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29 Cards in this Set
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Bicameral Legislature
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a lawmaking body made up of two houses or groups.
house of burgesses & parliment |
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town meeting
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the center of New England politics.
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libel
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Printing a false written statement that damage's reputations.
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Mercantilism
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Maintaining wealth by carefully controling trade.
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duties
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import taxes on some trade products.
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free enterprise.
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economic competition with little government control.
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triangular trade
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Colonial participation in trade all across the atlantic ocean as of form of free enterprise.
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cash cropos
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crops sold for a profit.
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slave codes
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laws to control slaves
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apprentices
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young boys who learned skilled trades.
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staple crops
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crops that are always needed
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revivals
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emotinal gatherings
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scientific method
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the scientific method requires that every scientist studies nature thouroly.
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Privy council
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set english policies in the colonies.
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Parliment
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englands national legislater law lawmaking body
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House of burgessess
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the assemblies second house
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John Peter Zenger
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dealt with the issue of freedom with the press. In 1773 zenger began criticizing the royal gpvernor of new york in his newspaper. the government chargew him with label. Was never convicted of any crime.
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Dominion of new england
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in 1686 james united the northern colonies under one government.
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Glorious Revelotion
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The overthrow of king james the II
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English Bill of Rights
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The glorious revolution led to parliment to pass the english bill of rights in 1689
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Navigation Acts
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Acts that required colonists to do the bulk of their tarding with england.
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Middle Passage
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the slave trade brought over 10 million african americans across the atlantic ocean. this long terrifying vogage was called the middle passage.
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Olaudah Equino
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Bought his freedom of slavery and wrote about his torturous days as a slave
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Eliza Lucas Pinckney
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introduced indigo, a purple dye to the southern colonies
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great awakening
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a big step in religios living
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Jonathon Edwards
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One of the most important leaders of the great awakening
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George Whitefield
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made the second of his seven trips to america in 1739
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Gilbert Tenet
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Leader of the new movement
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Scientific revolution
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new ideas about the univirse
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