Dwight Howard Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Town meetings | A gathering of free men in a new England town to elect leaders which developed into the local town government |
Triangle trade | Three-way trade route that exchanged goods between the American colonies and two other trading partners. |
Middle colonies | The Middle Colonies comprised the middle region of the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire in North America. |
Mercantilism | belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. |
Navigation acts | The English Navigation Acts (1650-1673) were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies, which started in 1651. |
Albany plan of union | was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 .It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes" during the French and Indian |
French and Indian war | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760 |
Proclamation of 1763 | The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. ... |
Boston massacre | The Boston Massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770,which culminated in the American Revolutionary War. |
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