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AP US History

Chapter 5 Colonial America in the 18th Century - Craig/Lauren

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Benjamin Franklin Statesman, publisher, inventor, patriot known for writing "Poor Richard's Almanac", kept France on America's side during the Revolutionary War, American representative to England and Minister to France.
Pennsylvania “The best poor white-man's country,” this state was founded by William Penn and was originally a quaker-dominated society.
Atlantic Slave Trade The selling of African slaves by Europeans that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean. Most slaves were shipped from West Africa and Central Africa and brought over to the New World. Some captured through raids and kidnapping, others traded.
The Great Awakening A religious revitalization that swept the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American religion. It came from powerful preaching that aimed to convince listeners of their personal guilt and of their need of salvation.
Loyalists People who still had ties to Great Britain and remained faithful to their former country, often experiencing discrimination as a result.
Quakers William Penn lead these people to settle in Pennsylvania for religious freedom.
Puritans Non-separatists who wished to adopt reforms in order to purify the Church of England. Founded Massachusetts.
Stono Rebellion In 1739, as many as 100 enslaved African and African Americans living within twenty miles of Charleston joined forces to strike down their white owners and march en masse toward Spanish Florida and freedom. More than 60 whites and 30 slaves died.
Navigation Acts A series of laws which, beginning in 1651, restricted the use of foreign shipping in the trade of England (later Great Britain and its colonies). Resentment against such laws was a cause of the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the American Revolutionary War.
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