Social Studies Exam G.a.s

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Parliament

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Lawmaking branch of government in Great Britain

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Patriot

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Colonists who supported freedom from Britain during the American Revolution

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French and Indian War

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War fought in North America from 1754 to 1763 between France and Native American allies on one side and Britain and its allies on the other side

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Battle of Saratoga

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Battle that was an American victory over the British in 1777 a turning point in the American Revolution

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Battle in Yorktown

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Final decisive battle of the American Revolution, fought in 1781, after which Britain surrendered

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Declaration of Independence

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Document approved on July 4,1776
officially declaring that the American colonies were breaking away from Great Britain to form a new nation

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Tax

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Money that the citizens pay to support the cost of government

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Loyalists

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Colonists who supported Britain during the American Revolution

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Continental Congress

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Meeting of leaders from the 13 colonies who voted to form the Continental Army and approved the Declaration of Independence

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American Revolution

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War from 1775 to 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, that led to establishment of the independent United States

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Stamp Act

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Tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official document sold the American colonies

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Benedict Arnold

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1741-1801 Patriot general who became a traitor and offered to help the British capture West Point

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Thomas Jefferson

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1743-1826 Third President of the United States, from 1801 to 1809 Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Anna Strong

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1740-1812 Help get information about the British to General George Washington during the American Revolution

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George Washington

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1732-1799 First President of the United States, from 1789 to 1797 Washington led the Continental Army during the American Revolution

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Representatives

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Person elected to speak for others in an assembly or legislative body

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Constitution

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A written plan of government

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United States Constitution

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Plan for the American government

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War of 1812

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Conflicted between the United States and Great Britain from 1812-1815

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Capital

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City where the government of a state or country meets

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Bill of Right

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First ten amendment to the United State Constitution, listing the rights that belong to all Americans and cannot be taken away by the government

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Kingston

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City on the western side of the Hudson River in the southeastern New York State constitution was written in 1777 New York's state capital

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George Clinton

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1739-1812 First governor of New York State, he served from 1777 -1795 and 1801-1804

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Alexander Hamilton

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1775-1804 New York representative to the Constitutional Convention and the first secretary of the treasury, from 1789-1795

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Martha Washington

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1731-11802 Wife of George Washington and the first First Lady of the United States

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Toll

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Fee paid to use a road

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Canal

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Waterway built by people

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Erie Canal

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A waterway that connects Lake Erie and the Hudson River

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Manufacture

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To make products by hand or by machine

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Industrial Revolution

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Change in the way goods were made from hand-made to machine-made

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Robert Fulton

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1765-1815 Inventor of the first successful steamboat in 1807

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Isaac Singer

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1811-1875 Inventor of the first practical sewing machine