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Chapter 3
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10/05/2014

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Quakers
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Members of a religious sect that embraced egalitarianism and rejected traditional religious hierarchies. They believed that the Holy Spirit or the " inner Light" could inspire every soul
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William Penn
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The proprietor of the last unallocated tract of American territory at the king's disposal, which become Pennsylvania.
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Beaver Wars
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Series of conflicts between the Hurons (and other Indians)and Iroquois in a quest for pelts.
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Pope
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Leader of the Pueblo Revolt against Spanish in 1680
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Pueblo Revolt of 1680
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The most successful Indian uprising in American history. Pueblo Indians rebelled against Spanish authority and drove the Spanish from their New Mexico settlement
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King Philip's War
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Major war between Indians and new England settlers
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Bacon's Rebellion
Definition
Uprising that resulted from many conflicts, among them mounting land shortage and settlers' desires for Indian Lands
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Middle passage
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The brutal and often fatal journey of slaves from Africa to America
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task system
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Each slave had a daily or weekly quota of tasks to complete
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TUSCARORA WAR
Definition
WAR IN THE CAROLINAS FROM 1711 THROUGH 1713 THAT PITTED TUSCARORA INDIANS AGAINST COLONIST AND THEIR INDIAN ALLIES.
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Continental Congress
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Group of representatives appointed by conventions in most of the North American colonies of Great Britain
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Lord Dunmore
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Royal governor of Virginia who promised freedom to slaves who fought to restore royal authority
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Loyalist
Definition
Colonist who retained a profound reverence for the British crown and believed that if they failed to defend their king, they would sacrifice their personal honor
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Common Sense
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocated freedom from British rule.
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African Methodist Episcopal ( AMC) Church
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The First black run Protestant denomination
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Three - fifths clause
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Allowed three- fifths of all slaves to be counted for congressional representation and, thereby in the electoral college that selected the president.
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Report on Public Credit
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Hamilton's plan to ensure that wealthy merchants, who held the public debt, would be linked to the government's financial survival.
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XYZ Affair
Definition
French demand for bribes from American negotiators that triggered great anger.
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Eli Whitney
Definition
Invented the cotton gin that made cleaning of southern cotton fast and cheap
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Plantation
Definition
Large landholding devoted to cash such as cotton or tobacco
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