Colonial Life
A legal contract that establishes a period of servitude
Indenture
European name for the French & Indian War
Seven Years War
The most important cash crop in Virginia
Tobacco
The reason for the Great Awakening
A decline in strict piety that the Puritans had originally had
Name of the town where a large cache of weapons was reportedly hidden
Concord, Massachusetts
Women who assisted with childbirth
Midwives
Monongahela
Rice, indigo, sugarcane
What were major cash crops from the south?
Literacy rate in British North America
About 60%
Series of acts passed in 1767 & 1768 that raised taxes throughout the colonies
Townshend Acts
Name for the sea journey undertaken by slaves from Africa to the West Indies.
Middle Passage
Jumonville
Attempt to create a unified government for the 13 colonies.
Albany Plan
Most common Christian denomination in British North America
Anglican (Church of England)
America's response to the Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress, petition, threats to boycott
Laws that put limits on the rights of Africans in America
Slave Codes
British politician who oversaw the military victory.
William Pitt
Discovery made by Benjamin Franklin during a thunderstorm
Lightening was electricity
John Locke
Purpose of the Tea Act
To boost sales for the British East India Company and create a monopoly in the colonies for British tea
Name for the slave uprising in South Carolina in the 1730s
Stono Rebellion
British general who oversaw the decisive defeat of the French in North America. He also used biological warfare against the Indians allied with the French.
General Jeffery Amherst
What Benjamin Franklin said were the only two certainties of life.
America's first and most famous evangelical preacher
George Whitefield
Name of the OTHER rider who left Boston to warn the countryside that the British were coming
William Dawes