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AHOU Chapters 1-20 Book 3
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01/25/2016

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Libel
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a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation.
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Huguenots
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French Protestants
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Indigo
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A flower that was major export of America.
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Classless Society
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A society in which no one is born into a specific class.
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Habeas Corpus
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The right to have a trial.
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Glorious Revolution
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1688, the overthrow of King James II.
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firebrand
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a person who is passionate about a particular cause.
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Loyalists
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American colonists who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolutionary War.
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Patriots
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Colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who violently rebelled against British control.
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Minutemen
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Minutemen were private colonists who independently organized to form well-prepared militia companies.
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American Revolution
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April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
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Freedom of The Press
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First Amendment, "Say what you wanna say!" "Sara Bareilles Brave"
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War of Jenkin's Ear
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1739 – 1748
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French and Indian War
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1754 – 1763
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Treaty of Paris
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A broadside of the preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War, which were ratified by Congress on April 15, 1783.
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Stamp Act
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An act of the British Parliament in 1756 where people needed stamps for everything related to paper.
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