Seven Years' War
Also known as
The French and Indian War
Required the colonists to provide food and housing for British soldiers stationed in the colonies
The Quartering Act
The era of rational thought
The Enlightenment
Convention to address Britain's threats to colonists' liberties
First Continental Congress
The first president of the United States
George Washington
A meeting to coordinate colonial defense
The Albany Plan of Union
Asserted that Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies no matter what
Belief in a non-intervening God
Deism
Unsuccessful attempt to pledge loyalty to the king in July 1775
Olive Branch Petition
First constitution for the United States as a nation
The Articles of Confederation
Land given up to Spain after French loss
Louisiana
First direct tax paid by the people in the colonies
The Stamp Act
Belief in human reason and science rather than traditional Bible interpretations
Rationalism
Event in which a large British force was sent to seize colonial military supplies in 1775
Lexington and Concord
Set the rules for creating new states and for settling new territory
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Attack in 1763 on colonial settlements by an alliance of Native groups
Pontiac's Rebellion
Taxed luxuries and reinforced previous acts
The Sugar Act
Idea that governments should be formed by people to protect their rights
The Social Contract
Revolution justification famously written by Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence
System to divide power among branches of government
Separation of powers
Stopped colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Duties on imports
Townshend Acts
Pamphlet that argued it doesn't make sense for a small island to govern a large distant continent
Common Sense
Turning point in the war as it lead to an open ally for America
The Battle of Saratoga
Created a two-house Congress
The Great Compromise/The Connecticut Plan