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31 Cards in this Set
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Merchantism
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Held countries ultimate goal which was self-sufficiency and all countries were in a competition to acquire the most gold and silver
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Balance of trade
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Difference in value between a country's imports and exports
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Parliament
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England's legislative body makes laws
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Navigation acts
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Series of laws restricting colonial trade
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Glorious revolution
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When parliament passed a serious of laws established it's power over the monarch
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Salutary neglect
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When England relaxed it's enforcement of most regulations in return for the continued economic royalty of the colonies
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Dominion of New England
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When Maine to New Jersey was united into 1 vast colony
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Cash crop
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Grown primarily for sale rather then farmers own use
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Staple crop
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Crop for farmers own use rather then sale
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Stono rebellion
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Began sept 1739 slaved rebelled against plantation owners and their families
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Yeoman
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Someone who owns a small farm
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Enlightenment
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Idea of nature
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Benjamin Franklin
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Enlightenment figure obtained truth through experimentation and reasoning
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Benjamin Franklin
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Enlightenment figure obtained truth through experimentation and reasoning
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Planki
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Owned plantations and about 200 slaves
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Great awakening
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Religious revival lasted 1730-1740
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Great awakening
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Religious revival lasted 1730-1740
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French and Indian war
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4th war
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Great awakening
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Religious revival lasted 1730-1740
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French and Indian war
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4th war
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Sugar act
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Placed duties on certain imports
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Great awakening
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Religious revival lasted 1730-1740
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French and Indian war
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4th war
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Sugar act
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Placed duties on certain imports
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Treaty of Paris in 1763
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Officially ended French and Indian
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Great awakening
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Religious revival lasted 1730-1740
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French and Indian war
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4th war
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Sugar act
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Placed duties on certain imports
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Treaty of Paris in 1763
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Officially ended French and Indian
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Proclamation of 1763
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To avoid conflict with native Americans by the British government banned settlements west of Appalachians mountains
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George Washington
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Called fort necessity
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