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| 6979926795 | new lights | Ministers who took part in the revivalist, emotive religious tradition pioneered by George Whitefield during the Great Awakening. | 0 | |
| 6979926794 | royal colonies | Colonies where governors were appointed directly by the King. | 1 | |
| 6979926797 | regulator movement | Eventually violent uprising of backcountry settlers in North Carolina against unfair taxation and the control of colonial affairs by the seaboard elite. | 2 | |
| 6979926798 | old lights | Orthodox clergymen who rejected the emotionalism of the Great Awakening in favor of a more rational spirituality. | 3 | |
| 6979926799 | proprietary colonies | Colonies under the control of local proprietors, who appointed colonial governors. | 4 | |
| 6979948310 | melting pot | The mingling of diverse ethnic groups in America, including the idea that these groups are or should be "melting" into a single culture or people. | 5 | |
| 6979953372 | sect | A small religious group that has broken away from some larger mainstream church, often claiming superior or exclusive possession of religious truth. | 6 | |
| 6979959480 | agitators | Those who seek to excite or persuade the public on some issue. | 7 | |
| 6979961959 | stratification | The visible arrangement of society into a hierarchical pattern, with distinct social groups layered one on top of the other. | 8 | |
| 6979970160 | mobility | The capacity to pass readily from one social or economic condition to another. | 9 | |
| 6979971889 | elite | The smaller group at the top of a society or institution, usually possessing wealth, power, or special privileges. | 10 | |
| 6979974820 | almshouse | a home for the poor, supported by charity or public funds. | 11 | |
| 6979976411 | gentry | Landowners of substantial property, social standing, and leisure, but not titled nobility. | 12 | |
| 6979978501 | tenant farmer | One who rents rather than owns land. | 13 | |
| 6979979436 | penal code | The body of criminal laws specifying offenses and prescribing punishments. | 14 | |
| 6979982316 | veto | The executive power to prevent acts passed by the legislature from becoming law. | 15 | |
| 6979984892 | apprentice | A person who works under a master to acquire instruction in a trade or profession. | 16 | |
| 6979988489 | speculation | Buying land or anything else in the hope of profiting by an expected rise in price. | 17 | |
| 6979994155 | revival | In religion, a movement of renewed enthusiasm and commitment often accompanied by special meetings or evangelical activity. | 18 | |
| 6980015088 | secular | Belonging to the worldly sphere rather than to the specifically sacred or churchly. | 19 | |
| 7056988243 | Great Awakening | a religious revival occurring in the 1730's and 1740's to motivate the souls of colonial America. | 20 |
