United States History Vocab 3
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Chapter 3: The American Colonies Take Shape
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 indentured servant | poor immigrants who paid for passage to the colonies by agreeing to work for four to seven years. |
| triangular trade | A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa |
| Middle Passage | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and the Southern U.S. that carried the slave trade |
| Phillis Wheatley | American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America |
| Magna Carta | a document English nobles forced King John to accept in 1215 |
| Parliament | a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain) |
| English Bill of Rights | a document guaranteeing a number of freedoms and restating many of the rights granted in the Magna Carta. |
| habeas corpus | the idea that no one could be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime |
| salutary neglect | An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies |
| mercantilism | the policy that holds that a nation or an empire could build wealth and power by developing its industries and exporting manufactured goods in exchange for gold and silver. |
| Navigation Acts | Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries. |
| Enlightenment | eighteenth-century movement during which European philosophers believed that society's problems could be solved by reason and science. |
| Benjamin Franklin | Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his discoveries in the field of electricity. |
| Great Awakening | religious movement in the English colonies during the 1730s and 1740s, which was heavily inspired by evangelical preachers. |
| staple crop | crops that are steady in demand |
| cash crop | crop grown for sale |
| dame school | elementary school during colonial times, often operated out of a woman's home |
| George Washington | Virginian, patriot, general, and president. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States. |
| French and Indian War | Was a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes) |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | Uprising in 1763 by Indians in the Great Lakes regions |
| Proclamation of 1763 | declaration by the British king ordering all colonists to remain east of the Appalachin Mountains |
| Albany Plan of Union | Benjamin Franklin's 1754 proposal to create one government for the 13 colonies |
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