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135 Cards in this Set
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to place a burden on something or someone
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Impose
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support or keep going
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Support
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a document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company
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Charter
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voters elect people to make laws for them
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Representative government
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a person who takes a religious journey
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Pilgrim
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sent from England to lead the Virginia colony
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John Smith
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helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth
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Squanto
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to point out in detail
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Specify
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to place limitations on something or somebody
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restrict
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recognition that other people have the right to different opinions
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Toleration
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an assembly of townspeople that decide local issues
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Town Meeting
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Puritan leader given a charter to colonize Massachusetts and New Hampshire
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John Winthrop
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Puritan that moved and founded Rhode Island
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Roger Williams
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Puritan that questioned the teachings, was expelled from Massachusetts and settled an island off of Rhode Island
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Anne Hutchinson
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Puritan that founded Connecticut
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Thomas Hooker
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Puritan that agreed with Anne Hutchinson and was forced to move-he founded New Hampshire
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John Wheelright
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chief of the Wampanoag, also known as King Philip-his goal was to stop the Puritan's expansion
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Metacom
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most important part
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Fundamental
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to increase in amount over time
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Accumulate
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a colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an indivdual or family
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Proprietary Colony
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a colony controlled directly by the English king
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Royal Colony
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a frontier region extending through several colonies from Pennsylvania to Georgia
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Backcountry
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Quaker leader that wanted to find a place where Quakers were safe from persecution, he was granted permission from the king to colonize Pennsylvania
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William Penn
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owner of a buissness or a colony
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Proprietor
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difference shown betwen things when compared
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Contrast
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people who owe money
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Debtor
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large farm
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Plantation
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leader of the fronteir settlers that attacked and killed Native Americans, burned Jamestown and led the rebellion called the Bacon Rebellion
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Nathaniel Bacon
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founded Maryland with his father in order to protect Catholics, fearing they might lose the rights, he got the assembly to pass the Act of Toleration which helped religious toleration in North America
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Lord Baltimore
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wanted a colony for English debtors-founded Georga
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James Ogelthorpe
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to impose; force to be paid
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Levy
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to keep
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Retain
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a group of people who have the power to make laws
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Legislature
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a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
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Bill of Rights
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principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
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Habeas Corpus
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the right of jornalists to publish the truth withut restriction or penalty
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Freedom of the Press
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the publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation
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Libel
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the importing and exporting of goods illegaly
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Smuggling
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having to do with the home or household; pertaining to a country's internal affairs
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Domestic
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expectation; something to look forward to happening
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Prospect
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family that includes parents,children, and other memberws like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
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Extended family
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somene who learns a trade by working for someone else in that trade for a certain period of time
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Apprentice
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the upper class of colonial society
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Gentry
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the class made-up of small planters, independant farmers, and artisans
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Middle Class
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person that signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for their ocean voyage to the Americas
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Indentured Servant
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largest; highest; greatest
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Maximum
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to rebel; to participate in an uprising
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Revolt
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a three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Carribean, and Africa
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Triangular Trade
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the beleif that one race is superior or inferior to another
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Racism
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the strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves
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Slave Codes
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to supply with money; to manage monetary situations
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Finance
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to make stronger; to strengthen; to make more effective
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Reinforce
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school supprted by taxes
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Public School
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schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
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Dame Schools
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first colonial poet; American's first published poet
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Anne Bradstreet
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enslaved African poet
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Phillis Wheatley
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best loved colonial writer; wrote Poor Richard's Almanack
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Benjamin Franklin
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preacher that asked people to examine their lives and commit to God;playedand important part in the Great Awakening
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Jonathan Edwards
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rights that belong to every human being from birth
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Natural RIghts
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beleif that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God
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Divine Right
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to come into violent conflict
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Collide
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strong determination to succeed in doing something
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Resolve
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military leader that led the first troops against the French
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George Washington
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a force made up of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
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Militia
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an agreement between countries to help each other against other countries
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Alliance
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surrender
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Cede
