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Chapter 5 Social Studies Vocabulary

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ApprenticeA person who learns a trade from an experienced craftsman
Great AwakeningThe rebirth of religious ideas in the colonies
John LockeA philosopher that argued the people have natural rights
Benjamin FranklinA great thinker and supporter of the ideas expressed by the Enlightenment
EnlightenmentThe period of time that focused on reason and science as the paths of knowledge
Jonathon EdwardsA preacher who promised colonists that they could be saved from God's anger
Magna CartaThis was written in 1215 and guaranteed the rights of English noblemen
ParliamentEngland's representative form of government and chief law-making body
Edmund AndrosWas the Governor of Massachusetts that outlawed colonial assemblies
Glorious RevolutionOccurred when King James stepped down from the throne and his daughter (Mary) and her husband (William) took over
English Bill of RightsTook away the power of the king and placed it in the hands of Parliament - Englishmen now had fair representation in government
John ZengerHis arrest and trial helped to establish freedom of the press in the colonies
Salutary NeglectRefers to the idea that the colonists though they could do whatever they wanted to because the Governors were not enforcing the laws of Parliament
Albany Plan of UnionBenjamin Franklin's idea to join the colonies together to defend against Native-Americans
Treaty of ParisEnded the French and Indian War
Pontiac's RebellionWhat the attacks on colonists by Native-Americans after the French and Indian War were called
Proclamation of 1763Stated that no colonists could live in the Ohio River Valley after the end of the French and Indian War
Mississippi RiverThe western border of the 13 colonies after the French and Indian War
Appalachian MountainsThe western border of the 13 colonies before the French and Indian War


Lisha Kill Middle School
Albany, NY

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