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18 Cards in this Set
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Gentry
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The top of the society. Included wealthy planter, merchants, ministers, successful lawyers, and royal officials
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Middle Class
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Below the gentry in the social class. Included farmers who worked their own land, skilled craftworkers and some tradespeople
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Indentured Servants
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They signed contracts to work without wages for a period of four to seven years for anyone who would pay their ocean passage to the Americas.
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Gullah
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A language that has a combination of English and West African
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Great Awakening
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A religious movement in the 1730s and 1740s
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Public School
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Schools supported by taxes
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Tutor
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Private teachers
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Apprentice
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Someone who works for a master to learn a trade or craft
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Dame School
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Private schools run by women in their own homes
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Enlightenment
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The movement where thinkers believed in the light of human reason
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libel
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The act of publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person’s reputation
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Negro Election Day
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A day where Africans elected a leader for their community to settle disputes that arose among black townspeople
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Jonathan Edwards
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A New England preacher who helped set off the Great Awakening
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George Whitefield
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The most popular preacher of the Great Awakening.
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John Locke
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An English philosopher who wrote works that were read in the colonies. He said people could gain knowledge of the world by observing and by experimenting
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Benjamin Franklin
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Built a successful printing business. His most popular publication was Poor Richard’s Almanack
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Poor Richards Almanack
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Benjamin Franklin’s most popular publication
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John Peter Zenger
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Published the Weekly Journal in New York City. Was arrested for publishing stories that criticized the governor but later was freed
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