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The surrounding of a cityor fort by a enimy army detirminded to capture it
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siege
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a court set up by the church to fint and punishheretics
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spanish inquisition
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related 2 the central government of a unin of states
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federal
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large wepons, such as cannons, which aer mounted on vehicles and attended by crews
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artillery
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an offical announcement. order, or judgement
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decree
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solving problems or disagreements through discussion
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negoitiation
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a scarf worn espically by free women of color in New Orleans
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tignon
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an impossed tax
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impost
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people forced from thier homes, usually by invasion or persecution
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refugees
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To make a territory part of a existing state or country
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annex
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a woman who lives w/ a man w/o being married 2 him
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concubine
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war supplies, espically wepons
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munitions
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how did galvez help the amerivan colonists to gain thier independence?
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he allowed americans to buy guns and gun powder he funnled money and munitions
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what land did British surrender in 1793 treaty of paris?
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all the land east of he mississippi and florda
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list 3 ways Carondelet improved the lives of the americans
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he built the 1st theatre the 1st newspaper and installed street lamps
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b/c aferican american population population was incressing so steadly, gov miro made a decree saying that
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free women of color could no longer be concumbines of white men
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the 2nd wave of acadians came to louisiana from
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france
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james wilkinson wanted 2 set up trade b/t la and kentucky; as a result
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he became a secret agent for spain
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american colonists were able to defeat the brittish mainly because of
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galvez's victories
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spain became involved in the american revolution because of
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thier alliance w/ france
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