Colonial Growth
A system involving exchanges of goods among the American colonies, England, Caribbean sugar planters, and Africa
Triangular Trade
During the late 1600s and 1700s, philosophers during this "Age" put forward theories claiming that the physical world and human nature should operate according to natural laws, logic, order
Age of Enlightenment
Great Britain accumulated a substantial amount of debt during this war
French and Indian War
On March 5, 1770, this deadly conflict took place wherein British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists following a verbal altercation
This committee of delegates gathered in Philadelphia to decide how the colonies should respond to the growing conflicts with Great Britain
Continental Congress
French and Indian War
One of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers was this philosopher who argued that people are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property
John Locke
Stamp Act; stamps
During the Boston Massacre, British soldiers killed this many colonists
5
Great Britain temporarily shut down a port in this city until lost tea revenue was repaid as a component of the Intolerable Acts
Boston
During the French and Indian War, Great Britain and France fought over land in this river valley
Ohio River Valley
During the 1700s, this religious movement grew--it involved a questioning of traditional Christian practices and renewed religious fervor
As a result of Great Britain's regulations, the colonists decided to do this act of protest involving a refusal to buy British goods
boycott
In fall 1773, this protest against British taxes took place wherein colonists dumped over 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
These were banned in Boston as component of the Intolerable Acts
Town meetings
The Seven Years War was the North American component of this global conflict/war
Seven Years War
Jonathan Edwards
This colonist group organized protests to take action against Britain's taxes and regulations
The name given to a Massachusetts militia who were ready to 'stand at a minute's warning in case of alarm'
Minutemen
King George III stationed 2,000 British troops in this area to enforce the Intolerable Acts
New England
As a result of the French and Indian War, this nation became the dominant power in North America
Great Britain
The title of Jonathan Edward's most well-known sermon
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
These acts were put in place by Britain to punish colonists for protests--specifically the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts (originally the Coercive Acts)
The first official battle of the war for American independence took place in these Massachusetts towns, northwest of Boston
Lexington-Concord
After King George III rejected the Olive Branch petition (asserted colonists' loyalty to Britain and urged a peaceful resolution), Continental Congress decided to do this.
Declare independence from Great Britain!