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salutary neglect |
an english policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty. |
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mercantilism |
an economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade. |
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Parliament |
the legislative body of England. |
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Navigation Acts |
a series of laws enacted by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to tighten England's control of trade in its American colonies. |
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Glorious Revolution |
the transfer of the British monarchy from James II to William and Mary in 1688-1689. |
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Dominion of New England |
refers to the land from southern Maine to New Jersey that was united under one ruler in the 1680s. |
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Sir Edmund Andros |
The ruler of the Dominion of New England appointed by King James II. |
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cash crop |
a crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use. |
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slave |
a person who becomes the property of others. |
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triangular trade |
the transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America. |
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middle passage |
the voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to North America. |
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Stono Rebellion |
a 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws. |
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Enlightenment |
an 18th century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
Philadelphia inventor, writer, and political leader. |
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Jonathan Edwards |
Forceful preacher in the Great Awakening. |
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Great Awakening |
a revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1750s. |
