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16 Cards in this Set
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Navigation Acts |
Laws passed by Britain to regulate colonial trade, mercantilist policies |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Author of Declaration of Independence |
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Battle of Saratoga |
Revolutionary War, Americans won, considered war's turning point |
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George Wahsington |
Commander of continental army |
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Continental congress |
Group made up of colonial delegates who declared independence from Britain |
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Treaty of Paris |
Ended revolutionary war, British surrendered in Yorktown, VA, 1781 |
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Bill of rights |
First 10 amendments to US constitution, guarantee individual freedoms |
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Year independence was declared |
1776 |
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Year independence was declared |
1776 |
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Role of colonies to Britain |
Supply materials, are trading partners |
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Conflict & discontent in 1763 |
British won 7 years war, wanted to tax colonists to pay for war, colonists were angry about not having representation in Parliament |
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Enlightenment influence on Declaration of Independence |
Locke "Life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness" |
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Enlightenment in Constitution |
Locke(government exists to protect people's natural rights), Rousseau (good laws are ones people follow willingly), Montesquieu (power separation) |
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Geurilla tactics |
Hit and run tactics used by Americans |
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Who controlled what? |
Britain, big cities Colonists, countryside |
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Battle of Lexington and Concord |
Kickstarter revolutionary war |
