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29 Cards in this Set
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Patriot |
the name given to an American who foughtthe British in the American Revolution |
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Proclamation Line of 1763 |
a line drawn along the crest of the Appalachian Mountain chain, at the western edge of the thirteen colonies; territory west of the line was reserved for Indians |
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Stamp Act |
an act of Parliament of 1765 that levied a direct tax on almost all paper items in the colonies |
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Sons of Liberty |
organizations of men who resisted new taxes and laws in the American colonies |
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Tea Act |
an act of Parliament in 1773 that gave the East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in the colonies |
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monopoly |
the control of a product or industry by one company |
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First Continental Congress |
a September 1774 meeting in Philadelphia in which delegates agreed to stop trade with Britain (except trade in rice) until the Intolerable Acts were repealed |
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Second Continental Congress |
a second meeting of colonial delegates held in Philadelphia beginning in 1775; it wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776 |
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South Carolina Provincial Congress |
a new South Carolina legislature, which met in January 1775 in defiance of royal authority |
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Loyalist |
a person who remained loyal to Britain in the American Revolution |
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Treaty of Ninety Six |
a treaty in which many Upcountry Loyalists pledged to remain neutral in the Revolutionary War |
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Declaration of Independence |
the document proclaimed on July 4, 1776, by which the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain |
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Constitution of 1778 |
a new, permanent state constitution that gave the governor little power and made sure the government was controlled by Lowcountry elite |
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Articles of Confederation |
a 1777 document, ratified in 1781, that was to act as a constitution for the national government; it formed a loose confederation in which states had greater powers than the central government |
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guerrilla warfare |
a strategy using small groups to surprise the enemy, inflict as much damage as possible in a short time, then disappear |
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Battle of Camden |
a 1780 Revolutionary War battle that was a major defeat for the Continental Army |
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Battle of Kings Mountain |
a 1780 Revolutionary War battle that was a defeat for British and Loyalist forces and that weakened General Cornwallis’s army |
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Battle of Eutaw Springs |
the last major Revolutionary War battle in South Carolina; neither side won, but the British could least afford their losses |
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Commerce Compromise |
a compromise in the U.S. Constitution that allowed states to control commerce within their borders but let the national government control trade among the states and with foreign nations |
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Three-fifths Compromise |
a compromise in the U.S. Constitution that allowed three-fifths of the slave population to count for representation purposes |
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Great Compromise |
a compromise in the U.S. Constitution that created a bicameral Congress, with representation in the House of Representatives based on population and representation in the Senate equal among the states |
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Federalist |
a supporter of a stronger federal government, who approved of the new U.S. Constitution |
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Antifederalist |
an opponent of the stronger federal government, who disapproved of the new U.S. Constitution |
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Constitution of 1790 |
a state constitution that retained most governing power in the House of Representatives and most political power with wealthy property owners |
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Federalist Party |
an early American political party that advocated an active federal government and closer relations with the British |
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Democratic-Republican Party |
an early American political party that advocated a less active federal government and closer relations with the French |
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cotton gin |
a simple engine (or ’gin) invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that could rapidly remove cotton fiber from seed |
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Compromise of 1808 |
a compromise in the state legislature that allowed more equal representation for the Upcountry |
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suffrage |
the right to vote |
