| A | B |
|---|
| House of Burgesses | First government in Jamestown, Va. |
| Mayflower Compact | Agreement signed by the pilgrims that created a direct democracy |
| Toleration Act | Law that created religious freedom in Maryland in 1649 |
| Social Contract | John Locke political theory |
| Albany Plan | Ben Franklin - proposed unification of colonies to win the French and Indian War |
| Proclamation of 1763 | prohibited colonists from crossing beyond the Appalachian Moutains |
| Declaration of Independence | written by Thomas Jefferson- passed in 1776 |
| Saratoga | Revolutionary War battle where colonists defeated the British and convinced the French to join on the American side |
| Valley Forge | place where colonial army nearly froze to death |
| Yorktown | Last batlle of the Revolutionary War- British surrendered |
| Articles of Confederation | first government of the US. Was weak |
| colony | a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere |
| joint-stock company | investors provide partial ownership in company organized for profit |
| charter | a written document granting land and authority to set up colonial governments |
| compact | an agreement among people |
| proprietary colony | the owner owned the land and controlled the government |
| indentured servants | workers who contracted to work for 7 years in return for passage, food and shelter |
| triangular trade | pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe |
| royal colony | owned and ruled by the king |
