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| 7287045344 | French- Indian trade networks | 0 | ||
| 7287045345 | American Indian autonomy | 1 | ||
| 7287046499 | Local self- rule | The local small land-owners who wanted to rule amongst themselves. | 2 | |
| 7287047397 | Enlightenment ideas ( of government) | 3 | ||
| 7287047398 | Colonial independence movement | The move the colonist created to have independence from Great Britain. | 4 | |
| 7287049144 | Direct (vs. "virtual" ) representation | Also known as "direct tax" direct was the British imposed tax that was directly on the colonies. This tax was in order to raise revenue; and example was the Stamp Act who gave direct tax on the colonies. Meanwhile "virtual" representation claimed that Parliament represented all the British subject, including the people in the colonies who've never voted. | 5 | |
| 7287050076 | Individual talent vs Hereditary privledge | 6 | ||
| 7287050077 | Popular movement ( political activism) | 7 | ||
| 7287050762 | Patriot movement | 8 | ||
| 7287051500 | Democratic and republican ideals of the American Revolution | 9 | ||
| 7287051501 | Natural rights | 10 | ||
| 7287052470 | Rights of British subjects | 11 | ||
| 7287052471 | Thomas Paine's Common Sense | 12 | ||
| 7287054235 | Rights of the individual | 13 | ||
| 7287054236 | Declaration of Independence | Statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress in the Pennsylvania State House on July 4, 1776. In this statement, it announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent from Great Britian. | 14 | |
| 7287055253 | Loyalist opposition | 15 | ||
| 7287055254 | Patriot cause | 16 | ||
| 7287056377 | Enroachment on Tribal lands | 17 | ||
| 7287057460 | "No taxation without representation" | A saying used by colonist in order to protest the Stamp Act of 1765. The colonist said they had no one representing them in Parliament, so it wasn't okay for them to tax the colonist. | 18 | |
| 7287057461 | English Costitution | 19 | ||
| 7287058543 | John Locke | Philosopher who inspired the European Enlightenment and the Constitution of the United State. His political view was the notion of a social contract between citizen , importance of toleration ( especially in Relgion) | 20 | |
| 7287058544 | Metacomet Lord North | 21 | ||
| 7287059361 | Minutemen | A group of soldiers during the American Revolution whose duty was to be ready to fight anyone right away ( in 1 minute). | 22 | |
| 7287059362 | March of the Paxton Boys | 23 | ||
| 7287072731 | Albany Plan | A plan submitted by Ben Franklin in which colonial delegates (Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New England) met in Albany, New York. This plan was issues in around the time of the French and Indian War. Franklin's plan was for the colonies to unify with one another, because of the threats between the French and Native Americans. Although the delegates approves, the colonies had rejected because they were fearful in losing their power. | 24 | |
| 7287072732 | Benjamin Franklin | One of the Founding Fathers of the US. He played a major role in the American Enlightenment due to his history of physics and his discoveries and theories about electricity. In addition, he sought a campaign for colonial unity and was the spokesman in London for several colonies. | 25 | |
| 7287073322 | Boston Massacre | Occuring on March 15, 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts, it was when British soldiers had fired into a group of colonist because they were mocking them by throwing rocks and snowballs at the soldiers. This caused franticness, as five of the colonists were killed. These colonist had blamed the British and the Songs of Liberty for the cause of this. Because of this incident, they used it as a perfect example to start the Revolution. | 26 | |
| 7287073323 | Boston Tea Party | On December 16, 1773, three companies of fifty men had dressed up as Mohawks and went aboard to three ships, broke tea chests and threw them into the harbor. | 27 | |
| 7287074285 | Charles Townshend | A Political figure who was in control of the British ministry. He was very flamboyant but also bit reckless. In 1767, he convinced Parliament to pass the Townshend Acts. These Acts included: 1. Disband New York Assembly until colonist agree to obey the Mutiny Act. 2. Levied new taxes (Townshend Duties) on various goods imported to the colonies from England (lead, paint, paper, tea). The Townshend Duties Act caused colonist to get upset and almost commit rebellions. | 28 | |
| 7287075160 | Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) | All acts in 1774, created by Grenville to punish the colonist after their actions in the Boston Tea Party. First, they closed the port of Boston until colonist paid for all the tea they lost. Next, Boston had went under martial law meaning that there was less or no power in colonial assembles. Additionally, they revoked Massachusetts charter and had forbidden town meets. Lastly, Royal officials who were charged with American crimes had to be tried in England. | 29 | |
| 7287075161 | Committess of Correspondence | A colonial organization create in 1770 who wanted to spread news of Great Britain's actions throughout the colonies. To do this, they used pamphlets and letters. It was basically TMZ for the 1770s. | 30 | |
| 7287078001 | Creoles | A mix of white immigrants of French descent. They usually owned plantations in lower Mississippi. | 31 | |
| 7287078002 | Currency Act | An act that prohibited colonies to print money, resulting in a decline of the value of paper money- nobody could accept it. Grenville was the one who passed this act because colonies kept facing shortages of money, making England pay debts. It also cause paper money to be eliminated from circulation. |  | 32 |
