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Backcountry
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in general terms is a geographical region that is: * isolated * remote * undeveloped * difficult to access
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Great Awakening
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a religious revival in American religious history. They were characterized by widespread revivals led by evangelical Protestant ministers, a sharp increase in interest in religion, a profound sense of guilt and redemption on the part of those affected
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Fort Duquesne
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a fort established by the French in 1754
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King Georges War
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the name given to the operations in North America that formed part of the 1744-1748 War of the Austrian Succession. It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars.
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Albany Plan
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proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany, New York. It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government
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Albany Congress
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also known as the Albany Conference, was a meeting of representatives of seven of the British North American colonies in 1754
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Seven Years War
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The final war between France and Great Britain, which ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763
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Peace of Paris
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the set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War
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George Whitefield
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was an Anglican itinerant minister who helped spread the Great Awakening in Great Britain and, especially, in the British North American colonies
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Jonathan Edwards
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American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America
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Parliament
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a legislative assembly in certain countries
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William Pitt
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English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder
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General Braddock
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a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763). ...
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entrepots
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is a trading post where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying import duties
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John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon
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Most famous commonwealthmen. The wrote esssay's that spoke out against constitutional abuses.
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John Locke
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English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland
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Middle ground
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area in a picture between the foreground and the background
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Gilbert Tennent
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was a religious leader
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Molasses Act
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was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 6 Geo II. c. 13), which imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on molasses from non-British colonies
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Charles Chauncy
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an Anglo-American clergyman and educator
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Cato’s Letter’s
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The title of the letters John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon wrote.
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James Davenport
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an American clergyman and itinerant preacher noted for his often controversial actions during the First Great Awakening
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“Old Lights”
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used in Christian circles to distinguish between two groups who were initially the same, but have come to a disagreement
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“New Lights”
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Refers to the split of a denomination, with the group that changes being New Lights. Term first used during the first Great Awakening.
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Evangelicals
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a Protestant Christian theological stream which began in Great Britain in the 1730s.
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Henry Muehlenberg
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was a German Lutheran pastor sent to North America as a missionary.
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Cotton Mather
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was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author and pamphleteer
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Mestizo
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a person of mixed racial ancestry
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Mulatto
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an offspring of a black and a white parent
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Transportation Act
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Allows judges to send convicted felons to American Colonies.
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King William’s War
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The first of the French and Indian Wars.
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Queen Anne’s War
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was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars
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King George’s War
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The final in the French and Indian War.
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Navigation Acts
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a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies, which started in 1651
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Benjamin Franklin
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n important conservative figure in the American Restoration Movement, especially as the leading antebellum conservative in the northern United States branch of the movement
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Constitution
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law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
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