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Colony and Revolution Terms
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- 1coloniesareas under full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
- 2mercantilismbelief in the benefits of profitable trading
- 3Navigation Actsseries of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade
- 4salutary neglectvoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, contributed to the economic growth of England
- 5cash cropa crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
- 6triangular tradea multilateral system of trading where a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another
- 7Enlightenmentthe period of intellectual frenzy that led to the American Revolution
- 8Great Awakeningimpacted the English colonies with the idea of rationalism being emphasized and passion for religion had grown stale
- 9Albany Plan of Unionplan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government
- 10"Join or Die"political cartoon made by Benjamin Franklin that helped make his point about the importance of colonial unity
- 11French and Indian Warwar fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley
- 12Proclamation of 1763forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, described as an Indian Reserve
- 13writs of assistancedocuments that allowed customs officials to enter any ship of building that they suspected might hold smuggled goods
- 14Sugar ActA tax put on sugar and molasses and other imported goods
- 15Stamp Actrequired revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
- 16Sons of Libertysecret organization to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by British government
- 17Boston Massacreconfrontation where British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston
- 18Boston Tea Partyprotest where angry colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor, Britain imposed taxation without representation
- 19First Continental Congressdelegates from each of the 13 colonies, (except Georgia), met to organize colonial resistance to Coercive Acts
- 20"shot heard ‘round the world”British shot, opening shot to the Battle of Concord which started the Revolutionary War
- 21Olive Branch Petitionfinal attempt by colonists to avoid going to war with Britain, colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and declared their rights as British citizens
- 22Common Sensebook written by Thomas Paine, challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy
- 23Declaration of IndependenceThe formal statement, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress, declaring the thirteen American colonies free and independent of Great Britain: there were 56 signers
- 24LoyalistsAmerican colonists who stayed loyal to the British during the Revolutionary War
- 25PatriotsAmerican colonists who rejected British rule during the Revolutionary War
- 26republic/representative democracysystem of government where all citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them
- 27Articles of Confederationthe first written constitution of the United States
- 28confederationan organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league
- 29Shays' Rebellionseries of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties. Led by Daniel Shays in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
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