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| What happened to the colonists as they become more British? |
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| They also became more American, due to the political, commercial, and military links that brought the colonists into more frequent contact with Britain made them more aware of one another. |
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| Who began to migrate into the backcountry? |
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Non-English Europeans that hoped to obtain their own land and become independent farmers.
A. Scots-Irish migrated to Pennsylvania's frontier to escape discrimination. The settlers hoped to created a barrier with the Scots-Irish against the Irish, but the migrants challenged established authority.
B. German Palatine went to the New World seeking religious toleration and to improve material lives. Tried to maintain cultural identity but were forced to accommodate to new social conditions.
* newcomers settled themselves beyond the effective authority of colonial government. |
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| What caused the Indians to move? |
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Definition
| Native American refugees were remnants of tribes that had lost too many people to maintain a cultural identity, so they moved to the territory between the Appalachian Mt. and the Missy River and established new multiethnic communities. |
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| What is the middle ground and how did European goods erode Nat. Am. authority structures? |
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| A geographic area where tow distinct cultures interact without either holding an upper hand, usually meaning trade. As more European traders operated within the middle ground, ordinary Indians began to bargain for themselves without consulting their leaders. |
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| How did the Enlightenment Era in England affect the colonies? |
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| Enlightenment- a philosophical and intellectual movement that began in Europe, it stressed the use of reason to solve social and scientific problems. This caused men and women in the colonies to note their responsibilities to make certain that institutions conform to self-evident natural laws. |
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| What did Benjamin Franklin symbolize? |
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Definition
| He became a symbol of material progress through human ingenuity. |
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| What was the purpose of the White Pines Act? |
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Definition
| To reserve the best trees for the Royal Navy. |
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| What did the Sugar Act do? |
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Definition
| placed a heavy tax on duty on molasses imported from foreign ports. |
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Term
| What was the consumer revolution? |
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Definition
| Americans were buying more English goods than ever before and the availability of these products began to alter the lives of most Americans. |
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| What affect did the consumer revolution have on Americas? |
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Definition
| Most Americans found themselves in a large amount of debt and British imports eroded local and regional identities. Commerce helped Anglicize American culture by exposing colonial consumers to a common range of British goods. |
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Term
| What was the Great Awakening? |
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Definition
| a series of Protestant revivals in the mid 18th century, causing men and women to rethink basic assumptions about church, state, and society. It encouraged men and women to speak up against traditional authoritative figures and to take an active role in their salvation. |
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| What did Americans assume about their form of government? |
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Definition
| That it modeled Britain's institution and that it would preserve the colonists' interests against monarchy. |
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Definition
| Weekly journals urged readers to preserve civic virtue and be vigilant against the spread of privileged power, as well as made colonists more aware of another. |
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| What changed after 1690 for the colonists and their involvement with Britain? |
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Definition
| After 1690, the colonists were increasingly involved in hostilities that dealt with political and commercial rivalries between Britain and France. |
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Term
| King George's War is also known as what? And what was Benjamin Franklin's role in it? |
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Definition
| AKA War of the Austrian Succession. Benjamin Franklin advocated for intercolonial cooperation and envisioned the formation of a Grand Council, made up of elected delegates from the colonies to oversee matters of common defense, western expansion, and Indian affairs--> Albany Plan. |
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