Battling for Souls, Minds, and the Heart of North America, 1730–1763

Part of a series of slave uprisings and conspiracies across North America and the Caribbean, the __________ started when 20 newly arrived slaves attempted to gain their freedom by escaping to Spanish Florida.

Wealthy planters made up the bulk of the investors of the first attempt at trans-Appalachian colonization, the __________.

The __________ enabled non-Catholics foreigners who immigrated to British North America to gain citizenship.

Though they never attracted a large following, __________ influenced much of the evangelizing practices of other revivalists.

__________ stoked much of the religious ferment of the mid-18th century with their charismatic preaching.

By designating a defined work assignment for their slaves, slaveholders engaged in the __________.

The founding of the __________ was, in part, an attempt to develop a distinctly American philosophy.

Slaves working in tobacco fields often labored under the __________, which offered them little autonomy.

The British won the __________ when tens of thousands of colonists took up arms in defense of the colonies.

Maroons who had fled to Florida aided the Spanish defense during the __________.

Runaway slaves who banded together into communities on the edges of colonial society were known as __________.

The __________ ended the French and Indian War and granted much of North America to the British empire.

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