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30 Cards in this Set
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Proclamation of 1763
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All lands west of the Appalachians would be Indian land and off-limits to colonists
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French and Indian War
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A war between France and Britian in North America
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Albany Plan of Union
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A plan in which the American colonists would form a loose confederation to promote mutual defense.
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League of the Iroquois
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An American Indian federation
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Denominations
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Religious groups
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Treaty of Paris (1763)
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Ended the French and Indian War.
France gave up its North American empire to Britian |
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Great Awakening
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Religious movement in the colonies that emphasized emotional spirituality
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Puritans
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Religious group that believed that the church should purify itself by abandoning its rituals and ceremony
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Great Migration
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1630's imigration to America of English Puritans.
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Freeman
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an adult male church member
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New England Way
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The beliefs and ways of life of the Puritans
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Dissenters
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Someone who challenges the dominant vision of church society
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Covenant
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an agreement with God to build a holy society
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Common Wealth
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a community in which people worked together for the good of the whole
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General Court
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an assembly established by charter to make laws
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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a covenant establishing laws for the Connecticut Valley Settlement
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Magna Carta
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a document asserting the rights af Englishmen
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Indentured Servants
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A person bound by law to work for a master for a limited time in exchange for transportation to the American Colonies.
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Common Law
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A tradition of customs and laws based on previous court decisions
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Deism
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The idea that reason and the contemplation of nature could lead one to a knowledge of God
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Middle Passage
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The triangular trade pattern between the New england colonies, the West Indies and Africa and back to the colonies
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Subsistance Agriculture
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Raising just enough food for one's family
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Land Speculation
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The buying of land in order to resell it at a profit
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Proprietor
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Owner
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Extractive Activities
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Activities that directly consume natural resources
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Glorious Revolution
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The overthrow of England's King James II by Parliament
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Divine Right
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Means of God given right to rule
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Domimion of New England
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New England colonies consolidated into a dominion
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Navigation Acts
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English laws for taxing and regulating trade
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Board of Trade
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A parliamentary committee to oversee policy in the Empire
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