Boycott
Richard Caswell
Sedition
Valley Forge
Poor people who agreed to
work for a certain number
of years to pay off debts
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Declaration of Independence
Declaration made in
Mecklenburg County in
1775 that British laws
would no longer be in force
Parliament
Continental Army
The belief that a
country should sell
more than it buys;
British motivation to
trade with its
American colonies
Opposition against
the 1773 Tea Act
First permanent English
settlement in America (1607)
Proprietor
Roanoke
Tyranny
Cary’s Rebellion
Loyalist
French and Indian War
Culpepper’s Rebellion
Bath
Regulators
Attack launched by Thomas
Cary against NC governor
Edward Hyde
Oppressive power exerted
by government; the cruel
use of power; unfair rule
First official town in
present-day North Carolina
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Yeoman
Pilgrims
Small farmers in colonial
NC who generally raised
only enough to provide
for their own families
Group of powerful English
nobles who controlled the
Carolina territory
“No taxation
without representation”
American victory
that kept the British
from taking over the
South at the
beginning of the war
Moravian
Boston & Edenton Tea Parties
Last major battle of the
American Revolution;
Cornwallis surrenders
to Washington
Tuscarora War
Group formed in North Carolina
in the 1760s in opposition
to the colonial government.
The Lost Colony;
Failed English colony
Mercantilism
The person in charge;
an owner, ruler, or governor
Battle of
Moore’s Creek
Bridge
Huguenots
Attack of Carolina colonists
against the governor and
the other officials;
protesting the British Navigation Acts
Armed conflict
between NC
settlers and Natives;
1711-1712
Militia formed
after the start of
the Revolutionary
War to protect the 13
Colonies from
British forces
Mecklenburg Resolves
A system of government where
the head ruler is a king or queen
Colonists who supported independence
8 Lords Proprietors
Actions/words
intended to provoke
rebellion against
government authority
The English Legislature
Boston Massacre
Shot heard ‘round the world;
First battles of the American Revolution
Breadbasket colonies;
Known for religious
tolerance;
Diverse economy
Jamestown
Conflict between the
French and British over
land in the American
interior; led to increased
colonial taxes to pay off
war debts
Harsh, punitive measures
enacted by the British
against American colonies
Climate/geography made
farming difficult here;
Dominated by Puritans;
Economy dependent
on the ocean
Economy based on
plantation farming that
depended on slavery
Tax on legal papers
and various printed
materials
July 4, 1776;
Document stating that
colonies are no longer
under British control
New England Colonies
A3. 17th & 18th centuries
Document giving NC delegates
the power to declare
independence along
with the other American colonies