Quizlet chapter 3

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  1. Benjamin Franklin: Philidelphia inventor, writer, and political leader
  2. cash crop: A crop grown for sale rather than for the farmer's use
  3. Dominion of New England: A huge colony formedby the King of England, which included land form southern Maine to New Jersey
  4. Enlightenment: Intellectual movement that started in Europe
  5. Fench and Indian War: War that gave teh British control of North America
  6. George Grenville: Financial expert who was appointed prime minister of Britain in 1763
  7. George Washington: Led Virginia troops in first battle in the French and Indian War
  8. Glorious Revolution: Overthrow of James ll
  9. Great Awakening: Religous revival movement in the colonies
  10. Jonathan Edwards: Forceful preacher in the Great Awakening
  11. mercantilism: Theory that countries should acquire gold and focus on exporting goods and owning colonies
  12. middlle passage: The voyage that brought slaves to America
  13. Navigation Acts: Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade
  14. New France: French colony in North America
  15. Parliament: The lawmaking body of England
  16. Pontiac: Native American leader who fought the British
  17. Proclomation of 1763: Law limiting the area of English settlement
  18. salutary neglect: An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
  19. Sir Edmund Andros: Governor appointed by the King of England to govern over the Dominion of England
  20. slave: Person who is considered the property of another
  21. Stono Rebellion: A 1739 slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina
  22. Sugar Act: Law passed by Parliament to try to raise money
  23. triangular trade: The pattern of shipping trade across the Atlantic
  24. William Pitt: British leader in the French and Indian War