven years War

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French and Indians fought against Britain and it's colonists over American land.

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John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon

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radical publicist that criticized the corruption of British government.

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John Locke

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"Father of Liberation"

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Pennsylvania Dutch

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German who migrated to Pennsylvania.

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Middle Ground

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Land beyond Appilation mountains that was held by the American Indians.

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Gilbert Tennent

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american-born itinerant preachers with a Scot Irish background.

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Molasses Act

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"Sugar Act" Act placed heavy duties on molasses imported from foreign ports.

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Charles Chauncy

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Minister who preached against the Great Awakening.

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Cato's Letter's

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Essays written by Tranchard and Gorden that accused the English government of curruption.

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James Davenport

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Extreme Preacher of the New light who was known for using people's emotions.

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Old Lights

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Americans who beleived in original religions that were found before the Great Awakening.

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New Lights

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People who followed the preaching of the Great Awakening.

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Envanelicals

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Religion of the "born agains" of the Great Awakening.

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Henry Muehlenbuerg

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Helped German Lutherans ajust to America's culture.

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Cotton Mather

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English Puritan minister.

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Mestizo

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Child of Spanish and Indian.

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Mulatto

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Child of Spanish and black

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Transportation Act

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Act which sent English convicts to the Americas

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King William's War

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War of the League of Augsburg, William III declared war against Louis XIV. Canadians caused considerable damage to the colonists.

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Queen Anne's

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War of the Spanish Succession, another battle on American frontier against the French.

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King George's

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War of the Austrian Succession, American colonists took control of French fort, Louisbourg.

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Navigation Acts

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Act which was ment to organize America's economy.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Famous American philosipher, that made the first attempt at a colony union.

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Constitution

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Written document as a bases for a country's government.

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Royal Governer's power

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Royal governors had much power over the colony's and attempted to avoid it's people.