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9-10
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30
Geography
8th Grade
03/04/2009

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Tyranny
Definition
Unjust use of power
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minuteman
Definition
a colonist armed and trained to fight the british at a minute's voice
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Loyalist
Definition
colonist who sided with Britian during the American Revolution
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Patriot
Definition
Colonist who wanted independance from Britian.
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Continental Congress
Definition
group of rep. from the colonies who in 1776 voted to declare independance from Britian.
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Mecklenburg Resolved
Definition
document created in 1775 by Mecklenburg County colonists that anticipated an ind. local government
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Hessian
Definition
German soldier hired to fight for the British in the American revo.
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Nathanael Greene
Definition
Commander of the Continental Army in the south
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Yorktown
Definition
Virginia port where cornwallis surrendered to the Americans
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Treaty of Paris
Definition
1783 treaty that ended the Revo. War
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Revolution
Definition
Great Change
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George rogers Clark
Definition
A Virginian
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Privateers
Definition
Trading ships armed for battle
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Privateers
Definition
Trading ships armed for battle
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John Paul Jones
Definition
Commander of the Bonhomme Richard
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Lord Charles Cornwallis
Definition
A British commander
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blockade
Definition
a wall of people or soldiers
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federal system
Definition
in wich power is divided between national and state governments
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dissenting
Definition
ffrfr
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checks and balances
Definition
the balancing power and the checking of one branch by another
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
A former president
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Louisiana purchase
Definition
land bought by the U.S. from france
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Lewis an Clark
Definition
an expidition
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Zebulon Pike
Definition
an explorer
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impressment
Definition
kidnapping
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Embergo act of 1807
Definition
american ships coulndt ship to foriegs land
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Tecumseh
Definition
A native am,erican chief
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War Hawks
Definition
Westeners that wanted to stop british aid tonative americans
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Andrew Jackson
Definition
A general
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Battle of new orleans
Definition
a battle
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