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Georgia
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1732
1. founded by J. Oglethorpe 2. purpose was to be buffer between British colonies and Spanish Florida |
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Jonathan Edwards
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1730-1758
1. part of Great awakening 2. Congregationalist 3. Stressed personal repentance and faith Christ as means of salvation from eternal damnation. 4. puritan pastor, theologian, philosopher from New England 5.attended Yale from 13-17 6. missionary to Indians 7. president of Princeton 8. wrote on human will, affections, religious experiences 9. considered even by non-Christians to be one of greatest minds American has ever produced. |
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Old Lights/ New Lights
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"Old Lights" rejected Great Awakening and "New Lights" accepted its tenets.
Colleges founded to train "New Light" ministers |
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4 Wars pitting Britain and its American colonies against Spain & France
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1. King William's War (1689-1697)
2. Queen Annes' War (1702-1713) 3. King George's War (1739-1748) 4. French and Indian War (Seven Years' War, 1756-1763) |
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King William's War
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1689-1697
One of 4 wars pitting Britain & its American colonies against Spain and France 1. bloody border raids by Indians, but no major territorial changes 2. ended by Treaty of Ryswick |
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Queen Anne's War
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1702-1713
One of 4 wars pitting Britain & its American colonies against Spain and France 1. sporadic fighting against France and Spain 2. ended with favorable territorial and trade gains for Britain w/ Treaty of Utrecht |
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Treaty of Ryswick
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1697
1. ended King William's War 2. no major territorial changes |
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Treaty of Utrecht
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1713
1. ended Queen Anne's War 2. favorable territorial and trade gains for Britain |
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King George's War
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1739-1749
One of 4 wars pitting Britain & its American colonies against Spain and France 1. active participation by American troops who captured Louisbourg on St. Lawrence River only to return it to France in exchange for land in India w/ treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle |
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
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1748
1. ended King George's War 2. exchanged land on St. Lawrence River for land in India |
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French & Indian War
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1756-1763
aka Seven Years' War 1. French trying to take over Ohio Valley 2. G. Washington battled French in Western Pennsylvania 3. British General Braddock killed attempting to capture French Fort Duquesne 4. Prime Minister W. Pitt presided over capture of Quebec and Montreal 5. British General Wolfe and French General Montacalm both died at Battle of Quebec (1759) 6. France lost North American holdings and British gained all of Canada w/Treaty of Paris |
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Treaty of Paris
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1763
1. ended French & Indian War 2. France lost all North American holdings and British gained all of Canada |
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Benjamin Franklin
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most notable American Enlightenment figure
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Age of Enlightenment
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18th century/1700s
1. time in Western philosophy & culture 2. reason advocated as primary source and legitimacy for authority 3. key to solving problems of mankind is use of reason-rationalism 4. much of Europe (Britain, France, Germany, Italy Scandanavia etc.) including Russia and Poland 5. Enlightenment principals influenced founders of U.S. Constitution. |
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rationalism
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Key to solving problems of mankind us use of reasonb
prominent during Age of Enlightenment |
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John Locke
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1. principal philosopher of Age of Enlightenment
2. Said people possess natural rights - life, liberty, and property 3. Said governments exist to secure these rights |
