| A | B |
|---|
| Common Sense | pamplet that asked the colonists to join the revolution |
| Olive Branch Petition | asked the king to restore harmony between British and the colonies |
| Declaration of Independence | a list of grievances directed to the king declaring the colonies free |
| Treaty of Paris | ends the American Revolution and gives the land west of the Mississippi to America |
| Boston Tea Party | colonists stand up to the British by dumping tea into the harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | harsh taxes on all items and closed the port of Boston |
| Lexington and Concord | first battle in the American Revolution |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point in the American Revolution |
| Battle of Trenton | battle in the American Revolution in 1776 |
| Battle of Yorktown | last battle of the American Revolution when Cornwallis surrenders |
| Great Awakening | movement that swept through the colonies in the early 1700s |
| Albany Plan of Union | join or die, snake political cartoon asking the colonists to help during the French and Indian War |
| Proclamation of 1763 | can't go past the Appalachian Mountains |
| Great Compromise | created a bicameral legislature |
| Marbury vs Madison | established Judicial Review |
| Louisiana Purchase | bought from France in 1803 and doubled the size of the United States |
| Battle of New Orleans | an American win that gave America the port of New Orleans |
| Era of Good Feelings | people slowly shifted loyalty away from state government and more toward federal government |
