386379773 | Melting pot | An area or country having a mix of many different cultures and peoples, with the result that many of the cultures are blended together. | |
386379774 | Sect | A division of a large church that has broken off from the main body. | |
386379775 | Agitators | Those who attempt to convince or create uproar among the people for a particular purpose. | |
386379776 | Stratification | The development of a society into a hierarchal social arrangement. | |
386379777 | Mobility | The ability of a person or people to move from one culture or social setting to another. | |
386379778 | Elite | Those who are "at the top" in a hierarchal society, having money or power. | |
386379779 | Almshouse | A place of refuge for the poor, built and run on public funds or by charity. | |
386379780 | Gentry | A person of wealth or authority who is not officially of noble status. | |
386379781 | Tenant farmer | A farmer who rents the land he works on rather than buying it. | |
386379782 | Penal code | A collection of laws concerning crimes and their punishments. | |
386379783 | Veto | To use executive authority to dismiss a bill passed by legislature. | |
386379784 | Apprentice | A person who works for a skilled worker for a time in order to obtain instruction in that line of work. | |
386379785 | Speculation | Buying something in the hopes of making money off of it when the price rises. | |
386379786 | Revival | An event in religion in which members and others become suddenly more interested in the subject of religion itself. | |
386379787 | Secular | Pertaining to worldly, rather than sacred, things. | |
386379788 | Jonathan Edwards | A Congregational Clergyman who helped to start the Great Awakening because of his fiery sermons. | |
386379789 | Benjamin Franklin | An 18th century American inventor, politician, and philosopher; signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. | |
386379790 | Michel-Guillaume de Crèvecoeur | A French settler of America; tried to define what being American was. | |
386379791 | George Whitefield | A popular preacher during the Great Awakening; helped to inspire missionary work among the Indians. | |
386379792 | John Peter Zenger | ... | |
386379793 | Phillis Wheatley | A slave girl who was freed and ended up publishing a book of her own poetry. | |
386379794 | John S. Copley | An American citizen who was a painter; remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution. | |
386379795 | Paxton Boys | A group of Scots-Irish men who protested against the Quaker benevolence toward Indians. | |
386379796 | Great Awakening | A religious revival that erupted in colonial America in the 1700's. | |
386379797 | Catawba nation | A group of the remnants of many Indian nations that were forced to migrate to the U.S. Southeast. | |
386379798 | Rack-renting | Charging a huge amount of tax on rented property. | |
386379799 | Regulator movement | A protest by some in North Carolina, mainly Scots-Irish, in response to their belief that the tax money was not being distributed evenly. | |
386379800 | Old and new lights | Old lights were traditional clergymen who did not follow the trends of the Great Awakening, and the new lights were those that did. | |
386379801 | Triangular trade | A 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. | |
386379802 | Molasses Act | A tax imposed on importation of molasses to non-British colonies; helped to start the revolution. | |
386379803 | Scots-Irish | A group of independent-minded people who migrated from Scotland to Ireland, then later to America; left a large influence on many colony areas. | |
386379804 | Naval stores | Materials used in shipping. |
AP US History Chapter 5
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