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10 Cards in this Set
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Assembly
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A lawmaking body
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Legislation
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A making or passing of laws.
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militia
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A military force made up of volunteers.
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Delegates
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A member of an elected assembly.
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Constables
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A town officer in charge of keeping order.
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Treason
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The betrayal of one's country by giving help to an enemy.
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Richard Henry Lee
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Virginia Planter, Patriot, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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John Locke
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He was an English philosopher who believed that government was responsible for protecting people's natural rights.
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John Peter Zenger
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Newspaper printer whose trial in 1737 helped to establish the idea of freedom of the press.
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Phillis Wheatly
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Enslaved African American poet whose poems called for fair treatment for all people.
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