Social Studies Vocab Review For Chapter 4

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Mason- Dixon Line

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a line between Pennsylvania and Maryland and divided The Middle Colonies and The Southern Colonies> surveyed by Mason and Dixon

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Act of Toleration

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a law passed giving all Christians Religious freedom (passed in 1649)

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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: an upraising in 1676 led by Nathaniel Bacon (him and followers went to Jamestown and burnt down capital

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Indigo

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a plant used to make blue dye that was valued

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Debtor

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people who owed money they could not pay back

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Slave code

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laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights (like voting, taking part in the town ect)

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Racism

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believing that on e race is better or superior than another

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Sir George Calvert

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1632, he convinced the king to give him a chater for land in the Americas. He had ruined his career by becoming a roman catholic so he want for a new start.

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Chesapeake Bay

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a bay in Virginia that people settled on

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Nathaniel Bacon

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leader of Bacon’s rebellion

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Charles Town

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largest settlement in the Carolinas

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James Oglethorpe

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the founder of Georgia

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Savannah

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a settlement built in 1733 in Georgia

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The Tidewater Region

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a place where there were there was plantations and it was on the coast went as far west to the foothills of the Appalachian mountains

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The Backcountry

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it was west of tidewater where there was more like countryland there was more farms that were smaller and weren't used for mass harvesting of crops

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The Middle Passage

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the bottom part of the triangluar trade route between the colonies, africa and the carbbean

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Lord Baltimore

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founded and made the colony of Maryland (capital is Baltimore)

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Mercantilism

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: A theory that stated that a nation became strong by keeping strict control over trade
Wealth = Power

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Export

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goods sent away to markets outside of the colony or out of the country

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Import

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goods that were sent to the colony or brought in to the country

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Navigation acts

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: a law passed in 1650’s that restricted trade between England and the Colonies. Was made to make sure that only England got the benefit of trade
English ships or colonial ships were they only ships good could be exported on
Closed any foreign port to colonial trade (ports in the west Indies> the Dutch French Spanish and Portuguese owned colonies there)

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Yankee

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: merchants from New England that dominated trade. They were smart, and worked very hard to the money and the exceeding reputation they got

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Triangular trade

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trade routes that formed a triangle and connected the colonies to England to Africa. Used also for slave trade.

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Legislature

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a group of people that had the power to make laws

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Glorious Revolution

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in 1688 the colonist won more rights because of the revolution. This happened because the parliament removed king James II from the throne

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Bill of rights

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it’s a written list of freedoms the government promises to protect

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English bill of rights

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this bill protected the rights of people and gave anyone accused of a crime the right to be tried in front of a jury.

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Gentry

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top of the social ladder

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Middle class

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below the Gentry > they were farmers skilled craftsmen and tradesmen
Indentured servant: lowest class > someone who signed a contract to serve a master. The master has to pay for fee of the servant coming to America.

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Gullah

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a combination of English and West African languages (spoken by the African Americans)

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Great awakening

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a religious movement in 1730s and 1740s

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Public school

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school that allowed for rich and poor kids to get an education [everyone]

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Tutor

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private teachers

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Apprentice

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a person who works under a master to become like the master (Job wise. Craftsmen. Tradesmen)

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Dame school

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private schools run by women in their homes

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Enlightenment

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a movement of ideas in the late 1600’s and 1700’s

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Libel

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the act of publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person’s reputation

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Negro Election Day

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the day that Negros elected a leader

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Jonathan Edwards

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helped spread the great awaking

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George Whitefield

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an english minister that help spread the ideas of the great awaking

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John Locke

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an English philosopher that wrote about the colonies

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Benjamin Franklin

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born in 1706 strong supporter of the Enlightenment

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Poor Richards Almanack

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published by ben franklin from his printing business. This was his most popular publishment

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John Peter Zenger

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a publisher of the weekly journal, he got arrested for publishing stories the LIBLE the governor