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29 Cards in this Set
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immigrants
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people who left one place to go to another
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english cultural domination
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the great majority of the population were english in origin, language,tradition
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self-government
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the government of each colony had a representative assembly that was elected by eligible voters
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religious toleration
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all of the colonies permitted the practice of different religions but with vorying degrees freedom
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hereditary aristocracy
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the social extremes of europe with a nobility that inherited special privileges & masses of hungry ppo were missing in the colonies
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social mobility
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with the major exception of the african american everybody in colonial society had an opportunity to improve their standard of living & social status by hard work
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colonial families
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was the economic & social center of colonial life
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great awakening
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in the first decades of the 18th century, seomons in protestant churches tended to be long intellacutual discourses & portrayed god as a bengin creator of a perfectly ordered universe
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jonathan edwards
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inltated the great awakening with a series of sermans notably one called sinners in the hands of an angry god
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george whitefield
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came from england in 1739 & traveled from one end of colonial america to the other..he preached
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benjamin franklin
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a successful writer
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john copley
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went to england where they were acquired the necessary training & financial support to establish themself as prominentartiste
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benjamin west
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was a printer
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cotton mather
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one of the widely read religious
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poor richards almanack
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benjaming f wittly a phorime and advice were collected a best selling book that was annually revised from 1732 to 1757
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phillis wheatley
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the poetry of her is note worthy both for her triumpn over slavery and the quality of her verse
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john bartram
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scientists of philadelhia was self taught
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sectariam
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meaning that they existed to promote the doctrines of a particular religious sect
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professions
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first hundred years of colonial life christian ministry was the only protession to enjoy widespread respect among the common people
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john peter zenger
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new yblisherork editor and pu
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anddrew hamilton
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argued that his client had printed the truth about the governor
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colonial governors
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only in two colonies
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colonial legislatures
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consisted of two houses members were appointed by the king or proprietor
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town meeting
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which people of the town would regularly come together often in a church
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county government
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local government
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subsistence farming
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little to no profit to the framer allowing only for a marginal liveihood
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established church
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state church
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georgian style
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were both palladian architecture and its whimsical
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j hector creveaeur
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french american writer
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