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Stono Rebellion
The ________ comprised a group of 80 enslaved people who set out for Spanish Florida under a banner that said "Liberty !.
Sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean
Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Dominica
Glorious Revolution
In the time between the ________ (1688) and the American Revolution (1775), Britain was at war with France.
Lord proprietor
_____________________ was an individual who had purchased or received the rights to a colony from the Crown
Sugar Act of 1764
Taxed the import of sugar into the Americas
The Stamp Act of 1765
A tax that required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London
The Townshend Acts
A series of British acts of Parliament that introduced taxes and regulations to fund the administration of the British colonies in the Americas
Three political structures in the British colonies
Provincial colonies, proprietary colonies, and charter colonies
Provincial colonies
The most tightly controlled, with all governors appointed directly by the king
Proprietary colonies
Similar structure to provincial ones, but governors were appointed by a lord proprietor
Lord proprietor
An individual who had purchased or received the rights to a colony from the Crown
Charter colonies
The most complex, they were formed by political corporations or interest groups and elected their own governors among the men in the colony
Seven Years' War
A war of England and Prussia against France and Austria; Britain and Prussia got the better of it
Effects of transatlantic trade
Enriched Britain but it also created high standards of living for North-American colonists
Response to Britain's taxes
Colonists organized nonimportation agreements and reverted to domestic products
Nonimportation agreements
Commercial restrictions that cut off profits for certain items
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