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Mercantaillism |
economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and establishing a balance of trade Imports are more valuable and greater than exports |
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Navigation Acts |
Laws enacted by parliament to tighten England's control over trade in the american colonies was to restrict colonial trade |
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Middle Passage |
The voyage that brought enslaved Africans, from Africa, to the West Indies and then to America Africa to the West Indies to America |
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Enlightenment |
The intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method From religion to reason led to the great awakening Formed on reason |
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Great Awakening |
The revival of religious feeling in the american colonies during the 1730s and 1750s Through religion |
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What did the Great Awakening cause colonists to specifically do? |
Looked for religion or spiritual things though reason |
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Stono rebellion |
The 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already tight slave laws Between slaves and South Carolina (planters) |
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Common Sense |
Written by Thomas Paine, it was a pamphlet that called independence from Britain Based on reason |
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Declaration of Independence |
Written by Thomas Jefferson, the colonies called for liberation Approved on July 4th, 1776 |
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What document specifically talks about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? |
The Declaration of Independence |
