| A | B |
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| French and Indian War | Conflict between Great Britain and France over territory in North America |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | ended the French and Indian War and forced to turn over land east of Mississippi river to British |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Stated that Americans were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachain mountains in an effort to reduce conflict with Native Americans |
| Stamp Act | tax placed on printed materials designed to raise money for Britain |
| Intolerable Acts | closed the port of Boston for punishment for Boston Tea Party |
| Sons of Liberty | organization of colonists who opposed British authority in Massassachusetts |
| Daughters of Liberty | made homespun cloth to support boycott of British goods |
| Committees of Correspondence | groups which exchanged written communication coordinating resistance to the British |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine encouraging colonists to support independence from Great Britain |
| Declaration of Independence | purpose of this document was to tell the world why colonist want to be free from British rule |
| John Locke | enlightenment philosopher who stated the all people have right to life, liberty and property |
| Montesquieu | enlightenment philosopher whe believed the powers of government should be limited and defined |
| Thomas Jefferson | author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Crossing the Delaware | General Washington won a suprise victory and boosted Patriot morale |
| Valley Forge | Patriot army spent a winter in difficult conditions but did not quit came out a better army |
| Benjamin Franklin | colonial ambassador who convinced the French to join the Patriots after the battle of Saratoga |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French general who helped Washington defeat the British at Yorktown |
| Yorktown | British lost this battle which ended the American Revolution |
| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | United States won independence from Britain and gained control of land west to Mississippi river |
| Baron von Stueben | trained the Patriots army at Valley Forge |
