colonies

mercantilism

Navigation Acts

salutary neglect

cash crop

triangular trade

Enlightenment

Great Awakening

Albany Plan of Union

"Join or Die"

French and Indian War

Proclamation of 1763

writs of assistance

Sugar Act

Stamp Act

Sons of Liberty

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

First Continental Congress

"shot heard ‘round the world”

Olive Branch Petition

Common Sense

Declaration of Independence

Loyalists

Patriots

republic/representative democracy

Articles of Confederation

confederation

Shays' Rebellion