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| Great Awakening | religious movement in the colonies in the 1730's and 40's |
| Enlightenment | movement led by thinkers who studied how natural laws apply to human behavior |
| indentured servant | person who signed a contract to work for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to the colonies |
| Jonathan Edwards | New England preacher who set off the Great Awakening |
| apprentice | person who learns a trade or craft from a master craftsworker |
| public school | school supported by taxes |
| George Whitefield | English minister who arrived in the colonies and helped the Great Awakening spread quickly |
| gentry | the highest social class in the 13 colonies |
| Ben Franklin | important colonial leader who became a famous scientist and inventor |
