Section 4-5 Vocab Flashcards

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town meeting

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people talked about and decided on issues of local interest

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English Bill of Rights

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an act that reduced the powers of the English monarch

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triangular trade

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a system of good and services traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa

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Great Awakening

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religious movement that swept through the colonies and changed religion

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Enlightenment

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movement during the 1700's that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society

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John Locke

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a philosopher who taught that people had natural rights like equality and liberty

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Samuel Adams

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Boston leader who believed Parliament could not tax the colonists

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Stamp Act of 1765

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required colonists to pay for an official stamp when buying paper items

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Boston Massacre

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shooting by British soldiers killed five colonists

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Tea Act

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an act allowing a British company to sell cheap tea directly to the colonists