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Revolutionary War Vocabulary
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9th Grade
12/01/2009

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Enlightenment
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Age of reason
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Salutary Neglect
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Loose supervision of the colonies by the British Government
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Navigation acts
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Colonist could only trade with England & use English ships.
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French and Indian War
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England vs. the French & Indians, The English win
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Treaty of Paris 1763
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Gave colonies to England & the French left.
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Proclamation of 1763
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Colonist were not allowed to go west over the Appalachian mountains.
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Writs of assistance
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The British soldiers were allowed to search any ship they wanted to without a warrant. They looked for people smuggling things from other countries
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Stamp Act
Definition
Tax on legal documents and official papers
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
Samuel Adams & John Adams. They spoke out for revolution against the British government
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Boston Massacre
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5 people shot and killed in Boston
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Boston Tea Party
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Tea dumped into the Boston harbor and ships burnt down in a form of protest against tea tax.
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Coercive Acts(British)/Intolerable Acts(Colonist)
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Tax on everything done to punish Boston for dumping tea into the harbor
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Quartering Act
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Allowed British soldiers to move into colonist's homes.
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1st Continental Congress
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Sent a letter to the King or Britain asking nicely to be treated fairly
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Minutemen
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Men who could be ready to fight in a minutes notice
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2nd Continental Congress
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Formed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776
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Thomas Jefferson
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Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Got his ideas from John Locke and Jean Jacque Rousseau.
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John Locke
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Natural Rights (Life, Liberty, and Property)
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Jean Jacque Rousseau
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Social Contract
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Thomas Paine
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Wrote the common sense (A pamphlet asking the colonist to revolt against England)
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Loyalist
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Loyal to England
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Patriots
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Colonist for Independence
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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British admit defeat and give America to the colonies
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Articles of Confederation
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1st government in the United States that created individual states
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Constitutional Convention
Definition
Its purpose was to rewrite the Articles of Confederation
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Amendments
Definition
Your rights a citizen
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