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AP US History Chapter 5

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386379773Melting potAn area or country having a mix of many different cultures and peoples, with the result that many of the cultures are blended together.
386379774SectA division of a large church that has broken off from the main body.
386379775AgitatorsThose who attempt to convince or create uproar among the people for a particular purpose.
386379776StratificationThe development of a society into a hierarchal social arrangement.
386379777MobilityThe ability of a person or people to move from one culture or social setting to another.
386379778EliteThose who are "at the top" in a hierarchal society, having money or power.
386379779AlmshouseA place of refuge for the poor, built and run on public funds or by charity.
386379780GentryA person of wealth or authority who is not officially of noble status.
386379781Tenant farmerA farmer who rents the land he works on rather than buying it.
386379782Penal codeA collection of laws concerning crimes and their punishments.
386379783VetoTo use executive authority to dismiss a bill passed by legislature.
386379784ApprenticeA person who works for a skilled worker for a time in order to obtain instruction in that line of work.
386379785SpeculationBuying something in the hopes of making money off of it when the price rises.
386379786RevivalAn event in religion in which members and others become suddenly more interested in the subject of religion itself.
386379787SecularPertaining to worldly, rather than sacred, things.
386379788Jonathan EdwardsA Congregational Clergyman who helped to start the Great Awakening because of his fiery sermons.
386379789Benjamin FranklinAn 18th century American inventor, politician, and philosopher; signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
386379790Michel-Guillaume de CrèvecoeurA French settler of America; tried to define what being American was.
386379791George WhitefieldA popular preacher during the Great Awakening; helped to inspire missionary work among the Indians.
386379792John Peter Zenger...
386379793Phillis WheatleyA slave girl who was freed and ended up publishing a book of her own poetry.
386379794John S. CopleyAn American citizen who was a painter; remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution.
386379795Paxton BoysA group of Scots-Irish men who protested against the Quaker benevolence toward Indians.
386379796Great AwakeningA religious revival that erupted in colonial America in the 1700's.
386379797Catawba nationA group of the remnants of many Indian nations that were forced to migrate to the U.S. Southeast.
386379798Rack-rentingCharging a huge amount of tax on rented property.
386379799Regulator movementA protest by some in North Carolina, mainly Scots-Irish, in response to their belief that the tax money was not being distributed evenly.
386379800Old and new lightsOld lights were traditional clergymen who did not follow the trends of the Great Awakening, and the new lights were those that did.
386379801Triangular tradeA trade system in which merchants in New England would trade a certain product for slaves in Africa, then trade the slaves for the same item, then begin again.
386379802Molasses ActA tax imposed on importation of molasses to non-British colonies; helped to start the revolution.
386379803Scots-IrishA group of independent-minded people who migrated from Scotland to Ireland, then later to America; left a large influence on many colony areas.
386379804Naval storesMaterials used in shipping.

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