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| 1st Continental Congress | In 1774, meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from the 12 colonies |
| 2nd Continental Congress | named a commander of the Colonial forces, passed the Declaration of Independence |
| Albany Plan of Union | proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies |
| Boycott | refusal to buy certain goods and services |
| Committee of Correspondence | letter-writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies |
| Intolerable Acts | series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party |
| John Locke | An English writer who wrote of natural rights-”life, liberty, and ownership of property |
| Mercantilism | theory that a nation’s economy strength came from protecting and increasing its home economy by keeping strict control over its colonial trade |
| Militia | army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency. |
| Minutemen | colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minute’s notice |
| Navigation Acts | series of laws passed by the English Parliament in the 1650’s that regulated trade between England and its colonies. |
| Phyliss Wheatly | Famous American Poet, African born |
| Proclamation of 1763 | law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Quartering | housing and feeding of British soldiers |
| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | a 1763 agreement between Britain and France that ended the French and Indian War. |
| Writ of Assistance | legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ship’s cargo without giving a reason |
