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| French and Indian War | conflict between the French and British in North America; fought from 1754-1763 |
| Albany Plan of Union | plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin that called for a Grand Council with representatives from each colony, who would make laws, raise taxes, and set up for the defense of the colonies |
| triangular trade | colonial trade route between New England, the West Indies, and Africa pursued by New England Merchants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that involved trading sugar, molasses, rum, and slaves |
| mercantilism | an economic policy whereby a nation becomes strong by building up your gold standard exporting more than it imports |
| Parliament | law-making body in England |
| boycotts | to refuse to buy certain goods or services |
| Navigation Acts | laws that governed trade between England and its colonies; ensured that only England benefited from colonial trade |
| Sons of Liberty | group of colonial men who joined together to protest the Stamp Act and protect colonial liberties |
| Quartering Act | law that required colonists to provide housing, candles, and bedding to British soldiers stationed in the colonies |
| 1st Continental Congress | meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in September 1774 |
| Declaration of Independence | document that stated that the colonies had become a free and independent nation |
| independence | Freedom from control of another group or person |
| Boston Massacre | shooting of five colonists by British soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | protest in which colonists dressed as Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine; urged the colonists to separate from Britain |
| Stamp Act (1765) | act passed by Parliament that placed a tax on legal documents such as wills |
| Intolerable Acts (1774) | Four harsh laws passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party |
| American Revolution (Revolutionary War) | American War for independence from Britain |
| Continental Army | Army set up by the Second Continental Congress to fight the British |
| liberty | Freedom |
| Northwest Territory | area of land west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River |
| Patriots | colonist who supported independence from British rule |
| Loyalists | colonist who remained loyal to Britain |
| Neutrality | not taking sides |
| Treaty of Paris (1783) | Peace treaty which ended the Revolutionary War |
| Repeal | to cancel or undo |
| Militia | army of citizens who serve as soldiers in an emergency |
| Tea Act | British law that let the British East India Company bypass colonial merchants and sell their tea directly to colonists |
