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11th Grade
09/27/2008

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PENNSYLVANIA-DUTCH
Definition
CORRUPTION OF A GERMAN WORD USED AS A TERM FOR GERMAN IMIGRANTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
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SCOTCH-IRISH
Definition
EHTNIC GROUP THAT HAD ALREADY RELOCATED ONCE BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO AMERICA AND SETTLING LAREGLY ON THE WSETERN FRONTIER OF THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES.
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MARCH OF PAXTON BOYS
Definition
REBELLIOUS MOVEMENT OF FRONTEIRSMEN IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES THAT INCLUDED FUTURE PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON.
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JAYLE BIRDS
Definition
POPULAR TERM FOR CONVICTED CRIMINALS DUMPED ON COLONIES BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES.
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TRIANGULAR TRADE
Definition
SMALL BUT PROFITABLE TRADE ROUTE THAT LINKED NEW ENGLAND, AFRICA, AND THE WEST INDIES.
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TAVERNS
Definition
POPULAR COLONIAL CENTERS OF RECREATION, GOSSIP, AND POLITICAL DEBATE.
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GREAT AWAKENING
Definition
SPECTACULAR, EMOTIONAL RELIGIOUS REVIVAL OF THE 1730's AND 1740's
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POOR RICHARDS ALMANAC
Definition
BENJAMIN FRANKLINS' HIGHLY POPULAR COLLECTION OF INFORMATION, PARABLES, AND ADVICE.
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PHILADELPHIA
Definition
LEADING CITY OF THE COLONIES; HOME TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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PATRICK HENRY
Definition
COLONIAL PRINTER WHO STUDIED AND WORKED IN BRITAN
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MOLASSES ACT
Definition
ATTEMPT BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES TO SQUELCH COLONIAL TRADE WITH FRENCH WEST INDIES.
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ANGLICAN CHURCH
Definition
ESTABLISHED RELIGION IN SOUTHERN COLONIES AND NEW YORK, WEAKENDED BY LACKADAISICAL CLERGY AND TOO-CLOSE TIES WITH BRITISH CROWN.
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JONATHAN EDWARDS
Definition
ITINERANT BRITISH EVANGELIST WHO SPREAD THE GREAT AWAKENING THROUGHOUT THE COLONIES.
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GEORGE WHITEFIELD
Definition
BRILLIANT NEW ENGLANDTHEOLOGIAN WHO INSTIGATED THE GREAT AWAKENING.
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PHILLIS WHEATLEY
Definition
FORMER SLAVE WHO BECAME A POET AT AN EARLY AGE.
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BAPTISTS
Definition
NONESTABLISHED RELIGIOUS GROUP THAT BENEFITED FROM THE GREAT AWAKENING.
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JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY
Definition
ELOQUENT LAWYER-ORATOR WHO ARGUED IN DEFENSE OF COLONIAL RIGHTS.
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