period 2-4

Salutary Neglect

An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies.

Albany Plan of Union

A plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754.

The Great Awakening

A series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.

French and Indian War

The North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War.