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mercantilism
Definition
a nation’s power is directly related to its wealth and its ability to maintain a favorable
balance a trade
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Triangular trade
Definition
between Africa(slaves), American islands (molasses), and England (rum)
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English Bill of Rights
Definition
placing limits on the power of the monarchy and giving Parliament free speech and the power of taxation
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Stono Rebellion
Definition
1739, 100 slaves in SC seized weapons and killed several before being captured also the largest
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French and Indian War
Definition
a war between the English against the French and the native Americans.
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Balance of trade
Definition
relationship between the country's imports and exports
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Enlightenment
Definition
philosophical movement that focused on a search for knowledge and the use of reason
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Salutary neglect
Definition
when English's officials were involved in colonial policy, but not rule the colonies.
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Social contract
Definition
government and that if the government did not protect their rights, the people had the right to revolution
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Albany Plan of Union
Definition
a way for the colonies to unit
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Confederation
Definition
A group in which a member keeps control of its own internal affairs
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Navigation Acts
Definition
series laws to control colonial trade
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Middle Passage
Definition
a journey made by slaves transported from West Africa to the West Indies
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Great Awakening
Definition
To bring people back to the church, clergy
launched
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Treaty of Paris
Definition
signed in 1763 to end the 7 years of war
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Cash crops
Definition
products have grown to be sold; they included
tobacco, indigo, and rice
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Glorious Revolution
Definition
the English king passed power to another king without bloodshed
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yeoman
Definition
a man holding and farming a small landed estate
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Olaudah Equiano
Definition
former enslaved African, seaman and merchant who wrote an autobiography depicting the horrors of slavery
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Iroquois League
Definition
an alliance between native American and Britain.
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Pontiac
Definition
an Ottawa chief who resisted the treaty of Paris
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Proclamation of 1763
Definition
made a line between the mountain so the Native Americans could have some land
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