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Langford chapter 3
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History
11th Grade
09/03/2009

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sir edmund andros
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ruler of new england picked by king james II
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dominion of new england
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land from southern maine to new jersey was united into one vast colony
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glorious revolution
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when parliament passed a series of laws establishing its power over the monarch, the colonists heard of this and staged a bloodless revolution overthrowing andros and regaining their charters
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triangular trade
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three way trading process wher merchants carried rum to africa from new england and in africa they traded rum for slaves and then they went to the west indies to trade slaves for sugar and molasses to take to new england and make rum
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stono rebellion
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about 20 slaves gathered on sunday in september 1739 at st and wielding guns they killed several planter families and marched south beating drums and loudly inciting other slaves to join them in their plan to flee
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jonathan edwards
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of northhampton massachusets was one member of the clergy who sought to revive the intensity and commitment of the original puritan vision
sinners in the hands of an angry god is his famous speech
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great awakening
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lasted throughout the 1730s and 1740s and was a revival of original puritan values
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william pitt
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an energetic self confident politician that led the british to several vitories
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