| A | B |
|---|
| Monarch | King who had authority over all English Colonies |
| Privy Council | royal advisors; set policies or rules for the colonies |
| Governors | Appointed by Kind or were elected; head of a colony |
| Assemblies | elected representatives; made laws for governor approval |
| Town Meetings | Places in New England where politics were discussed and issues resolved (settled) |
| Courts | Protected freedoms; controlled local affairs by upholding the laws |
| English Bill of Rights | limited the power of the English Monarch (King); King wanted control of colonies so he could continue to earn money from them |
| Mercantilism | a system of making money through trade; To make money a country wanted more exports than imports. The King wanted the colonists to only use his ships; He also put taxes on sugar, molasses and rum. The king told colonists that they could only trade sugar and cotton with England |
| Navigation Acts | English passed these acts to limit Colonial Trade; Limited the trade of sugar and cotton; Made Colonists use English Ships to transport goods; encouraged smuggling |
| Smuggling | Colonists turned to smuggling (illegal trading); smuggled sugar, molasses and rum. |
| Molasses Act of 1733 | Passed by English; placed a duty or tax on sugar, molasses and rum. |
| Triangular Trade | System where goods and slaves were traded among North America, Great Britain and Africa |
| Great Awakening | Religous leaders wanted to spread religous feeling throughout the colonies. 1730's; Ministers began holding revivals or emotional gatherings where people came for sermons |
| Jonathan Edwards | one of important leaders of the Great Awakening |
| George Whitefield | held revivals from Georgia to Massachussetts; one of the leaders of the Great Awakening |
| Colonial politics | Colonial Politics were affected by the Great Awakening; People thought if they were spiritually equal- they should be politically equal. |
| Enlightenment | Occurred in 1600s; People began to re-examine thier world. New ideas about the Scientific Revolution; spread the idea that reason and loci could improve society. Also formed ideas how government should work. |
| Middle Passage | the voyage of Africans to the West Indies and North America |
| The Virginia Assembly | One of the first Bicameral assemblies |
| Imports | Buying and bringing goods in from another country |
| Exports | Selling goods out of a country |
| French and Indian War | Washington was around at the start of it; Leaders from colonies created agreement called the Albany Plan |
| Treaty of Paris | England received lands east of the Mississippi river (except New Orleans), Florida and Canada |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Issued by King George; prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| King Philip (Metacomet) | He wanted the Colonists to stop taking his land |
| Trade Triangle | A system where goods and slaves were traded between North America, Great Britain and Africa |
