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a nation’s power is directly related to its wealth and its ability to maintain a favorable balance a trade (exports exceed imports)
#prefferedbalance |
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Exports exceed imports
#Profit |
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The union of the confederate or sovereign states
#United |
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products grown to be sold; they included tobacco, indigo, and rice
#crops4cash |
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attempted to take over British forts and settlements to drive the British out but it failed when the French refused to help
#fightforasettlement |
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Most famous trade route was the triangular trade between Africa (slaves), American islands (molasses), and England (rum)
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philosophical movement that focused on a search for knowledge and the use of reason
#ButWhy |
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Restrictions on trade imposed by laws reinforced by British parliament
#Britishfinances |
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1688- Parliament invited his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William to rule England
Power transferred peacefully (known as the Glorious Revolution)
#Peaceoverwar |
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To avoid conflicts with Native Americans, the British government drew a line down the Appalachian Mountains and forbid settlement west of them in the Proclamation of 1763
#forbidden |
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Before being crowned, William and Mary signed the English Bill of Rights placing limits on the power of the monarch and giving Parliament free speech and the power of taxation
#Thepower |
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Power shifted from the crown to Parliament with the Glorious Revolution; they focused on domestic issues and largely ignored the colonies (called salutary neglect)
#Powershift |
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journey made by slaves transported from West Africa to the West Indies
#slavepassage |
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Plantations formed the basis of the Southern economy but most Southerners were small famers called yeoman who grew smaller scale crops (tobacco, corn, wheat, vegetables) and may own 1-2 slaves
#Smallscalecrops |
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1739, 100 slaves in SC seized weapons and killed several before being captured
#slaverebell. |
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He claimed that people entered a social contract with their government and that if the government did not protect their rights, the people had the right to revolution
#RighttoRiot |
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To bring people back to the church, clergy launched the Great Awakening in the 1720s and 30s in New England
Jonathan Edwards was a revival preacher who used reason and rational thought to emphasize a personal relationship with God and the coming suffering for those who did not accept Christ (‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God’)
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Child slave sold to the royal navy, writes accounts of mistreatment
#abolition |
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Lasted from 1754-1763 between France and Britain over control of North America (part of the larger Seven Years’ War in Europe)
#7yrs |
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Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union was the first attempt to unite the colonies (was not approved)
#Uniteornot |
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The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France
#newera |
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Native Americans fought on both sides; the Iroquois League sided with the British (6 united tribes centered around New York)
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