9-10 – Geography – Flashcards

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Tyranny
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Unjust use of power
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minuteman
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a colonist armed and trained to fight the british at a minute's voice
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Loyalist
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colonist who sided with Britian during the American Revolution
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Patriot
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Colonist who wanted independance from Britian.
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Continental Congress
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group of rep. from the colonies who in 1776 voted to declare independance from Britian.
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Mecklenburg Resolved
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document created in 1775 by Mecklenburg County colonists that anticipated an ind. local government
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Hessian
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German soldier hired to fight for the British in the American revo.
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Nathanael Greene
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Commander of the Continental Army in the south
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Yorktown
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Virginia port where cornwallis surrendered to the Americans
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Treaty of Paris
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1783 treaty that ended the Revo. War
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Revolution
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Great Change
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George rogers Clark
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A Virginian
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Privateers
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Trading ships armed for battle
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Privateers
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Trading ships armed for battle
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John Paul Jones
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Commander of the Bonhomme Richard
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Lord Charles Cornwallis
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A British commander
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blockade
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a wall of people or soldiers
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federal system
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in wich power is divided between national and state governments
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dissenting
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ffrfr
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checks and balances
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the balancing power and the checking of one branch by another
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Thomas Jefferson
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A former president
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Louisiana purchase
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land bought by the U.S. from france
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Lewis an Clark
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an expidition
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Zebulon Pike
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an explorer
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impressment
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kidnapping
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Embergo act of 1807
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american ships coulndt ship to foriegs land
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Tecumseh
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A native am,erican chief
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War Hawks
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Westeners that wanted to stop british aid tonative americans
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Andrew Jackson
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A general
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Battle of new orleans
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a battle
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