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Conflict between the French, English, and Indians in the 1690s.
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King William's War
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Plan created by Benjamin Franklin for a "general government of British North America." It was rejected by the colonies.
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Albany Plan of Union
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One of the series of conflicts between the British and the French, it began in 1702 and lasted until 1713.
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Queen Anne's War
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Battle in North Carolina between eastern interests and the Regulators; the Regulators were crushed.
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Battle of Alamance
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Guerilla group in present-day Vermont that fought against the claims of New Yorkers to land.
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Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys
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Communities of runaway slaves that usually fled inland in an effort to escape their masters.
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Maroon Communities
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Largest slave revolt of the colonial period; nearly one hundred South Carolina slaves killed several whites before being subdued the by the white militia.
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The Stono Rebellion
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Renewed conflict between the French and English in 1744.
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King George's War
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An intellectual movement that stressed the power of human reason to promote progress.
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The Enlightenment
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Influenced by the Enlightenment, this movement believed God's greatest gift to mankind was reason, and that God was a benevolent creator who offered salvation to all, not just a predestined elite.
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Rational Christianity
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Pastor of a Massachusetts church and a leader of the First Great Awakening; preached about God's grace and terrifying pictures of eternal damnation.
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Jonathon Edwards
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"Boy preacher" from England who increased the fervor of religious revival during his two-year tour of the colonies from 1739 through 1741.
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George Whitefield
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Fought between Britain/Prussia and France/Austria/Spain in battles around the world; British won, ending French claims to American empire.
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Seven Year's War
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English politician who dreamed of complete English sovereignty over North America.
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William Pitt
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Site of Washington's defeat by the French in 1754.
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Fort Necessity
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