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american revolution
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History
10th Grade
11/21/2006

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"civil war"
Definition
between loyalist and patriots
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commitee of correspondance
Definition
assemblies from MA and VA to communicate with other colonies about threats to liberty
Term
vice admiralty courts
Definition
no jury. bostonians would be trialed with a british judge
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whigs
Definition
patriots
Term
tories
Definition
loyalists
Term
ebineezer mcintosh
Definition
called to carry out acts against stamp act, made an effigy of andrew oliver, the guy brought over to enforce the stamp act
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social contract theory
Definition
to exercise god given rights, give up rights to get benefit from the gov
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battle of saratoga
Definition
secured independence
colonists win
help from french
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marxist
Definition
through eyes of struggling people
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unalienable rights
Definition
life
liberty
pursuit of happiness
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george grenville
Definition
colonial minister
stop west expansion
enforce acts
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proc of 1763
Definition
divided land between indians and colonists
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quartering act
Definition
sent extra military, cost a lot of $$
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declaratory act
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fine we'll repeal this law, but it wont happen again
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charles townsend
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treasurer
put taxes on glass, paper, paint, etc
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patrick henry
Definition
against GB
no high taxes
gives speech
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intolerable acts
Definition
acts to punish colonists
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revisionist
Definition
diff perspective
revises history
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