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| 450449644 | Germans | group of people that came to America to escape religious persecutions, economic problems, and war; made up 6% of american population | |
| 450449645 | Scots-Irish | made up 7% of American population; left Pennsylvania and moved to the western frontier of the missle and southern colonies | |
| 450449646 | Molasses Act | attempt by British authorities to stop colonial trade with the French West Indies | |
| 450449647 | Agriculture | leading industry of this time | |
| 450449648 | Christian Ministry | most honored profession | |
| 450449649 | Physicians | were very poorly trained | |
| 450449650 | Lawyers | known as troublemakers | |
| 450449651 | Scots-Irish | led the armed march of the Paxton Boys and the regulator movement in North Carolina; made beer | |
| 450449652 | Anglican Church | church of England members; tax supported. Became official faith in GA, NC, SC, VA, MD, and part of NY | |
| 450449653 | Congregational Church | grew out of the Puritan Church; was established in New England colonies except Rhode Island | |
| 450449654 | The Great Awakening | emotional religious revival of the 1730's and 1740's after a period of religious decline | |
| 450449655 | Johnathan Edwards | pastor in Massachusetts; instigated the Great Awakening; "sinners in the hand of an angry God" | |
| 450449656 | George Whitfield | British evangelist who spread the Great Awakening throughout the colonies | |
| 450449657 | Colleges | institutions that were founded as a result of the Great Awakening | |
| 450449658 | Benjamin Franklin | "first civilized American"; author, scientist, created the printer | |
| 450449659 | John Peter Zenger | colonial printer who's case helped begin freedom of press | |
| 450449660 | Paxton Boys | They were a group of Scots-Irish men living in the Appalachian hills that wanted protection from Indian attacks. They made an armed march on Philadelphia in 1764. They protested the lenient way that the Quakers treated the Indians. | |
| 450449661 | Regulator Movement | group of frontier's men that protested the colonial government | |
| 450449662 | French and Indian War | Was a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley-- English defeated French in1763. | |
| 450449663 | William Pitt | English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778) | |
| 450449664 | George Washington | Virginian, patriot, general, and president. Lived at Mount Vernon. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States. | |
| 450449665 | James Wolfe | the British general whose success in the Battle of Quebec won Canada for the British Empire. | |
| 450449666 | New France | Name of French colony in Canada | |
| 450449667 | Coureurs de Bois | French colonists who lived and worked in the woods; fur trapper | |
| 450449668 | King William's War | One of the four wars fought between France, Spain, England and France's indian allies for control of North America. | |
| 450449669 | Queen Anne's War | The second of the four wars known generally as the French and Indian Wars, it arose out of issues left unresolved by King Williams' War (1689-1697) | |
| 450449670 | War of Jenkin's War | conflicts between Spanish and English. France joined Spain and they got beat by English... again | |
| 450449671 | Ohio River Valley | The point of contention that sparked the French and Indian War. Both the French and British claimed it. They wanted the area because the rivers allowed for transportation. | |
| 450449672 | General Braddock | Commanded forces sent by Great Britain to support American colonists; defeated and killed by French and Indian troops | |
| 450449673 | Buckskin | a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin | |
| 450449674 | Republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | |
| 450449675 | Paul Revere | American silversmith who became a hero after his famous ride to warn of the British advance on Lexington and Concord. "THE RITISH ARE COMING, THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!" | |
| 450449676 | Quartering Act | an act that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists | |
| 450449677 | George Grenville | British prime minister who enforce navigation laws and sugar act was passed | |
| 450449678 | Stamp Act | A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies | |
| 450449679 | No Taxation without Representation | claimed taxes were unjust, insisted only they or their elected reps had the right to pass taxes, parliament had no right ot tax them since they didnt elect reps, and they were willing to pay taxes only if their colonial legislatures passed them. | |
| 450449680 | Stamp Act Congress | group of colonists who protested the Stamp Act, saying that Parliament couldn't tax without colonist' consent | |
| 450449681 | Sons and Daughters of Liberty | Secret society who intimidated tax agents; tarred and feathered some tax collectors | |
