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| Enlightenment | European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition; influenced by 17th century philosophers |
| Henry Hudson | The english explorer who sailed for the dutch and explored the rivers and bay in the new york area from 1609-1611. |
| William Penn | was an English nobleman, writer, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania |
| Bacon’s Rebellion | a failed insurrection against the government of colonial Virginia, led by 29 year old Nathaniel Bacon |
| Triangular trade | olonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum |
| Great Awakening | a series of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th Centuries |
| Magna Carta | a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges. |
| English Bill of Rights | act passed by parliament, that ensured the superiority of parliament over the monarchy |
| Mercantilism | allows countries to improve their. economic standing by exporting more goods than they import, enabling. them to gain more money in relation to other countries. |
| Navigation Acts | estricted trade between England and its colonies to English or colonial ships, required certain colonial goods to pass through England before export, provided subsidies for the production of certain raw goods in the colonies, and banned colonial competition in large-scale manufacturing. |
| Slave codes | were state laws established to determine the status of slaves and the rights of their owners. Slave codes placed harsh restrictions on slaves' already limited freedoms, often in order to preempt rebellion or escape, and gave slave owners absolute power over their slaves |
| Stono Rebellion | The most serious slave rebellion in the the colonial period which occurred in 1739 in South Carolina. |
| John Locke | English philosopher. He believed that government was based upon an unwritten "social contract" between the rulers and their people, and if the government failed to uphold its end of the contract, the people had a right to rebel and institute a new government. |
| Baron Montesquieu | French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers |
| Zenger trial | The governor of New York had Zenger thrown in jail and charged him a crime. Zenger was found not guilty. The trial was a key step in the development of the freedom of press. |