| 7287078998 | Daughters of Liberty | A organization group whose plan was to boycott all of the goods British produced. To do this, they encouraged Americans to create their clothing out of fabrics and produce their goods from anywhere other than Britain. This act would allow American colonies to become more economically independent. | 33 | |
| 7287078999 | First Continental Congress | Created in September 5, 1774- this meetings was held to protest the Intolerable Acts. The people art of this congress had voted for the boycott of British imports. To make sure their opinion was being heard, they sent a petition to King George III. In the petition they explained that the Parliament is having an unfair taxation and judical system. Delegates from all colonies except Georgia were participants. | 34 | |
| 7287079024 | George Grenville | Appointed by King George III, Grenville became prime minister of Britain in 1763. He create many acts to help benefit mostly the British, yet many people didn't like him. | 35 | |
| 7287082089 | Imperial Authority | 36 | ||
| 7287082090 | Impressment | 37 | ||
| 7287082840 | Iroquois Confederacy | The Iroquois (Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida ) had created an defensive alliance that had been the most powerful tribal presence in the Northeast. They had fought and won bitter wars, such as against the Hurons. When they got rid of major competitors, they create a commercial relationship with the English and Dutch along the eastern sea board. | 38 | |
| 7287082841 | Lord North | 39 | ||
| 7287084782 | Mercy Otis Warren | 40 | ||
| 7287084783 | Mutiny Act | An act created in 1765 where colonist had to aid and maintain the British army by allowing them to stay at their houses, care for them, etc. Also known as the Quartering Act. | 41 | |
| 7287085405 | Patrick Henry | A passionate critic who put himself in politics. He asked the House of Burgesses to put into act the most extreme proposals. He is well known for his dramatic speech to the House of Burgesses in May 1765, where we exclaim what would happen if the present policies aren't revised. Henry's resolutions included: declaring Americans same rights as English, the right to be taxed only buy representatives, Virginians not pay taxes except those voted by assembly, and anyone who advocated the right of Parliament to tax Virginans is deemed as the enemy. Since the House of Burgesses got upset, they people created print that said "Virginia Resolves" that created the impression that colonies were more militant than they actually were. | 42 | |
| 7287085406 | Pontiac's Rebellion | An Indian Chief who led a war in the Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes Region in 1763. His actions led to the Proclamation of 1763, which made many colonist angry. | 43 | |
| 7287086417 | Proclamation of 1763 | A Proclamation created by King George the III, who closed the region west of the Appilation Mountains to any settlement by the colonists. | 44 | |
| 7287086418 | Quebec Act | An act signed in 1774 that's object was to provide a civil government for French- speaking Roman Catholic people of Canada and Illinois. This law extended the boundraries of Quebec in order to include French communites between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. This act also granted political rights to Roman Catholics, recognized the legality of the Roman Catholic Church, within a large province. | 45 | |
| 7287086419 | Samuel Adams | A politician who organized the first local committee of correspondence in Boston, Massachusetts in 1772. He created much propaganda over certain things such as the war. | 46 | |
| 7287087907 | Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) | A North American war between Great Britain and France. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. | 47 | |
| 7287087914 | Sons of Liberty | A group who terrorized Stamp agents and effectively stopped the sea of stamps. They also intimidated those who were reluctant to boycott. | 48 | |
| 7287088780 | Stamp Act | An Act where Parliament agreed the tax many paper materials that the colonist used ( cards, almanacs, mortagages). The colonies were very upset, so they boycotted British imports that caused them to repeal the act. | 49 | |
| 7287088781 | Stamp Act Congress | A meeting where the delegates from the colonies formed to protest the Stamp Act (1765). They adopted a declaration of rights and sent letters of complaints to the King and Parliament. | 50 | |
| 7287089513 | Sugar Act | Beginning in 1764, this act was an effort to pay for the British Army that was located in North America. They did this by imposing tax on sugar and other imports. | 51 | |
| 7287089514 | Tea Act | In 1773, the act was created by Parliament in order to provide American colonies with cheap tea, but at the same time force the colonist s to admit that Parliament had the right to tax them. | 52 | |
| 7287091291 | Townshend Duties | Acts imposed by Parliament that forced colonists to pay duties of the goods coming from England. These goods included tea and paper, which had increased the power of custom boards in the colonies to make sure the duties were paid well. | 53 | |
| 7287091292 | Virgina Resolves | 54 | ||
| 7287092380 | William Pitt | The English Secretary of State who transformed the war effort in America by bringing it under full British control. | 55 | |
| 7287435050 | French and Indian War | A war beginning in 1754 French against English because they both wanted control of the Ohio River Valley. The reason the British wanted to establish themselves there was due to trade with Native Americans. The French however, built forts in order to protect their trade with Indians. George Washington led the English to fight for their land in 1754. After 9 years, the English had defeated the French in 1763. This win had established England as the number one in world power. | 56 |