| 450449682 | Virtual Representation | British's response to no taxation without representation | |
| 450449683 | Townsend Acts | when taxes were placed on paper, paint, white lead and tea | |
| 450449684 | Boston Massacre | The first bloodshed of the Amercan Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five americans | |
| 450449685 | King George 3 | the king of england who taxed the colonies and refused the olive branch petition | |
| 450449686 | Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence | |
| 450449687 | Abigail Adams | Wife of John Adams. During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront. She urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create. | |
| 450449688 | Boston Tea Party | protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped british tea into boston harbor | |
| 450449689 | Intolerable Acts | A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British | |
| 450449690 | First Continental Congress | Delagates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence | |
| 450449691 | Second Continental Congress | It met in 1776 and drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence, which justified the Revolutionary War and declared that the colonies should be independent of Britain. | |
| 450449692 | Comitees of Correspondence | Got in touch with other with other towns and colonies. Its members shared ideas and info about the new British laws and ways to challenge them. | |
| 450449693 | Lexington and Concord | the first battle of the American Revolution; British were well trained and had proffesional troops | |
| 450449694 | Lafeyette | leader of french, saved american revolution | |
| 450449695 | John Adams | Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly his work. | |
| 450449696 | Charles Townsend | "Champagne Charly" created the Townsend Acts | |
| 450449697 | Redcoats | British soldiers during the American Revolution. | |
| 450449698 | Whigs | party that favored a national bank, protective tariffs and eventually the abolition of slavery | |
| 450449699 | Tories | a person who supported the British cause in the American Revolution; a loyalist | |
| 450449700 | Adam Smith | Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade | |
| 450449701 | Navigation Laws | laws that restricted American trade with other countries; (would be shipped to the British before it was shipped back to them) | |
| 450449702 | John Hancock | Patriot leader and president of the Second Continental Congress; first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. | |
| 450449703 | Ben Franklin | A delegate from Pennsylvania and proposed the "Albany Plan of the Union" as a way to strengthen colonies. | |
| 450449704 | Sugar Act | law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies | |
| 450449705 | Nonimportation Agreements | promising not to buy or import British goods | |
| 450449706 | Crispus Attucks | african american killed by british soldiers in the boston massacre | |
| 450449707 | Quebec Act | law that set up a government for canada and protected the rights of french catholics | |
| 450449708 | Boston Port Act | closed the Port of Boston until damages had been paid for the Boston Tea Party | |
| 450449709 | Minutemen | Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds. | |
| 450449710 | Hessians | German hired Brithish mercinaries | |
| 450449711 | Lord North | British Prime Minister during revolution. He had passed the Coercive Acts and supported the king greatly to the extent that Britain was ruled only by the king. | |
| 453977110 | Thomas Jefferson | offered the Decleration of Independence | |
| 453977111 | Patrick Henry | said "give me liberty or give me death" ? | |
| 453977112 | Thomas Payne | said "These are the times that try men's souls." (Common Sense) | |
| 453977113 | 9 | how many wars there were since 1688 | |
| 453977114 | 1688-1783 | years of the first 4 wars | |
| 453977115 | the British | who won King William's and Queen Anne's War? | |
| 453977116 | French Arcadia | what the British were rewarded after the first two wars | |
| 453977117 | War of Austrian Succession | also known as King George's War | |
| 453977118 | George Grenville | enforced navigation laws (and Sugar/Stamp Act) | |
| 453977119 | Sugar Act | was passed to raise revenue for Britain's military | |
| 453977120 | French and Indian War | caused the rise of mercantilism | |
| 453977121 | 16 | average age of people during this time | |
| 453977122 | Albany Congress | common defense against the British, first sign of unity | |
| 453977123 | Pontiac | ottowa chief that rebelled against the british | |
| 453977124 | First Continental Congress | had 55 delgates; all but GA attended | |
| 453977125 | Quebec Act | done after the Boston Tea Party; set a press for jury trials | |
| 453977126 | Republic | government ruled by the people | |
| 453977127 | the Association | boycott of British goods | |
| 453977128 | the King | Sugar Act raised money for...? |
