| A | B |
| social mobility | possibility of a person to move up |
| Enlightenment | age of reason |
| Albany Plan of Union | early attempt to create "one general government", written by Franklin |
| Proclamation of 1763 | imaginary line running down the Appalachian Mts. |
| quartering | housing and feeding |
| Sons of Liberty | protest group |
| boycott | refusal to buy or sell |
| Continental Army | represented and defended the colonies |
| preamble | introduction |
| loyalist | supported England |
| patriot | favored separation and pro-revolution |
| blockade | prevent goods and people from moving in or out |
| Pontiac's War | group of natives that banded together to attack forts |
| writs of assistance | blank search warrants |
| Hessian | hired German soldiers |
| compromise | both sides give up something to reach an agreement |
| privateers | armed private ships |
| Olive Branch Petition | 2nd Continental Congress's last attempt at peace |