Chapter 4 US History

Benjamin Franklin

A skilled printer who had a zest for learning and new ideas. He later on devoted his life to science and public service.

Covenant Chain

A series of treaties between the Iroquois and the colonists. Under these treaties, the Iroquois helped the colonies subjugate Indians whose lands the English wanted.

Dominion of New England

Made up of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Plymouth.

English Bill of Rights

Under its terms, the crown was required to summon Parliament annually, sign all its bills, and respect traditional civil liberties.

George Whitefield

A significant preacher during the Great Awakening.

Glorious Revolution

Revolution of 1688 which resulted in the overthrow of James II by William of Orange.

Grand Settlement of 1701

Treaty in which the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy made peace with France and its Indian allies in exchange for access to western furs, and redefined their alliance with Britain to exclude military cooperation.

James Oglethorpe

One of the trustees of the Georgia colony. He purchased land for the colony from Creek Indians, with whom he cultivated close ties. He founded the port of Savannah in 1733, and by 1740 twenty-eight hundred colonists had arrived. He was determined to keep slavery out of Georgia because slaves, he thought, degraded blacks, made whites lazy, and presented a terrible risk

King George's War

Also known as the War of Austrian Succession. It started out as a conflict between Britain and Spain, but then escalated when France sided with Spain.

King William's War

First in a series of European wars fought in part on North American soil.

Leisier's Rebellion

Led by Captain Jacob Leisler, it was an uprising in New York in 1689 against the British.

mercantilism

The theory that holds that each nation's power was measured by its wealth, especially in gold. To secure wealth, a country needed to maximize its sale of goods abroad in exchange for gold while minimizing foreign purchases paid for gold.

Middle Passage

The journey from Africa to America.

Navigation Acts

A series of laws which governed commerce between England and its colonies.

Protestant Association

Association formed by John Coode and three others to secure Maryland for William and Mary.

Queen Anne's War

War in 1702 between England versus France and Spain.

Stono Rebellion

A slave uprising in 1739 in South Carolina.

Tuscarora War

War in the Carolinas from 1711 through 1713 between the Tuscarora Indians and the colonists.

Walking Purchase

William Penn's sons produced a patently fraudulent "deed," which alleged that the Delawares had agreed in 1686 to sell their land as far westward as a man could walk in a day and a half. After selling much of the land to settlers and speculators in a lottery and hiring two men to rehearse the walk, the Penns in 1737 sent the two men to an "official" walk. The men covered 64 miles, meaning that the Delawares had to hand over an additional twelve hundred square miles of land.

Yamasee War

A series of attacks from 1715-1716 led by Catawbas, Creeks, and other Indian allies on English trading houses and settlements. Only by enlisting the aid of the Cherokee Indians, and allowing four hundred slaves to bear arms, did the colony crush the uprising.