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cash crop
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crop grown for sale rather than farmers own use
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triangular trade
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rum and other goods carried from New England colonies to Africa; goods exchanged for slaves; slaves brought to West Indies and exchanged for sugar and molasses; Sugar and molasses sent to NE to be turned into rum
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middle passage
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voyage that brought slaves from Africa to West Indies; it was the middle leg of the trade triangle
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Stono Rebellion
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1739--uprising of 20 slaves at Stono River outside of Charleston; uprising failed to win freedom for slaves and resulted in many slave deaths as well as tightening of already harsh slave laws
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Enlightenment
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An intellectual movement that stressed the use of reason the scientific method to obtain knowledge; observation, reason, natural laws and principles,Copernicus, Galileo, Newton; fixed mathematical laws; influenced political thought
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Benjamin Franklin
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Enlightenment thinker who endeavored to reach perfection through reason and method (1706-1790)
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The Great Awakening
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revival of Puritan doctrine and ideals that had diminished in influence because of religious tolerance (1691) following the Glorious Revolution and disinterest in spiritual matters because of increased wealth (1740-1750)
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Jonathan Edwards
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Puritan minister of great influence during the Great Awakening; stressed return to Puritan values, the sinfulness of humanity, and the love of God
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