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History
11th Grade
12/09/2014

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indentured servants

Definition
poor emigrants who paid for passage to the coloniesby agreeing to work for 4-7 years.
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triangular trade
Definition
three way patter of trade
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Middle passage

 

Definition
the forced transport of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas
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Phillis Wheatley
Definition
Free African American
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Magna Carta
Definition
Document English nobles forced King John to accept in 1215. Gurranteed Right to trial, limits kings ability to tax(consent nobles.)
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Parliament
Definition
Legislative body of a country
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English Bill of Rights
Definition
Document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens
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habeas corpus
Definition
constitutional gurantee that no one can be held in prison without charge of being filed.
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salutary neglect
Definition
british policy which allowed the colonies virtual self-rule as long as Great Britain was gaining economically.
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mercantilism
Definition
economic policy under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports
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Navigation Acts
Definition
British trade laws that regulate colonial commerce.
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Enlightenment
Definition
movement during which Europe philosophers believed that societies problems could be solved by reason and science.
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Benjamin Frankling
Definition
A printer. Created devices. Enlightenment philosopher.
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Great awakening
Definition
powerful evangelical leader when from town to town giving emotion-packed sermons that touched listeners.
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Staple crop
Definition
crops in steady demand
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cash crop
Definition
crops grown for sale
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dame schools
Definition
private schools operated out of a woman's home.
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