14778748192 | Tenancy | The rental of property. To attract tenants in New York's Hudson River Valley, Dutch and English manorial lords granted long tenancy leases with the right to sell improvements-houses and barns for example-to the next tenant. | 0 | |
14778748193 | Competency | The ability of a family to keep a household solvent and independent and to pass the ability on to the next generation. | 1 | |
14778748194 | Household Mode of Production | The system of exchanging of goods and labor that helped 18th century New England free holders survive on ever-shrinking farms as available land became more scarce. | 2 | |
14778748195 | Squatters | Someone who settles on land he or she does not own or rent. | 3 | |
14778748196 | Redemptioner | A common type of indentured servant in the Middle Colonies in the eighteenth century. Instead of signing a contract before they left England, they found employers after arriving in America. | 4 | |
14778748197 | Enlightenment | An 18th century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to reevaluate previously accepted doctrines and traditions and the power of reason to understand and shape the world. | 5 | |
14778748198 | Pietism | A Christian revival moment characterized by Bible study, the conversion experience, and the individuals personal relationship with God. | 6 | |
14778748199 | Natural Rights | The rights to life, liberty, and property | 7 | |
14778748200 | Deism | The Enlightenment-influenced belief that the Christian god created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws | 8 | |
14778748201 | Revival | A renewal of religious enthusiasm in a Christian congregation. | 9 | |
14778748202 | Old Lights | Conservative ministers opposed to the passion displayed by evangelical preachers; they preferred to emphasize the importance of cultivating a virtuous Christian life. | 10 | |
14778748203 | New Lights | Evangelical preachers, many of them influenced by John Wesley, the founder of English Methodism and George Whitfield, the charismatic itinerant preacher who brought his message to Britain's American colonies. | 11 | |
14778748204 | Consumer Revolution | The time period during which the desire for exotic imports increased dramatically due to economic expansion and population growth | 12 | |
14778748205 | Regulators | Land owning protestors who organized in North and South Carolina in the 1760s and 1770s to demand that the eastern-controlled government provide western districts with more courts, fairer taxation, and greater representation in the assembly. | 13 |
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