Us History Vocab 1-15

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King George III

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Hoped to lower debt and he chose a financial expert to serve as prime minister. He tried helping Great Britain get out of debt and he did everything he could to do that even if it eventually led to the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party

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Sugar Act

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A trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America. It started protesting with the people and boycotting but it also provided that colonists accused of violating the act would be tried in a vice-admiralty court rather than a colonial court

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Stamp Act

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A 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America. The colonists united to defy the law and with the help of Samuel Adams, they boycotted British goods, which could initially be the reason that the Boston Massacre happened.

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Boston
Massacre

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A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed. It created tension between the British and Colonists

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Common
Sense

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A pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for separation of the colonies from Britain. The pamphlet made people think about the monarchy and King George and it they started questioning the King and the Monarchy

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Jamestown

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A former village of southeast Virginia and the first permanent English settlement in America that was founded in May 1607. Jamestown was one of the first colonies to be established by the English

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Enlightenment

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An 18th-century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge. The Enlightenment changed views and beliefs and starting a whole revolution of new ideas

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Puritan

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A member of a group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the Church and England. This group was very significant in the way they ran the government and the power they had.

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John Winthrop

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Puritan leader who expressed the sense of mission that bound the Puritans together, in a sermon. He was important because he led the Puritans and encouraged more people to join together to reform the church.

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King Philips War

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A conflict between New England colonists and Native American groups allied under the leadership of the Wampanoag chief Metacom. This was very importnat because the Native Americans took power over the Puritans and it was a change in power.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Embraced the notion of obtaining truth through experimentation and reason. He was very important in preaching about enlightenment, through experiments and logic.

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Great Awakening

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A revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1750. Caused people to question authority and it deemphasized the role of church authority. It was important in creating the intellectual and social atmosphere that led to the American Revolution.

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Jonathan Edwards

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Preached that it was not enough for people simply to come to church. In order to be saved, they must feel their sinfulness and feel God's love for them. HE was important to the Great Awakening. His preaching was on of the driving forces of the Great Awakening.

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French and Indian War

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A conflict in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763, that was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain. This was important because it caused a war between Native Americans and British

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Proclamation of 1763

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An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. This was important because it tried to establish a line that colonists could not cross and although it failed, it tried creating peace.