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APUSH Chapter 5 Vocabulary
APUSH Chapter 5 Vocabulary
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History
10th Grade
09/12/2010

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Benjamin Franklin
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One of the founding fathers of the U.S that was a writer, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat
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Iroquois Indians
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An alliance of Indian tribes in New York
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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Descendants of German emigrants to the U.S that habitated Pennsylvania
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Scots-Irish
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Scotish and Irish Presbytarians that emigrated to the U.S
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Redemptioners
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Emigrants that signed servitude contracts in the U.S rather than in Europe
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Olaudah Equiano
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One of the most important African advocates for slave abolition
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Jonathan Edwards
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Gave sermen called "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" that helped shaped Great Awakening
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George Whitefield
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Anglican Protestant that helped spread Great Awakening in England
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Yamasee War
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War between colonists of South Carolina and Native Indian tribes
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Creek Indians
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Confederacy of southeastern Indian tribes
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Cherokee Indians
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Confederacy of tribes that migrated south from the Great Lakes region that had technological advancements like the Europeans had
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Poor Richard’s Almanack
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Yearly (best selling) almanac created by Benjamin Franklin
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Middle Passage
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Forced passage of Amrican slaves to America
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“seasoning”
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The process of training African slaves for their new life in America
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Stono Rebellion
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Largest pre-American Revolution slave rebellion in the U.S
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Task system
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system that allowed some slaves to work unsupervised as long as they finished their task within a certain time
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Congregational Church
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Protestant churches in which each congregation runs it's own ceremonies
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Enlightenment
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Age of intellectual, scientific, and cultural advancement all over the world
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Deism
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philosophy that creation of world can only be discovered through nature and reasoning
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Great Awakening
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Religious revival of Protestantism in American History
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Seven Years War/French & Indian War
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War between Great Britain and France in North America due to conflicts over fur trade competition
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