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What was Salutary Neglect?
Definition
when colonists became accustomed to self government due to the lack of British interference
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What was war debt associated with?
Definition
reason why salutary neglect ended
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No Taxation Without Representation
Definition
when colonists protested their lack of representation in parliament
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What is the Stamp Act?
Definition
tax on legal documents
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king in Britain during the American Revolution
Definition
King George III
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Samuel Adams forms this to organize protests and boycotts
Definition
Sons of Liberty
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What happened in the Boston Massacre?
Definition
snowball fight that ended when British soldiers fire into a mob
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Samuel Adams forms this to solidify colonial reaction
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Committee of Correspondence
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What was it called when Britain grants a tea monopoly to the E. India Company?
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Tea Act
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In response to the Tea Act...
Definition
Boston Tea Party
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What were the Coercive Acts and what were they also known as?
Definition
1.Closed port of Boston & est. Martial law
2.Allowed colonists to be tried in England and for British soldiers to be quartered in colonial homes

aka Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress met where and for what reason?
Definition
Philadelphia

& to deny Parliament's authority
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Who did the Second Continental Congress name as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
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George Washington
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What did Thomas Paine write?
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Common Sense
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Colonists who supported the revolution were called
Definition
Patriots or Whigs
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Colonists who opposed the revolution were called
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tories or loyalists
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What did Congress adopt on July 4, 1776?
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Declaration of Independence
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The Declaration of Independence claimed what three things?
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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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1st shots of war were at
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Lexington
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1st major battle, proving that Americans could stand up and face British Regulars was at
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Bunker Hill
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Turning point after which France offers aid to America
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Saratoga
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British victory where Cornwallis retreated to coast
Definition
Guilford Courthouse
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Battle where Britain surrendered ending the war
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Yorktown
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British hired who to fight?
Definition
German mercenaries called Hessians
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Treaty of Paris of 1783
Definition
Treaty that ended the war
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What two things did the Treaty of Paris grant?
Definition
1. American Independence
2. US given all land btwn Appalachian Mtns & Mississippi River
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What est. the 1st US gov.?
Definition
The Articles of Confederation
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What est. the new American Gov?
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Constitution
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What was the division of gov't into levels called?
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Federalism
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State's Power is also called what?
Definition
Reserved
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Shared Powers are called what?
Definition
Concurrent
Term
Federal Powers are called what?
Definition
Enumerated
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Representative democracy aka...
Definition
Republic
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What was added to guarantee individual rights?
Definition
Bill of Rights
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America was the first overseas possession to successfully revolt against European power representing ideals of what?
Definition
equality, suffrage, religious freedom
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What was the Old Regime?
Definition
French's absolute monarchy with a royal bureaucracy
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3 Estates comprised of...
Definition
1st clergy
2nd nobility
3rd commoners
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Who is the king during the French Revolution?
Definition
King Louis XVI
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What 4 economic problems plague France?
Definition
poor harvests, inflation, unemployment, shortages
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What was the group called when the estates elected delegates [3rd not included]?
Definition
National Assembly
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What was it called when the National Assembly pledges to not disband until they est. a written constitution?
Definition
Tennis Court Oath
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Why did 1st and 2nd estates want to join the National Assembly?
Definition
to protect their privileges
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What two things did commoners hope to accomplish in France?
Definition
limit monarch and abolish feudal obligation
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Why did a Paris mob attack Bastille?
Definition
they were angered by a lack of immediate relief from shortages, taxes, and inflation
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What was the basis for French democratic government?
Definition
Declaration of the Rights of Man
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What 3 branches was the limited French monarchy split into?
Definition
king, legislature, and judiciary
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What two countries did France declare war on and what did it cause?
Definition
Austria & Prussia

creates high prices & food shortages across France
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What does the National Convention do?
Definition
abolish the monarchy & est. a Republic
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Jacobins
Definition
radical revolutionaries
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Slogan of the French Revolution
Definition
Life, Liberty, and Fraternity
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What 5 countries unite in a war against France?
Definition
Great Britain, Dutch Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Prussia
Term
Committee of Public Safety
Definition
war dictatorship during the Convention

led by Robespierre
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Law of Suspects
Definition
Committee that can arrest anyone suspected of working against the revolution
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What was the time period called when all French men were eligible for draft?
Definition
National Draft Law
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The Directory
Definition
5 Men with executive authority
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What does Napoleon become?
Definition
Emperor of France
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What was the foundation of modern French law?
Definition
Napoleonic Code
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What did the Napoleonic Code est.?
Definition
equal rights under law, freedom of religion, and to work any job
Term
Who does France never defeat?
Definition
Great Britain
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What type of war took place in the Iberian Peninsula?
Definition
Guerrilla war
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Why did Napoleon keep Europe politically divided?
Definition
to prevent a coalition
Term
What grows as ppl begin to resent the draft and heavy taxes?
Definition
Nationalism
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What two countries revolt against France as it est. a limited monarchy?
Definition
Spain & Portugal
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Who leads Prussian and British troops to defeat Napoleon, and where?
Definition
Duke of Wellington; Waterloo
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What is the failure of Napoleon and the French Revolution?
Definition
the returning to the old regime
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What type of ism means individual freedom, political change, and social reform?
Definition
liberalism
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What type of ism means traditional political/social order and resist change?
Definition
conservatism
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What type of ism means belief that each nation should have own country and their own government; loyal to country, not leader; pride in one's country?
Definition
nationalism
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What type of ism means a buildup of military forces?
Definition
Militarism
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What type of ism means a desire for more territory?
Definition
imperialism
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What treaty ended conflict in Europe?
Definition
Congress of Vienna
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Who was the Austrian Foreign Minister who presided over the Congress of Vienna?
Definition
Metternich
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System of meeting to enforce the Congress of Vienna
Definition
Concert of Europe
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What war ends the Concert of Europe?
Definition
Crimean War
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What did Matternich maintain?
Definition
status quo
Term
What colonies revolt from Spain?
Definition
Latin American
Term
Who achieves independence from the Ottoman Empire and est. a monarchy?
Definition
Greece
Term
Who fails to revolt against Russia only to have leaders executed?
Definition
Polish nationalists
Term
Who was the crown offered to after the attempted German unification?
Definition
Prussian King Federick William IV
Term
Which French king refused electoral reforms?
Definition
French King Louis-Phillippe
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Who became France's president [Bonaparte's nephew]?
Definition
Louis Napoleon
Term
What was Louis Napoleon declared?
Definition
Emperor Napoleon III
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What phrase did Metternich describe France?
Definition
"Every time France sneezes, all of Europe catches cold."
Term
What was the 1840's economic distress and poor harvests time period called?
Definition
Hungry Forties
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What was an example of the Hungry Forties?
Definition
Irish Potato famine
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Who becomes independent from the Netherlands?
Definition
Belgium
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Why did many revolutions fail?
Definition
lack of unity
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