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| a beginner who learns a trade or a craft from an experienced master |
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| a revival of religious feeling in the American Colonies during the 1730's and 1740's |
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| an 18th century movement that emphasized the use of reason and scientific method to obtain knowledge |
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| a document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, approved by King John in 1215 |
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| England's Chief lawmaking body |
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| the overthrow of English King James II in 1688 and his replacement by William and Mary |
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| an agreement signed by William and Mary to respect the rights of English citizens and of Parliament, including the right to free elections |
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| a hands-off policy of England toward it's American colonies during the first half of the 1700's |
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| a conflict in North America from 1754 to 1763 that was part of the worldwide struggle between France and Britain; Britain defeated France and gained French Canada |
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| The first formal proposal to unite the American Colonies, put forth by Benjamin Franklin |
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| a conflict or battle won by the British over the French, and the turning point in the French & Indian War |
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| The 1763 treaty that ended the French and Indian War; Britain gained all of North America east of the Mississippi River |
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| a revolt against British forts and American settlers in 1763, led in part by Ottawa War leader Pontiac |
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| an order in which Britain prohibited it's American Colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains |
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