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Also known as 7 Years War
Fought between French & British in the American colonies |
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| Person who agreed to work for a set number of years to pay for passage to the Americas |
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| Trade routes linking Americas, Europe, and Africa |
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| name given to the journey slaves took from Africa to Americas |
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| John Locke believed people were born with the rights to life, liberty, and property |
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| Legal document granting someone the right to start a colony |
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| Virginian House of Burgesses |
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| Early colonial representative government |
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| Britain's policy of ignoring the American colonies as long as they remained profitable |
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| Britain told colonists they could not settle west of Appalacian Mountains |
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| Belief that colonies existed to provide wealth and markets for the mother country |
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| One of many taxes the British imposed on the colonies to help pay for the French & Indian War |
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| 1st & 2nd Continental Congress |
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| Meetings of delegates from the colonies to decide what to do about the British |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Document declaring American independence from Britain and giving reasons why |
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| Wrote 'Common Sense', a pamphlet calling for American independence from Britain |
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| His trial for libel helped to establish the idea of a free press |
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