| A | B |
|---|
| French and Indian War | the colonists aided the British to win a North American empire from France |
| Triangular trade | trade amongst the New England colonies, Africa, and the West Indies giving the colonies slaves and molasses |
| Enlightenment | John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu influenced American government |
| Natural rights | John Locke's belief that everyone has the right to life, liberty and property |
| Mayflower Compact | first written form of democracy in America |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | first form of representative democracy in America |
| Albany Plan of Union | Benjamin Franklin's attempt to unify the colonists prior to the French and Indian War |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Britain's attempt to keep the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Mercantilism | an economic system in which the mother country requires its colonies to supply raw materials and buy finished products |
| Common Sense | a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine appealing to colonists to join the Patriot cause |
| Declaration of Independence | a document written by Thomas Jefferson listing colonial grievances against the British monarchy |
| John Peter Zenger Case | a 1734 court case during colonial times in which Zenger, a journalist, was being sued for libel, but the court acquitted him based on freedom of the press |
