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Ch.2 Revolutionary War & War of 1812
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02/02/2005

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Conflict between French and British in North America 1754-1763
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French and Indian War
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British soldiers shot five men in Boston, March 5, 1770
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Boston Massacre
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Laws passed in Parliament to punish colonists for Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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Wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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Delivered passionate "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech in House of Burgesses
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Patrick Henry
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Battle with Great Britain after the war of 1812 was ended in which Andrew Jackson led United States to victory.
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Battle of New Orleans
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Pride in and devotion to one's country
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nationalism
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Act of seizing men from a ship or village and forcing them to serve in the navy
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impressment
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Group of colonial men who joined together to protest the Stamp Act and protect colonial liberties
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Sons of Liberty
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Ban on trade with another country
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embargo
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Treaty between Great Britain and the United States to end Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
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General who trained troops to fight in Revolutionary War, later served as first President of the United States
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George Washington
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On December 16, 1773, some Sons of Liberty dressed as native Americans and threw tea into Boston Harbor in protest of the tax on tea
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Boston Tea Party
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Led Boston Tea Party
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Samuel Adams
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Place where George Washington trained his troops to fight in Revolutionary War
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Valley Forge
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A free black sailor killed at Boston Massacre
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Crispus Atticus
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Rights given at birth
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unalienable rights
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Andrew Jackson, with the help of the Cherokee, defeated the Creeks, allies of Tecumseh; Creeks were forced to give up much of their land in present day Alabama and Georgia
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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War from 1812-1815 between the United States and Great Britain with Native Americans helping on both sides
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War of 1812
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The system or policy by which a country maintains foreign colonies, especially in order to exploit them economically
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colonialism
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Complete control of a certain market
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monopoly
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Legal documents that allowed British customs officers to search for illegal goods without an owner's permission
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writs of assistance
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Rode from Boston to Concord to warn the Patriots that the British were coming
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Paul Revere
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Shawnee leader who organized Native American tribes to fight with British in case of war with the United States
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Tecumseh
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Volunteers who trained to fight the British
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minutemen
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Document that declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain
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Declaration of Independence
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This is the belief that one should have devotion to one's country. Ch. 2
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Nationalism
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During this battle, Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner." Ch. 2
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Ft. McHenry
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What case affirmed that Congress regulates state and foreign trade/commerce? Ch. 2
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Gibbons vs. Ogden
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