Salutary neglect
An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
Cash crop
A crop grown for sale rather than for the farmer's use
Mercantilism
Theory that countries should acquire gold and focus on exporting goods and owning colonies
Enlightenment
Intellectual movement that started in Europe
Dominion of New England
A huge colony formed by the King of England, which included land from southern Maine to New Jersey
George Grenville
Financial expert who was appointed prime minister of Britain in 1763
New France
French colony in North America
Navigation Acts
Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade
Sugar Act
Law passed by Parliament to try to raise money
William Pitt
British leader in the French and Indian War
Slave
Person who is considered the property of another
French and Indian War
War that gave the British control of North America
Parliament
The lawmaking body of England
George Washington
Led Virginia troops in first battle of the French and Indian War
Stono Rebellion
A 1739 slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina
Pontiac
Native American leader who fought the British
Triangular Trade
The pattern of shipping trade across the Atlantic
Middle Passage
The voyage that brought slaves to America
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia inventor, writer, and political leader
Jonathan Edwards
Forceful preacher in the Great Awakening
Great Awakening
Religious revival movement in the colonies
Proclamation of 1763
Law limiting the area of English settlement