APUSH Unit One Vocab 30-59
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Charles II and Restoration | period when an English monarch won back his position as king and the British monarchy was reestablished |
| Halfway Covenant | church agreement created by Solomon Stoddard in 1662 which allowed descendants of Puritan church members to earn partial church membership, which would lead to an oath of allegiance |
| Metacom's War | conflict with Native Americans that began with the murder of a British-Native spy, resulted in massive casualties |
| Duke of York/James II | Catholic English monarch who was loyal to the French, eventually ousted due to absolute control and ignorance of Parliament as well as concerns with his religion |
| Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina | document written by John Locke outlining the nobility of Carolina |
| Sir Edmund Andros | head of the Dominion of New England, dissolved colonial assemblies, enforced taxes, and tried to take on Puritans |
| Glorious Revolution | ascension of Queen Mary II of England and William III of Orange to the British Crown |
| William and Mary | two monarchs that ascended the English crown during the Glorious Revolution |
| Declaration of Rights | English Bill of Rights which outlined inalienable rights that all English citizens were guaranteed |
| Leisler's Rebellion | rebellion when a German immigrant to NYC led the militia to control NYC until the Crown had the leader executed (however he was later exonerated) |
| Stono Rebellion | slave rebellion that resulted from slaves being directly imported to Carolina, Carolina put down rebellion and enacted legislation restricting slaves and bringing slaves directly from Africa |
| Sir Robert Walpole | first Prime Minister of England, served under George I and George II, followed salutary neglect |
| James Oglethorpe | general, philanthropist, and founder of Georgia, tried to establish a Utopian society, eventually crumbled |
| Molasses Act of 1733 | tax that was designed to force colonists to buy British molasses due to high duty on non-British molasses |
| Currency Act of 1751 | act designed to control currency circulation in the colonies to protect British merchants from receiving depreciated (less-valued) money |
| Ben Franklin | working-class colonist who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac and eventually became prolific inventor, scientist, and politician, involved in the American Enlightenment |
| Jonathan Edwards | preacher from Massachusetts who was important in the First Great Awakening, a spiritual enlightenment during the 1700s |
| George Whitefield | Anglican minister who spread the First Great Awakening through Great Britain and the colonies, very famous and popular, founder of Methodism |
| Old and New Lights | conflicting religious points of view during the First Great Awakening, one group embraced changes, other group was wary |
| Fort Duquesne/Pitt | fort at the convergence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, present-day Pittsburg, taken over by British and changed name |
| William Pitt | British minister that took control during French-Indian War, made allies with colonies and administered fight, effective leader who was confident in victory, forced out of office by George III |
| Gen. Edward Braddock | general with George Washington, almost made it to Duquesne with artillery, but was ambushed by French/Indians, later died |
| Gen. James Wolfe | general who lead British forces against French general Louis-Joseph de Montcalm at Quebec |
| Albany Plan of Union | plan to establish a supreme governor of the colonies, supported by the Crown, with an assembly of 48 which would deal with native issues in the frontier and levy taxes to support itself |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | rebellion of Native Americans all across the frontier against British forts, ended with a peace treaty where the British could house redcoats in forts in exchange for trade |
| Proclamation of 1763 | passed by George III to keep colonists from moving west into native lands to prevent further war, designated a line between colonies and native lands |
| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | peace treaty after French/Indian War, British take all French lands and Spanish Florida, invite Spanish to stay but few do |
| Paxton Boys | vigilante mob that massacred many Native Americans in response to what they thought was poor defense from natives and increased tensions from French/Indian War |
| Regulator Movements | violent uprising in North Carolina when colonists were unhappy with corrupt officials, colonists took up arms to officials |
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