| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Mercantilism | An economic system where trade with colonies benefits the mother country |
| Navigation Acts | Laws that governed trade between England and it's colonies. |
| backcountry | a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Pioneers | people who are the first to settle in a region |
| Albany Plan of Union | "Join or Die" by Benjamin Franklin |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | Ended the French and Indian war. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Prevented colonist from settling beyond the Applachain Mountains |
| Sugar Act | First act that directly taxed the colonies and not just trade goods |
| James Otis | First colonist to raise the issue of taxation without representation |
| Committees of Correspondence | organized network for passing along news of British activity to the colonies |
| Sons of Liberty | Secret societies formed to protest new taxes passed by Parliament. Led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors. |
| Townshend Act | The act that put taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy certain goods |
| Declaratory Acts | Parliment and the King had to power to make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever |
| Quartering Act | an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists |
| Propoganda | ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause |
| Casualties | people killed, wounded, or missing |
| Writs of Assistance | Special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods |
| Boston Tea Party | Organized by Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty |
| King George III | King of England prior to the American Revolution |
| Militia | Civilians serving as soldiers |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me Liberty or give me death" |
| Intolerable Acts | four laws imposed by the British to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party |
| Tea Act | tax on tea which led to the boston tea party |
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