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Unit 2- The Road to Revolution:1600-1783 Flashcards

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Mestizo

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Individual of mixed Spanish and Native American descent.

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New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741

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The trial, execution, and enslavement of a number of New Yorkers (Mostly Black) in the wake of a series of fires and amidst fears of a slave conspiracy in NYC in 1741.

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Stono Rebellion

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A slave insurrection that took place in South Carolina in September 1739; led by a literate slave named Jemmy.

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Yamasee War- 1715-1718

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Conflict between a coalition of Native American tribes (Led by the Yamasees) against English colonists in the Carolinas.

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1701

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Iroquois make conflicting deals with the French and the English at the conclusion of the Beaver Wars.

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1702-1713

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The war of Spanish Succession in Europe arises after the death of Charles II of Spain.

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1715-1718

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The Yamasee War breaks out in the Carolina region.

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1739

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The Stono Rebellion begins in the colony of South Carolina.

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1740

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South Carolina passes “An Act for the better Ordering and Governing of Negroes and other Slaves in the Province.” (Negro Act)

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1741

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The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741 includes the execution of 17 New Yorkers.

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Dominion of New England

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An attempt to centralize colonial administration; a combination of the northern colonies into a single governing structure under the oversight of Sir Edmund Andros.

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English Bill of Rights (1689)

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Written by parliament following the Glorious Revolution; established a constitutional monarch and demarcated parliamentary powers and individual rights for English citizens.

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Enumarated Goods.

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A list of certain commodities produced in the colonies (Tobacco, sugar, cotton and Indigo) that, under the terms of the Navigation Acts, could only be transported to parts controlled by England.

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Navigation Acts

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Series of laws passed during the second half of the 17th century that enabled England to exert greater control over trade with it’s American colonies.

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Salutary Neglect

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Lax oversight of colonial trade and governance in English North America during the first half of the 18th century.

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Whigs

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Opponents to James II during the Glorious Revolution; opposed the centralization of the English monarchy at the expense of parliament.

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Writs of Assistance

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Warrants that enabled English customs officials to board and search colonial vessels suspected of containing smuggled goods.

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Charles II

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Son of King Charles I, who was beheaded during the English Civil war in 1649, Charles II took the throne in 1660 after a brief period of parliamentary rule, known as the English Interregnum.

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Sir Edmund Andros

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Colonial governor of New York who was placed in charge of the Dominion of New England by James II. Loyal to James II, Andros had little sympathy for English colonists and was committed to enforcing the Navigation Acts.

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James II

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The second son of Charles I, ascended the throne in 1685 on the death of brother, Charles II. A catholic and a proponent of an absolute monarchy, he was deposed shortly thereafter in the Glorious Revolution.

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William and Mary

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William of Orange (Later King WIlliam III) and his wife, Mary, ascended the English throne in 1689 in the Glorious Revolution.

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1642-1649

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The English Civil war pits the supporters of the monarchy against those of parliament.

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1649

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King Charles I is beheaded and England temporarily becomes a republic under Oliver Cromwell.

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1651

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The Navigation Ordinance is enacted by Oliver Cromwell to regulate trade with the colonies.

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1660

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The English Restoration brings King Charles II to the throne.

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1663

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The Staple Act barres colonists from importing goods that had not been made in England.

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1673

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The Plantation Duties Act taxes any enumerated goods that one colony traded with another.

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1675

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The Board of Trade is established by King Charles II to better enforce trade laws.

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1686

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King James II creates the Dominion of New England.

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1688-1689

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The Glorious Revolution involves the overthrowing of James II and the installment of William of Orange and his wife Mary, as King & Queen of England.

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1689

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Parliament issues the English Bill of Rights and the colonies enter a period of Salutary Neglect extending into the 18th century.

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Consumer Revolution

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An increased supply of consumer goods in the American colonies that facilitated closer ties between colonists and the British Empire.

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Delft Ware

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Blue and White china; first manufactured in the Netherlands.

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Georgian-Style Architecture

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A style of architecture that became popular in England and the American colonies by the early 18th century.

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Jonathan Edwards

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Puritan theologian and preacher whose fiery sermons such as “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” helped fuel religious revivalism in the colonies during the Great Awakening.

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1730-1740

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Period of religious revivalism in conies known as the First Great Awakening.

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Social Contract

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A theory of government espoused by John Locke, in which the purpose of government was to protect the life, liberty and property of the individual.

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The Enlightenment

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An intellectual and cultural movement during the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science over superstition, religion and tradition.

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Ben Franklin

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Printer, writer, scientist, philosopher, diplomat, politician and American founding father.

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Francis Bacon

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Key Englightenment thinker known as the “Father of Empiricism” for his support of the scientific method and his insistence that knowledge came from experience and observation.

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John Locke

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Enlightenment philosopher whose writings, including his 1690 Two Treatises of Government, and his reflections on the natural rights of man, provided an intellectual foundation for the American Revolution.

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1571-1630

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During his lifetime Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets’ orbits resembled Ellipses rather than circles.

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1561-1626

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Francis Bacon popularizes the Scientific Method during his lifetime.

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1609

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Galileo builds a telescope and argues that the Earth revolves around the sun.

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1687

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Isaac Newton publishes “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.”

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1688-1689

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The Glorious Revolution involes the overthrowing of James II and the installment of William of Orange and his wife Mary.

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1689

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Parliament issues the English Bill of Rights and the colonies enter a period of Salutary Neglect extending into the 18th century.

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1690

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John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Government.

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1731

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Ben Franklin creates the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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Albany Plan of Union (1754)

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A proposal to create a unified colonial government to coordinate military and defense efforts during the French and Indian War.

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Treaty of Paris (1763)

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Treaty that ended the French and Indian War, in which Great Britain gained control of all eastern North America t the expense of the French and Spanish.

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George Washington

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Founding father, member of the Virginia Colonial gentry, planter, slave owner, senior officer in the Colonial militia during the French and Indian War, commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

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William Pitt

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British Statesman who oversaw the defeat of the French during the French and Indian War; Prime minister of Britain from 1766-1768.

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Queen Anne’s War

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(1702-1713) or the War of Spanish Succession is best remembered in the colonies for a French and Indian raid against Deerfield, Massachusetts.

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1754

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The French and their Native allies drive English interlopers out of Ohio; the Albany Plan of Union is proposed and fails.

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1755

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General Edward Braddock is ambushed and killed.

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1756

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French and Indian war, also known as the 7 years war is declared.

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