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Molasses Act

History; American history

A British law passed in 1773 to change a trade pattern in the American colonies by taxing molasses imported into colonies not ruled by Britain. Americans responded to this attempt to damage their ...

Old and New Lights

History; American history

In the early 1700's, old lights were simply orthodox members of the clergy who believed that the new ways of revivals and emotional preaching were unnecessary. New lights were the more modern- ...

A religious dissenter whose ideas provoked an intense religious and political crisis in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1636 and 1638. She challenged the principles of Massachusetts's religious ...

freemen

History; American history

Colonial period; term used to describe indentured servants who had finished their terms of indenture and could live freely on their own land.

Thomas Hooker

History; American history

1635; a Boston Puritan, brought a group of fellow Boston Puritans to newly founded Hartford, Connecticut.

The Association

History; American history

A document produced by the Continental Congress in 1775 that called for a complete boycott of British goods. This included non-importation, non-exportation and non-consumption. It was the closest ...

Internal/External Taxation

History; American history

Internal taxation taxed goods within the colonies and acted much like a sales tax. The Stamp Act of 1765 is an example of internal taxation. External taxation applied to imports into the colonies. ...