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Mr Buck chapter 2
from colonies to a new nation
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History
8th Grade
09/05/2008

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Town Meeting
Definition
a  form of government in which people meet to make decisions for the community
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natural rights
Definition
the rights that belong to every human being from birth
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absolute monarch
Definition
a king or queen, exercising complete control over all aspects of government.
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militia
Definition
an organized body of armed volunteers
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Loyalists
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the colonists who remained loyal to Brittian
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mercenaries
Definition
Hired for service in a foreign army
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Intlolerable Acts
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Series of laws enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party
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Great Awakening
Definition
 many revivals which occurred in the American colonies between 1725 and 1776. It was spread by wandering preachers
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Which battle covinced France and other European powers that the colonists had a chance to win independance
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Saratoga
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What was the significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

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The fighting pointed to the start of the American Revoultion
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On what other parts of the world did the American Revolution have the greatest impact?
Definition
Latin America, and France
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How how did Britian punish Massachsetts after the Boston Tea Party?
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Parlament placed limits on the colonist right to call town meetings
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Thomas Paine
Definition
 wrote a popular quide that increased support for independance?
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What were complaints against King George in the Declartion of Independance?
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He has changed the way our colonies are governed

He has forced us to keep troops in our houses.

He has not passed laws that help the colonists.

He has taxed us without consulting us

He has stopped us from trading with any other country.

He has not allowed us to have jury trials. 

He has made war upon our people and our land.

He has said that he will not protect us from our enemies.

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John Locke believed in
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Natural Rights
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What are the three branches of government Montesquieu believed in
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Legislative Branch

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

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One cause of the Great Awakening was that
Definition
some christians believed that religious zeal, or passion, was on the decline
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What were the importantfactors that led to the Patriot victory in the Revolutionary war.
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foriegn help

patriotic spirit

leadership of George Washington

British mistakes

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Who wrote a pamphlet that increased support for independance?
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Thomas Paine
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How did the ideas of John Locke and the Baron de Montesquieu influence the American clonists and encourage them to declare their independance from Britian?
Definition

Both challenged the ideas of an absolute Monarch

Locke argued for natural rights everyone entitled to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.  Montesquieu argued  for placing limits on the powers of government through seperation of powers

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