us history unit 2 lesson 3-6

Glorious Revolution

the overthrow of King James II of England

Salutary Neglect

an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty

Cash Crop

farm crop raised to be sold for money

slaves

a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.

Triangular Trade

A three-way system of trade during 1600-1800s

*Africa sent slaves to America,

*America sent Raw Materials to Europe

*Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa

middle passage

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

Enlightenment

a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly

Benjamin Franklin

American enlightenment figure who was a scientist and inventor

Johnathan Edwards

Member of the puritan clergy who helped start great awakening and wrote sinners in the hands of an angry god

Great Awakening

Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which an increased interest in higher education led to colleges being founded

Stono Rebellion

The most serious slave rebellion in the colonial period which occurred in 1739 in South Carolina. 100 African Americans rose up, got weapons, and killed several whites then tried to escape to S. Florida. The uprising was crushed and the participants were executed.

New France

French colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, was founded 1608. New France fell to the British in 1763.

George Washington

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

French and Indian War

War was fought in the colonies between the English and the French (Indian allies on both sides) for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

William Pitt

A competent British leader, known as the "Great Commoner," managed to gain Iroquois support and was able to destroy New France and end the French and Indian War

Pontiac

famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)

Proclamation of 1763

law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

George Grenville

a financial expert chosen by King George III to serve as prime minister in 1763

Mastered (5)

You've been getting these terms right!

mercantilism

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

Parliament

the lawmaking body of British government

Navigation Acts

Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade

Dominion of New England

the land from southern Maine to New Jersey was united into one vast colony by King James II

Sir Edmund Andros

Governor appointed by the King of England to govern over the Dominion of England