Key Terms
Placed a tax on molasses
Molasses Act
British Great Awakening traveling minister
George Whitefield
respectful and fruitful job in New England
Fishing
Virginia
people at the bottom of the social ladder
slaves
Trade route that specialized in rum, slaves, and molasses.
Triangular trade
Helped found the first non-denominational college in Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
The main labor force in the South
slave labor
Colony where Germans settled most
Pennsylvania
3 sports in the South
Rooster fighting, card playing / gambling, dancing, fox hunting, theater
Yearly pamphlet written by Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard's Almanack
German Printer at the heart of the Zenger Trial
John Peter Zenger
most middle class colonists had which job?
buildings where people could rest, eat, and socialize, often built along roads
taverns
Trial that paved the way to freedom of press
American artist who studied in Europe
John Singleton Copley
top of the social ladder in Northern colonies
Merchant princes / Merchants
Governor was chosen by the crown in this type of colony
Royal colony
The Enlightenment
New Lights
American minister who started the Great Awakening in Massachusetts
Johnathan Edwards
Lawyers and physicians / doctors
largest city in the colonies in the 1700s
Philadelphia
Scots-Irish settled primarily in what region?
Appalachian frontier / backcountry