Ch. 2.2 Key Terms - Review

New England confederation

Confederation formed between the Plymouth, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, and New Haven colonies to defend against Native Americans and nearby Dutch colonies

Iroquois Confederation

A powerful alliance of six Native American nations- the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora

Albany Plan of Union

A plant proposed by Benjamin Franklin that called for a council of representatives appointed by the colonial assemblies and a president general appointed by the king

Stamp act

Parliament first attempt to tax American colonist directly, which require required a government tax stamp on paper goods and all legal documents

First Continental Congress

First general meeting of the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Called by the Virginia and Massachusetts assemblies at which delegates sent King George lll the Declaration of Resolves

Second Continental Congress

Second general meeting of the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which delegates took strong measures against the crown

Virginia declaration of rights

Declaration issued by the Virginia house of Burgesses that proclaimed “ all men are by nature, equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights” and that likely inspired parts of the declaration of Independence

Intolerable Acts

a set of harsh laws that included an end to self-rule in Massachusetts and the quartering of British troops in private homes