| A | B |
|---|
| King George III | king mentioned in the Dec. of Independence |
| mercantilism | sell more good than a country buys |
| salutary neglect | English policy of interfering very little b/c of distance |
| Stamp Act | tax placed on all legal documents and newspapers |
| boycott | refusal to buy |
| French and Indian War | caused Great Britain to have a huge debt, resulting in taxation of colonist |
| cause of the American Revolution | lack of representation in Parliament |
| repeal | to cancel |
| Boston Tea Party | colonist dressed as Native Americans dumped tea into the Boston Harbor, form of protest |
| delegates | representatives |
| 1st Continental Congress | meeting to ask for restoration of rights |
| Coercive/Intolerable Act | law passed by Congress that restricted the rights of the colonist |
| 2nd Continental Congress | meeting where the decision was made to break away from Great Britain |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | first battles of the American Revolutionary War |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Dec. of Independence |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| purpose of Common Sense | pamphlet where T.Paine said colonist should break away from Great Britain |
| John Locke | influenced T. Jefferson in the Dec. of Independence |
| New England Colonies | shipbuilding |
| Southern Colonies | cash crops b/c of long growing seasons |
| Reasons colonist came to America | religious and economics reasons |
