Mod. 3, Lessons 3 & 4 Key Terms

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Director general who led the New Netherland colony beginning in 1647.

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Peter Stuyvesant

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Society of Friends; Protestant sect begun in 1640s in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people.

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Quakers

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A Quaker leader who founded the Pennsylvania colony.

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William Penn

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A crop that is continuously in demand.

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Staple crops

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A political meeting at which people make decisions on local issues; used primarily in New England.

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Town meeting

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(1689) A shift of political power from the British monarchy to Parliament.

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English Bill of Rights

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Trading networks in which goods and slaves moved among England, the American colonies, and Africa.

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Triangular trade

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A religious movement that became widespread in the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.

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Great Awakening

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Jonathan Edwards

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Important leader of the Great Awakening; from Massachusetts.

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The Age of Reason; movement that began in Europe in the 1700s as people began examining the natural world, society, and government.

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Enlightenment