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preceding in time; earliest; former
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Prior
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to act in return
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React
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total control of a market for a certain product
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Monopoly
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official end
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Repeal
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citezen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice
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Mintuteman
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smallest quantity possible
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minimum
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appealing to the emotions, or feelings, of people
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Emotional
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Import tax
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Duty
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an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products
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Boycott
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written request to a government
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Petition
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court order that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what the were searching
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Writ of Assistance
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a leading defender of colonial rights against British policies; he defended the nine soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre
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John Adams
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established the Committee of Correspondence to keep colonists informed of British actions
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Samuel Adams
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time of great danger or trouble
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Crisis
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to bring back to a normal state; to put back; to reestablish
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Restore
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the shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
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Blockade
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soldiers who serve another country for money
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Mercenary
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colonists that favored a break from England to fight for their independance
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Patriots
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colonists that remained loyal to Britiain
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Loyalists
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possibility; expectation
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Prospect
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reason;careful thought
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Logic
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wrote Common Sense which supported independance
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Thomas Paine
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introduced the resolution to the Continental Congress that the colonies should be free and independant states
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Richard Henry Lee
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a formal statement of opinion
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Resolution
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introduction
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Preamble
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formal complaints
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Grievance
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colonists that supported independance from England
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Patriots
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colonists that wanted to remain part of England
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Loyalists
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necessary; of great importance
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Vital
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to change from one thing or condition to another
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Transform
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Patriot spy that was caught behind enemy lines and condemned to death
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Nathan Hale
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soldiers who are paid to fight for a country other than their own
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Mercanary
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a formal agreement between two powers to work together toward a common goal
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Alliance
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a French noble that became a high ranking officer in Washington's army
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Marquis de Lafayette
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volunteer from Poland that used his enginneering skills to build fortifications at West Point
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Thaddeas Kosciusko
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volunteer from Poland that led and trained calvary
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Casimir Pulaski
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units or troops on horseback
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Calvary
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German baron that helped train the Continental army
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Friedrich von Steuben
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to keep within certain limits
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Confine
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supply of somethingto meet a particular need
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Resource
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men that signed up for duty in the military
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Enlist
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people not in the military
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Civilian
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paper money
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Continental
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leader of a militia force that went across the Appalachen Mountains and captured 2 Mississippi outposts
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George Rogers Clark
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Louisiana governer that helped the Americans by providing money and munitions, he also gave American ships safe harbor in New Orleans
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Bernardo de Galvez
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American commander of the ship Bonhomme Richard
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John Paul Jones
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armed civilian ships that had their government's permission to attack enemy ships and keep their goods
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Privateer
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acting effectively, without wasted cost or effort
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Efficient
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choice;possible course of action
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Option
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British commander and leader
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Charles Cornwallis
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fighters who work in small bands to make hit-and-run attacks
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Guerilla
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the Swamp Fox that led troops using gueriila tactics
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Frances Marion
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Commander of the Continental Army in the South
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Nathanael Green
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a person who turns against one side in a conflict to help the other side
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Traitor
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to reduce to the lowest amount possible
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Minimize
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to think up an idea for something and figure out how it will work
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Devize
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a document stating the rules under which a government will operate
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Constitution
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the person who runs the government and sees that laws are carried out
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Executive
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a period when buisiness activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises
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Economic Depression
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led a rebellion of farmers to protest the attempt to seize farms from those that could not pay their back taxes, later became called Shay’s Rebellion
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Daniel Shays
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able to change
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Flexible
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addition or alteration to a document
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Amendment
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approve
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Ratify
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guarantees freedom of religion, speech and the press
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1st Amendment
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protects the right to bear arms
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2nd Amendment
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bans Congress from forcing the housing of troops
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3rd Amendent
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stops unreasonable searches and seizure of property
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4th Amendment
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protects citizens accused of crimes and brought to trial
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5th-8th Amendments
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limits the powers of federal government to those in the Constitution
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9th and 10th Amendments
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