| A | B |
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| salutary neglect | 1607-1754 policy that allowed the colonies to develop and grow on their own |
| mercantilism | theory that it was the colonists duty to provide for the mother country |
| protective tarriffs | a tax on goods imported into a country |
| balance of trade | export more goods than one import |
| French and Indian war | 1754-1763 |
| NonImportation Agreement | Colonists agree not to import taxed goods from England |
| The Albany Congress | Reprsentatives from the 13 colonies meet under the direction of Ben Franklin to discuss uniting the 13 colonies under one government called the Albany plan of Union. |
| Causes of the French and Indian War | Colonists expanding into French and Indian Territory across the Appalachian Mountains |
| Who won the French and Indian War | England and the Colonists |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the appalachian Mountains and made colonists that were already settled must leave. |
| Why did England Tax the colonists? | To pay off French and Indian War debt |
| Townshed Acts | placed taxes on items, such as glass, tea, paper, and lead that the colonists imported from England |
| Writs of Assistance | Documents that authorized unrestricted searches for custom officials on ships |
| Quartering Act | colonists were required to house British troops and provide them with food and beverage |
| Sons of Liberty | Protest group against English oppression |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty dressed up like Native Americans and boarded an English ship stocked with taxed tea. They opened the tea creates and dumped them into the harbor |
| Coercive/Intolerable Acts | Acts imposed on the city of Boston by England after the Boston Tea Party |
| What 6 things did the coercive Acts do? | 1.Closed all ports to Boston. 2.No Government meetings. 3.Martial Law. 4.No court session. 5.Revived Quartering Act. 6.British officials accussed of crimes would be tried in England- not America. |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet written by Englishman Thomas Paine on why the colonies should be free and independent from England |
| Patriot | Colonists who supported the idea of independance |
| Loyalist | Colonists who supported England |
| Torrie | Colonists who supported England |
| Unalienable Rights as of the Declaration of Independance | 1.Life 2. Liberty 3. The pursuit of Happiness |
| Saratoga | The 1st major victory for the Continental Army. It proved to France that the Americans could win the war, thus France lended its support with troops, money, and supplies. This battle is known as the turning point of the American Revolution. |
| Yorktown | Yorktown Virginia- The final battle of the American Revolutionary War. General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington |
| Disadvantages for the colonists. | 1.No strong government for support, 2.Lack of a well trained discipline Army, 3.No Navy |
| Advatages for the British. | 1.Great Military leaders, 2.Worlds best Army, 3. Worlds best Navy, 4. Very orginized and disciplined |
| Disadvantages for the British | 1.Supply lines are 3000 miles away, don't know land all that well |
| Marques de Lafayette | French General that helped train Continental Army and provide stratagy. |
