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| 10929136523 | Patrick Henry | A lawyer who often spoke moving speeches in the House of Burgesses against British policies | 0 | |
| 10929136524 | Stamp Act Congress | A meeting of delegations from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament, and it showed signs of colonial unity and organized resistance. | 1 | |
| 10929136525 | Sons and Daughters of Liberty | Organizations that led protests, helped American soldiers, instated a boycott, and generally resisted the British. | 2 | |
| 10929136526 | John Dickenson | Philadelphia lawyer; reacted to "external" duties of Townshend Acts in Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer with argument that external taxation was legal only when designed to regulate trade, not raise a revenue | 3 | |
| 10929136527 | Samuel Adams | American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence | 4 | |
| 10929136528 | James Otis | A colonial lawyer who defended (usually for free) colonial merchants who were accused of smuggling. Argued against the writs of assistance and the Stamp Act. | 5 | |
| 10929136529 | Massachusetts Circular Letter | A letter written in Boston and circulated through the colonies which urged the colonies not to import goods taxed by the Townshend Acts. Boston, New York, and Philadelphia agreed to non-importation. It was followed by the Virginia Circular Letter | 6 | |
| 10929136530 | Committees of Correspondence | Group organized by patriot leader Samuel Adams, was a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to Parliament. | 7 | |
| 10929136531 | Intolerable Acts | series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party | 8 | |
| 10929136532 | Whigs | conservatives and popular with pro-Bank people and plantation owners. They mainly came from Federalists. They took their name from the British political party that had opposed King George during the American Revolution. Their policies included support of industry, protective tariffs, and Clay's American System. | 9 | |
| 10929136533 | Parliament | Britain's law-making assembly | 10 | |
| 10929136534 | Salutary Neglect | An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies | 11 | |
| 10929136535 | Lord Frederick North | New prime minister of Britain, urged Parliment to repeal the Townshend Acts | 12 | |
| 10929136536 | Pontiac's Rebellion | 1763 - An Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named Pontiac. They opposed British expansion into the western Ohio Valley and began destroying British forts in the area. The attacks ended when Pontiac was killed. | 13 | |
| 10929136537 | Proclamation of 1763 | the British government forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. | 14 | |
| 10929136538 | Seven Years War | It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that proved the English to be the more dominant force of what was to be the United States both commercially and in terms of controlled regions. | 15 | |
| 10929136539 | Albany Plan of Union | plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown | 16 | |
| 10929136540 | Edward Braddock | A British commander during the French and Indian War. He attempted to capture Fort Duquesne in 1755. He was defeated by the French and the Indians. At this battle, He was mortally wounded. | 17 | |
| 10929136541 | George Washington | Led Virginia troops in first battle of the French and Indian War | 18 | |
| 10929136542 | Peace of Paris (1763) | Ended the Seven Year's War, France had to abandon all claim to North America; Great Britain received Canada and the eastern half of the Mississippi Valley, Spain got back the Philippine Islands and Cuba, but had to cede East and West Florida to England | 19 | |
| 10929136543 | Sugar Act | (1764) British deeply in debt after the French & Indian War. English Parliament placed a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses | 20 | |
| 10929136544 | Quartering Act | 1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. | 21 | |
| 10929136545 | Stamp Act | 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc. | 22 | |
| 10929136546 | Declaratory Act | Act passed in 1766 after the repeal of the stamp act; stated that Parliament had authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass legislation "in all cases whatsoever." | 23 | |
| 10929136547 | Townshend Acts | A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads, glass, paint and tea | 24 | |
| 10929136548 | writ of assistance | legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled | 25 | |
| 10929136549 | Tea Act | 1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea Party. | 26 | |
| 10929136550 | Coercive Acts | 1. port act closed the port of boston until the tea was paid for. 2. MA Gov't act reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable british troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies. | 27 | |
| 10929136551 | Quebec Act | Extended boundaries of Quebec and granted equal rights to Catholics and recognized legality Catholic Church in the territory; colonists feared this meant that a pope would soon oversee the colonies. | 28 | |
| 10929136552 | Enlightenment | A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. | 29 | |
| 10929136553 | Deism | A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets. | 30 | |
| 10929136554 | Rationalism | A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response | 31 | |
| 10929136555 | John Locke | 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. | 32 | |
| 10929136556 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | A French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy | 33 |
