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29 Cards in this Set
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Pilgrims
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A group of separatists that wish to start a colony that would be free to worship God without government oppositions
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Mayflower Compact
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A set of rules established on the mayflower
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Puritans
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Purify the churches
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Why did the Americans’ seek liberty from England?
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They were charging them taxes
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Who was the king of England at the time of the Revolt?
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George III
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Treaty of Paris
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A treaty that formally ended the American Revolutionary War
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George Washington
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1st president
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Define:Constitution
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Legislative, judicial, executive branches
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Popular Sovereignty
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Government based upon the consent of the governed;natural rights
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Old Regime
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The name given to the political social order in France before the French Revolution.
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Corvee
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A system of forced order
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Taille
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A tax imposed on each household and based on how much land it held.
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capitation taxes
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A tax for each person
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vingtieme taxes
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An income tax
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Cahier
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A list of grievances
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Assignat
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Paper money
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Juring Clergy
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Churches under the oath
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Non Juring Clergy
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Churches who refused to take the oath
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levee en masse
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A degree that states that the young men go to battle, the married men forge arms and transport provisions, and the women make tents and clothes, and serve in the hospital. The old men go to public places to stimulate the courage of the warriors and preach the unity of the republic and hatred of the kings.
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sans-culottes
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Without breeches
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coup d’état
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An illegal seizure of power.
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Louis XVI
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ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791
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Marat
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Swiss-born scientist and physician and noted character of the French Revolution
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Danton
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a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety
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Robespierre
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largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror,
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Napoleon
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prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799,
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Lord Nelson
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during the Napoleonic Wars, He won several victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed.
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Duke of Wellington
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defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in Brabant
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13 Original States
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Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
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