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- What Native American tribe was almost wiped out by the Puritans in the mid 17th century by the Puritans?
- Enlightened belief that the Christian God created the universe then left it to run according to natural law.
- Uprising in Virginia in the 1670s of landless freemen protesting loss of land and voting rights.
- What British law decreased the duty on French molasses and raised penalties for colonists smuggling it in from the West Indies?
- Who were the charismatic evangelical preachers who emphasized a spiritual rebirth during the First Great Awakening? What group opposed them?
- What was the 18th century philosophical movement that emphasized the power of reason to understand and shape the world?
- What British law imposed a tax on all paper used in the colonies? Widespread resistance led to its repeal in 1766.
- This enlightened thinker would go on to write Poor Richard's Almanac. He was also considered the first "American"
- What battle in New York in 1777 would be a huge loss for the British and establish an American and French military alliance throughout the war?
- Theory that you give up some rights to the government for protection.
- What war in Great Britain created both a constitutional monarchy in England and salutary neglect in America?
- Sea voyage from Africa to the Americas that took the lives of nearly 2 million Africans.
- Who believed the government had the right to take as many freedoms as needed to achieve protection?
- What British law established new duties on glass, lead, paper, and paint imported into the colonies. Would lead to major boycotts of British goods.
- What were the two major wars fought in New England between the settlers and the native tribes during the mid 17th century?
- What is the term to describe British colonial policy during the 18th century that relaxed supervision of colonial affairs in America?
- Through his dreams and visions, this Mohawk was able to unite the Iroquois Confederacy in 1500.
- Who was the chief of Ottawa that would lead to an uprising against the British due to expansion into the western Ohio Valley?
- What Mississippian settlement emerged around A.D. 1000 with over 10,000 inhabitants forming along the Mississippi River Basin?
- What was England's first permanent settlement in the New World?