S.s. Key Terms Chap.4 Sec.3

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Negro Election Day

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A day when African Americans could elect a person to represent them and deal with problems in the town. The Africans often had big parades and such on this day. Almost like a big celebration.

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Jonathan Edwards

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A New England Preacher who helps set off the Great Awakening.

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George Whitefield

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Was an English Priest who came to the colonies in 1793. He had a big hand in the Great Awakening drawing many people outside to watch huge sermons and such.

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John Locke

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the man Who Basically Started Enlightenment (see Enlightenment below)

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Benjamin Franklin

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Was a man born on 1706 who was the son of a poor soap and candle maker. He was an Inventor. He signed all of the major 3 documents in the history of the United States

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Poor Richards Almanac

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A book written by Franklin that had information and clever quotes.

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John Peter Zenger

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A man who committed the crime of libel and was persecuted.

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Gentry

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The Top of the Social Scale included Wealthy planners merchants ministers and successful lawyers, and Royal Officials.

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Middle Class

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The Middle of the Social Scale consisted of farmers who worker on their own land, skilled craft workers, and Trades people

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Indentured Servant

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A person who signs a contract that says they must work for a certain person for a certain amount of Time when you became an Indentured servant then you could not marry or have children until your contract is up.

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Gullah

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When African Americans spoke a distinct combination of English and some West African Languages

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Great Awakening

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A religious movement in the 1730s + 1740s its drama and Emotion touched Women and Men of all background and Classes. It was a religious movement that

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Public School

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A School that is supported by taxes the first Public School was established in Massachusetts.

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Tutor

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A private Teacher. Who is usually paid.

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Dame School

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Schools that only Women could attend, women themselves ran them.

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Enlightenment

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The Spread of Ideas. That a man came up with by the name of John Locke, an English philosopher, wrote that people gain knowledge by watching listening and Experimenting. Benjamin Franklin thought that he could use reason to improve the world around him. He would experiment and share his ideas with others.

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Libel

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the act publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person’s reputation.

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Mercantilism

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is a favorable balance of trade or are when you export more than you import therefore you gain wealth by selling more than you are selling. Unfavorable balance is when you buy more than you sell this is bad because then you are losing money not gaining it, which is bad. Mercantilism was established when England established the Navigational Acts this limited the amount of trade this means that the English only allowed you to trade if the goods were on an English ship. This enabled England to export more than they where importing. This way England had Favorable trade. The Colonists saw the Navigational Acts as the King and Parliament getting involved in what they should not have, but there was some still positives, the colonists will always have someone to trade with (England) and it also increased the amount of shipbuilding in the colonies therefore leading to smuggling. The Colonist saw the Navigational Acts as an intrusion on their rights to free trade.