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Revivals
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church meetings where masses of people come together to hear a msg.
why?- colonies founded on religious freedom were becoming luke warm |
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staple crops
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crops continually in demand like wheat oats barley for exports
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enlightenment
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new thinking that said man can through rational thinking and plannning change his life
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Glorious revolution
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1688 overthrow of king james 2
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libel
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false written statement that damages someones reputation
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Dominion of New England
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king james 2 forced colonies to unite together under one government
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mercantilism
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creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade
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Bicameral Legislature
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law making 2 houses or groups
parliament: House of Commons House of Lords |
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Parliament
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national legislature of england
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George Whitefield
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british minister went from georgia to new england, preached outdoors to large numbers of people
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Great Awakening
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1730-1740's unorganized movement - religious- changed life in the colonies
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Jonathan Edwards
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most famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, preached on need of repentence
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duties
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taxes on imports
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Middle Passage
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voyage involving transports of africans across the atlantic ocean to be sold as slaves in the N and S america and the west indies
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Navigation Acts
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regulate trade with other colonies and increase profits for England
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