Terms associated with American Revolution for AP US History students
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| 5214912736 | French and Indian War | War fought by France and England on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley-- English defeated French in 1763. | 0 | |
| 5214912737 | Albany Plan of Union | Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes | 1 | |
| 5214912738 | Navigation Acts | Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. | 2 | |
| 5214912739 | Proclamation of 1763 | Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. The law hoped to prevent future hostilities between colonists and Native Americans. | 3 | |
| 5214912740 | Salutary Neglect | Unrestricted trade in the colonies would be more profitable for England than would taxation of the colonies | 4 | |
| 5214912741 | Sugar Act | Law passed in 1764 that modified the 1733 Molasses Act thus reducing the amount of taxes collected on molasses and sugar, but increasing the measures to enforce the act. | 5 | |
| 5214912742 | George Grenville | British Prime Minister and architect of the Sugar Act; his method of taxation and crackdown on colonial smuggling were widely disliked by Americans. He passed the Stamp Act arguing that colonists received virtual representation in Parliament. | 6 | |
| 5214912745 | Townshend Acts | Tax for the colonists on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. | 7 | |
| 5214912748 | Peace of Paris | This ended the Seven Years War/French and Indian war between Britain and her allies and France and her allies. | 8 | |
| 5214912750 | Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought. | 9 | |
| 5214912751 | Currency Act | This act applied to all of the colonies. It banned the production of paper money in the colonies in an effort to combat the inflation caused by Virginia's decision to get itself out of debt by issuing more paper money. | 10 | |
| 5214912752 | Stamp Act | A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and even playing cards. | 11 | |
| 5214912753 | Stamp Act Congress | A meeting of delegates from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act in 1765. It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament; the first sign of colonial unity and organized resistance. | 12 | |
| 5214912755 | Sons of Liberty | A radical political organization formed after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used both peaceful and violent means of protest | 13 | |
| 5214912757 | Declaratory Act | Act passed in 1766 right after the repeal of the Stamp Act; stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases. | 14 | |
| 5214912759 | Boston Massacre | A riot in Boston arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several people. | 15 | |
| 5214912760 | Quartering Act | Required the colonists to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. | 16 | |
| 5214912762 | Tea Act | 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. | 17 | |
| 5214912763 | Intolerable Act | Laws made to punish Massachusetts because of the Boston Tea Party and because the colonists were getting out of control; Boston Harbor was closed until Boston paid for the lost tea | 18 | |
| 5214912764 | First Continental Congress | Convened on September 5, 1774, to protest the Intolerable Acts. The congress endorsed the Suffolk Resolves, voted for a boycott of British imports, and sent a petition to King George III | 19 | |
| 5214912765 | Olive Branch Petition | The colonists pledged loyalty to King George III but were still asking Britain to respect the rights and liberties of the colonies, repeal oppressive legislation and British troops out of the colonies | 20 | |
| 5214912766 | Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that criticized monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from Britain | 21 | |
| 5214912767 | Declaration of Independence | This document was adopted on July 4, 1776. It established the 13 American colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great Britain. | 22 |
