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| Percentage of the population that was black in 1775 |
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| Misnomer for Germans who had immigrated to Pennsylvania |
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| Name for a group of Scots that were from Ireland and came to America |
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| Number of People who signed the Declaration of Independence |
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| Profession in which the person was poorly trained and where bleeding was considered a favorite remedy |
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| Profession that did not have a good reputation at first, but quickly became popular |
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| Most prestigious profession in colonial times |
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| "Bread basket of the world" |
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| Nickname for middle colonies |
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| Most common, profitable form of trade in America |
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| Area known for trinkets, blankets, knives, and rum |
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| Area known for slaves, gold, silver, and ivory |
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| Area known for sugar and molasses |
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| Percentage of British ships that were Am. made |
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| Name for a pool, hotel, restaurant, bar, etc. Almost always located by a river |
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| Anglican (Church of England), and the Congregational |
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| The only two est., tax-supported churches |
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| Church that started William and Mary in the South |
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| Church that started Harvard in the North |
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| Name for the great religious revival that swept through the colonies during 1730's and 1740's |
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| "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
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| Jonathan Edwards's most famous sermon |
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| Minister who was a former bookkeeper and preached very dramactically during his sermons |
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| New ingredient added into religion during the First Great Awakening |
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| Nickname for people who didn't like emotionalism and claimed it was not scriptual |
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| Nickname for people who embraced emotionalism and claimed it was just what they needed |
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1. Churches split
2. Some increased like the Baptist and Methodist
3. Created new denominations
4. New wave of missionary work
5. New colleges started to train ministers |
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| Results of the First Great Awakening |
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| Required all towns that had 50 families in it to start a school |
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| Harvard, Princeton, Brown, William & Mary, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Yale, Columbia, and Dartmouth |
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| 9 New Ivy League Colleges |
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| University of Pennsylvania |
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| First college free of denominational control |
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| John Trumball, Charles W. Peale, John S. Copley, and Benjamin West |
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| Four artists in Colonial America |
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| An ex-slave who educated herself and became an excellent poet |
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| Often referred to the first 'civilized' Am. citizen |
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| most famous almanac full of wise sayings such as "Honesty is the best policy" |
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| Occurred in 1735, trial in which a newspaper editor was charged with libel for posting bad things about the governor of New York, not found guilty |
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| "the foundation for freedom of the press" |
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| The John Peter Zinger trial laid the foundation for... |
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1. Royal Colonies
2. Proprietary
3. Self-governing |
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| Three types of government in the 13 colonies |
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| Claimed if you didn't own so much land, you couldn't vote or hold office |
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| Claimed if you didn't belong to a certain church, you couldn't vote or hold office |
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| Distance of America from England |
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