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Settlement ending the French and Indian War, transferring control of Canada to Great Britain
What is the 1763 Treaty of Paris ?
Included Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, known for strong agricultural production.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Religious movement in the 13 colonies emphasizing individual religious experiences over church doctrine.
What was the Great Awakening?
A conflict between England and France over North American land, ending with an English victory.
What was the French and Indian War?
Taxed on printed documents and newspapers in the American colonies.
What is the stamp act of 1765 ?
Geographically advantaged colonies including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware with a diverse economy.
What are the middle colonies ?
An economic theory aiming to maximize wealth by reducing a country's imports and expanding exports.
What is mercantilism?
What was the Committee of Correspondence ?
What is Salutary Neglect?
Compromised Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, with a focus on shipbuilding, fishing, and trade.
What are the New England Colonies?
Religious group founded by William Penn in Pennsylvania emphasizing individual religious interpretation and equality.
What are Quakers?
A pledge for self-governance through majority rule by early colonist.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
Laws mandating English ships for colonial trade and restrictive colonial exports, limiting profits for colonists.
What are Navigation Acts ?
The brutal sea route transporting slaves to the Americas for forced labor.
What is the Middle Passage?
Religious group led by John Winthrop, known for establishing the Massachusetts Bay colony and the city upon a hill speech.
What are Puritans?
Punitive laws aimed at punishing Massachusetts and suppressing resistance to British authority.
What were the intolerable Acts?
Resulted for England in the colonial arrangement by acquiring raw materials from colonies and selling manufactured products.
What is the Favorable Trade balance ?
Also known as the Triangular Trade, involving voyages around the Atlantic rim for goods and slaves.
What is the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
An anonymously published work by Thomas Paine advocating for independence in clear language, influencing many colonist.
What is Common Sense?
An early elected legislature in Virginia, responsible for local policies and taxation.
What was the House of Burgesses?