| A | B |
|---|
| gentry | The highest social class in the colonies. |
| social mobility | When a person moves from one social class to another. |
| Great Awakening | Movement in the 1730's and 1740's towards a renewed interest in religion. |
| revival | Renewed interest in religion. |
| Enlightenment | A movement that emphasized science and reason to see the world more clearly. |
| Iroquois League | Agreement between the British and the French that ended the French and Indian War. |
| French & Indian War | Powerful Native American Confederation |
| Albany Plan of Union | A war between the British & French over the land in Americas. |
| Treaty of Paris | A plan made by Benjamin Franklin to make a group with a delegate from each colony appointed by the British king. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | An order saying that the colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| quartering | Housing and feeding of British soldiers. |
| Stamp Act | A tax on items like newspapers and legal documents. |
| boycott | Refusing to buy or sell goods. |
| Townshend Acts | Law that placed import taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper and tea coming into America. |
| Writs of assistance | Blank search warrants. |
| Committees of Correspondence | Committees that were used to pass news of British activity to colonists. |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws that punished colonists for the Boston Tea Party. |
| First Continental Congress | The first meeting of representatives from the colonies to discuss common concerns. |
| militia | Group of citizens who were ready to fight in any emergency. |
| minutemen | The farmers and artisans in the militia. |
| Second Continental Congress | The second meeting of the colonists to appoint a military leader. |
