| A | B |
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| apprentice | someone who learns a trade from an experienced craftsman |
| Great Awakening | a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730's and 1740's |
| Jonathan Edwards | well-known minister of the Great Awakening |
| George Whitefield | popular minister of the Great Awakening, who drew crowds of thousands |
| Enlightenment | intellectual movement stressing reason and science as the paths to knowledge |
| Benjamin Franklin | American Enlightenment figure who was a scientist and inventor |
| John Locke | English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights |
| French and Indian War | war (1754-1763) between Britain and France for control of North America |
| Albany Plan of Union | first formal proposal to unite British colonies |
| Battle of Quebec | Bristish victory in 1759 that was the turning point of the French and Indian War |
| Treaty of Paris (1763) | treaty ending the French and Indian War and French power in North America |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | Native American revolt against the British in 1763 |
| Proclamation of 1763 | British order forbidding colonists to settle west of the Appalachians |
| alliances | partnerships formed to protect the common interests of the partners |
| assemblies | groups of people who meet to make laws |
| interior | land well away from the coastline |
| literate | able to read and write |
| monarchs | kings or queens |
| ranks | levels within a group |
| social standing | position in society |
