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79408521How many British colonies were there in 1775?There were 32 British colonies in North America.
79408522Protestantismthe theological system of any of the churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
79408523Puritansa member of a group of English Protestants. They founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629.
794085241629Massachusetts Bay colony was found by Puritans
79408525CalvinistProtestant who followed the strict philosophy of John Calvin
79408526SeperatistPuritans who felt they needed to abandon the Church of England altogether and set up a new church independant from the monarchy.
79408527Why did the Scots-Irish emigrate to America?They came to clash with the Catholic Irish, in northern ireland.
79408528What were the most populous colonies in 1775?Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Maryland in that order.
79408529Why did Germans come to America? Where did they settle?They came to flee from religious persecution, economic oppression, and the ravages of war. They settled mostly in Pennsylvania.
79408530PresbyterianismScottish form of Protestantism that Charles I of England tried to force to conform to Angelican practices. Charles I thus inflamed conflict with Scotland because of his religious difference
79408531Scots-IrishFled to America because religious conflict in their Presbyterianism belief, and the other irish' Catholic faith
79408532QuakersEnglish dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania
794085331764Scots-Irish led Paxton Boys march
79408534Paxton BoysA group of Scots-Irish who led a violent march to protect from "indian attacks", protesting quakers tolerant laws on indians. This led to the North Carolina Regulator movement
79408535Regulator Movementgroups who roamed areas of rural South Carolina trying to combat relaxed law enforcement
79408536Praying Townspraying towns were villages in which the Indians were supposed to adopt English customs and learn the fundamentals of Puritan religion.
79408537Social MobilityAbility to move social classes
79408538What were the most honored profession?Christian ministry
794085391765The First Medical school was established
79408540What was the leading industry?Agriculture, involving about 90 percent of the people
79408541What did the middle colonies produce?Bread,grain, flour, etc.(New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and sometimes Delaware)
79408542What did Maryland and Virginia produce?The staple crop , tobacco.
79408543What was the major industries in New England?Harvesting of the sea, Fishing , cod etc.
79408544Triangular TradeSail to Africa, trade rum for slaves, trade rum for molasses, go back to new england and turn molasses into rum, and make profit.
794085451733Molasses Act was passed
79408546Molasses ActA law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the North American colonie
79408547TavernsA place of attractions along main routes of travel.
79408548AnglicanismUpholding to the teachings of the Church of England as defined by Elizabeth I. Members of Church of England
79408549Established ChurchA church supported by the government as a national institution. The Church of England is an established church in England.
79408550CongregationalismChurch system set up by the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony wherein each local church served as the center of its own community
79408551Great AwakeningReligious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established
79408552John Peter Zengerournalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued, and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.
794085531734Jonathon Edwards begin Great awakening
794085541746Princeton College found
794085551701Yale college found

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