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Thirteen Original Colonies

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the territories of Britain that would, in 1776, rebel against their mother country

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Pennsylvania Dutch

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name given to those Germans living in Pennsylvania in the colonial period

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Scots-Irish

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ethnic group that was hard and bitter; lived often in the backcountry of America; squabbled with First Americans over land and evaded authority of England

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Paxton Boys

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hotheaded Scots-Irish who led attacks on Philadelphia and North Carolina to display their unhappiness; one was Andrew Jackson

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Regulator Movement

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movement headed by the Paxton Boys in North Carolina that spoke out against eastern domination of the colonies' affairs

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Social Mobility

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the idea that a person can move up or down the social ladder throughout their life

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The Session

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I couldn't find this one

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Smallpox

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disease that affected 20% of colonists; highly dreaded

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Diphtheria

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disease that took the lives of many young colonists

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Triangular Trade

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system where whiskey was traded to African tribesmen in exchange for slaves, who were traded in the West Indies for molasses, which was sold in America to make whiskey...and so on

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Naval Stores

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supplies such as tar, pitch, rosin, and turpentine that were highly valued by the British

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Molasses Act

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law passed by the British to prevent American trade with the French West Indies; mostly it didn't work and just made the colonists angry

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Taverns

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bars placed along travel routes for entertainment and gossip

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Established Church

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The Anglican Church and the Congregationalist Church were the two in America

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Anglicans

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members of the Church of England; often viewed as loyalists

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Congregationalists

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members of the other established church in Americca; grew out of Puritanism

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Presbyterians

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church similar to Congregationalism that never became official in the colonies

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Jonathan Edwards

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the first major preacher of the Great Awakening

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George Whitefield

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second, more gregarious preacher of the Great Awakening

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Old Lights

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orthodox clergymen who disapproved of the style of the Great Awakening

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New Lights

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ministers who preached the Great Awakening

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Baptists

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another religion in America that allowed more emotional worship of God

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Latin and Greek

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Languages taught in colonial schools

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John Trumbull

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aspiring colonists painter who was forced to move to London to support himself

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Charles Wilson Peale

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colonial portaitist of George Washington

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Benjamin West

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aspiring colonists painter who was forced to move to London to support himself

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John Singleton Copley

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aspiring colonists painter who was forced to move to London to support himself

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Benjamin Franklin

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the only truly successful scientist in the American colonial period

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John Peter Zenger

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man who wrote a controversial newspaper article and won a court case allowing freedom of speech, although the judge did not support the decision

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Royal Colonies

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colonies directly ruled by a British governor

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Proprietary Colonies

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colonies who were ruled by a governor chosen by proprietors of that colony; included Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

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Self-Governing Colonies

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colonies who elected their own governor; included Connecticut and Rhode Island

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Colonial Assemblies

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colonists who had a say in the government along with the governor; often made the governors into puppets

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Power of the Purse

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the practice of with-holding a governor's salary until he did what the assemblies wanted

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Town Meetings

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style of government that dominated in New England; every member of the town got together and had a say in the government

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Property Qualifications

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the idea that owning land was necessary to vote in an election

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Nash's Urban Crucible Theory

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the idea that the competitive, individualistic society in America can be traced back to the colonies

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