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- John Smith
- led an english group
- Proprietary colony
- english colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment
- Traitor
- person who betrays his or her country
- Townshend Acts
- laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea
- Proclamation Of 1763
- law forbidding english colonists to settle west of the appalachian mountains
- Legislative Branch
- branch of government that passes laws
- Alliance
- agreement between nations to aid and protect one another
- currency
- money
- Cash Crop
- crop sold for money at market
- Mayflower Compact
- a 1620 agreement for ruling the plymouth colony
- Francis Marion
- a important person in the war
- Common Sense
- A 1776 essay by thomas paine that urged the colonies to declare independence
- Pilgrims
- in the 1600s, english settlers who gained religious freedom in the americas
- Intolerable Acts
- series of laws passed down in 1774 to punish boston for the tea party
- Mission
- religious settlement run by catholic priests and friars
- Articles Of Confederation
- first american constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
- James Madison
- created the virginia plan
- Benedict Arnold
- a leader in the war
- Precedent
- act or decision that sets an example for others to follow
- Public School
- school supported by taxes
- Parliament
- representative assembly in england
- Northwest Ordinance
- a 1787 law that set up a government for the northwest territory
- New Jersey Plan
- plan at the constitutional convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
- Columbian Exchange
- the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the eastern and western hemisperes
- Bill Of Rights
- first 10 amendments to the united states constitution
- Mercenary
- soldier who fights merely for pay,often for a foreign country
- Libel
- act of publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person's reputation
- Treaty Of Paris
- a 1763 agreement between britain and france that ended the french and indian war
- Tea Act
- a 1773 law that let the british east india company bypass the merchants and sold directly to colonists
- Patriot
- colonists who favored war against britain
- Puritans
- group of english protestants who settled the massachusetts bay colony
- Protestant Reformation
- movement to reform the roman catholic church in the 1500s; led to the creation of many different christian churches
- Battle Of Saratoga
- In 1777, the first major american victory in the revolution
- Northwest Passage
- a waterway through or around north america
- First Continental Congress
- In 1774,meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in philadelphia
- Siege
- military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
- Christopher Columbus
- in 1782 columbus sailed the ocean blue
- Religious Tolerance
- willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
- Olive Branch Petition
- peace petition sent to king george by colonial delegates after the battle of lexington and concord
- Ratify
- to approve
- Quakers
- protestants reformers who agree in the equality of all people
- Valley Forge
- Pennsylvania site of washington's continental army camp during the winter of 1777-1778
- Loyalist
- colonist who remained loyal to britain
- Jamestown
- one of the first town established
- Boston Massacre
- a 1770 conflict in which five colonists were killed by british troops
- Judicial Branch
- branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly
- Great Compromise
- plan at the constitutional convention that settled the differences between large and small states
- Battles Of Lexington And Concord
- In 1775, conflicts between massachusetts colonists and british soldiers that started the revolutionary war
- Constitution
- document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
- Guerilla
- fighter who uses hit-and-run attacks
- Gentry
- highest social class in the 13 english colonies
- Battle Of Yorktown
- 1781 american victory in virginia that forced the british to surrender
- Minute men
- Colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minute's notice
- Ferdinand Megellan
- was killed in the philippines
- Indentured Servant
- person who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies
- Established Church
- chosen religion of a state
- Blockade
- the shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
- Conquistadors
- name of the spanish explorers who claimed lands in the americas for spain
- Charter
- legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
- Representative Government
- political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
- colony
- group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land
- Virginia Plan
- plan at the constitutional convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature
- Enlightenment
- movement in europe in the 1600s and 1700s that emphasized the use of reason
- Roanoke
- the people vanished
- Petition
- formal written request to someone in authority that signed by a group of people
- Royal colony
- colony under direct control of the english crown
- George Washington
- led the revolutionary war
- Great Awaking
- religious movement in the english colonies in the early 1700s
- Executive Branch
- branch of government that carries out laws
- Commitee Of Correspondence
- letter-writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies
- Thomas Jefferson
- wrote the declaration of independence
- Declaration Of Independence
- a 1776 document stating that the 13 english colonies were a free independent nation
- Treaty Of Paris 1783
- peace treaty between the united states and britain, ratified in 1783, that recognized the united states as an independent nation
- Navigation Acts
- series of english laws in the 1600s that regulated trade between england and its colonies
- Stamp Act
- a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents, and taxed news papers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice
- Persecution
- mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs
- French And Indian War
- a war that took place from 1754 to 1763 that led the end of the french power in north america
- Mercantilism
- theory that a nation's economic strength came from keeping a strict control over its colonial trade
- Racism
- belief that one race is superior to another
- Missionary
- person who tries to spread certain religious beliefs among a group of people
- Three-Fifths Compromise
- agreement of the constitutional convention that three fifths of the slaves in any state be counted in its population
- Slave Codes
- laws that controlled the lives of enslaved african americans and denied them basic rights
- Depression
- period where economic falls activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises
- Boston Tea Party
- a 1773 protest in which colonists dressed as indians dumped britain tea into boston harbor
- Writ Of Assistance
- legal document that allowed british customs officials to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason
- Execute
- to like fulfill
- Sabbath
- holy day of rest
- Debtors
- person who cannot pay money he or she owes
- king George 3rd
- received the olive branch petition
- Magna Carta
- signed in 1215, a british document that contained two basic ideas monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights
- Mason-Dixon Line
- boundary between pennsylvania in and maryland that divided the middle colonies from the southern colonies
- Constitutional Convention
- gathering of sate representatives on may 25, 1787, to revise the Articles Of Confederation
- Ally
- nation that works with another nation for a common purpose
- Triangular Trade
- colonial trade route between new england, the west indies, and africa
- Militia
- Army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an important time