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Chapter 5
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Social Studies
8th Grade
10/29/2013

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Benjamin FRANKLIN    [image]
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American writer, publisher, scientist, inventor,and diplomat
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Great Awakening

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Definition
chrisitian religious  movement
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Enlightment
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philosophical movement stressing human reason
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Jonathan Edwards[image]
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preacher who delivered fiery sermons during the Great Awakening
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George Whitefield
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preacher who delivered crowds during the Great Awakening
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John Locke
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english philoshopher who argued that people have natural rights
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Magna Carta
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charter of English political and civil liberties
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Parliament
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England's chief lawmaking body
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Edmund Andros
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English governor appointed to rule the reorganized northern colonies
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Glorious Revolution
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events of 1668-1669, during which the English Parliament invited Williams and Mary to replace James II as monarchs
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English Bill of Rights
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1689 laws protecting the rights English subjects and Parliament
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John Peter Zenger
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New York publisher who was taken to court for critcizing the governor of New York
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