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| What was Salutary Neglect? |
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| when colonists became accustomed to self government due to the lack of British interference |
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| What was war debt associated with? |
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| reason why salutary neglect ended |
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| No Taxation Without Representation |
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| when colonists protested their lack of representation in parliament |
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| king in Britain during the American Revolution |
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| Samuel Adams forms this to organize protests and boycotts |
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| What happened in the Boston Massacre? |
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| snowball fight that ended when British soldiers fire into a mob |
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| Samuel Adams forms this to solidify colonial reaction |
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| Committee of Correspondence |
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| What was it called when Britain grants a tea monopoly to the E. India Company? |
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| In response to the Tea Act... |
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| What were the Coercive Acts and what were they also known as? |
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1.Closed port of Boston & est. Martial law
2.Allowed colonists to be tried in England and for British soldiers to be quartered in colonial homes
aka Intolerable Acts |
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| First Continental Congress met where and for what reason? |
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Philadelphia
& to deny Parliament's authority |
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| Who did the Second Continental Congress name as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army? |
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| What did Thomas Paine write? |
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| Colonists who supported the revolution were called |
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| Colonists who opposed the revolution were called |
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| What did Congress adopt on July 4, 1776? |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| The Declaration of Independence claimed what three things? |
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| Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
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| 1st major battle, proving that Americans could stand up and face British Regulars was at |
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| Turning point after which France offers aid to America |
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| British victory where Cornwallis retreated to coast |
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| Battle where Britain surrendered ending the war |
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| British hired who to fight? |
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| German mercenaries called Hessians |
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| Treaty that ended the war |
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| What two things did the Treaty of Paris grant? |
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1. American Independence
2. US given all land btwn Appalachian Mtns & Mississippi River |
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| What est. the 1st US gov.? |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| What est. the new American Gov? |
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| What was the division of gov't into levels called? |
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| State's Power is also called what? |
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| Shared Powers are called what? |
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| Federal Powers are called what? |
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| Representative democracy aka... |
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| What was added to guarantee individual rights? |
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| America was the first overseas possession to successfully revolt against European power representing ideals of what? |
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| equality, suffrage, religious freedom |
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| French's absolute monarchy with a royal bureaucracy |
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| 3 Estates comprised of... |
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1st clergy
2nd nobility
3rd commoners |
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| Who is the king during the French Revolution? |
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| What 4 economic problems plague France? |
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| poor harvests, inflation, unemployment, shortages |
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| What was the group called when the estates elected delegates [3rd not included]? |
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| What was it called when the National Assembly pledges to not disband until they est. a written constitution? |
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| Why did 1st and 2nd estates want to join the National Assembly? |
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| to protect their privileges |
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| What two things did commoners hope to accomplish in France? |
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| limit monarch and abolish feudal obligation |
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| Why did a Paris mob attack Bastille? |
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| they were angered by a lack of immediate relief from shortages, taxes, and inflation |
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| What was the basis for French democratic government? |
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| Declaration of the Rights of Man |
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| What 3 branches was the limited French monarchy split into? |
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| king, legislature, and judiciary |
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| What two countries did France declare war on and what did it cause? |
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Austria & Prussia
creates high prices & food shortages across France |
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| What does the National Convention do? |
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| abolish the monarchy & est. a Republic |
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| Slogan of the French Revolution |
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| Life, Liberty, and Fraternity |
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| What 5 countries unite in a war against France? |
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| Great Britain, Dutch Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Prussia |
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| Committee of Public Safety |
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war dictatorship during the Convention
led by Robespierre |
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| Committee that can arrest anyone suspected of working against the revolution |
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| What was the time period called when all French men were eligible for draft? |
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| 5 Men with executive authority |
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| What does Napoleon become? |
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| What was the foundation of modern French law? |
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| What did the Napoleonic Code est.? |
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| equal rights under law, freedom of religion, and to work any job |
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| Who does France never defeat? |
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| What type of war took place in the Iberian Peninsula? |
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| Why did Napoleon keep Europe politically divided? |
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| What grows as ppl begin to resent the draft and heavy taxes? |
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| What two countries revolt against France as it est. a limited monarchy? |
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| Who leads Prussian and British troops to defeat Napoleon, and where? |
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| Duke of Wellington; Waterloo |
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| What is the failure of Napoleon and the French Revolution? |
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| the returning to the old regime |
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| What type of ism means individual freedom, political change, and social reform? |
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| What type of ism means traditional political/social order and resist change? |
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| What type of ism means belief that each nation should have own country and their own government; loyal to country, not leader; pride in one's country? |
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| What type of ism means a buildup of military forces? |
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| What type of ism means a desire for more territory? |
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| What treaty ended conflict in Europe? |
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| Who was the Austrian Foreign Minister who presided over the Congress of Vienna? |
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| System of meeting to enforce the Congress of Vienna |
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| What war ends the Concert of Europe? |
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| What did Matternich maintain? |
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| What colonies revolt from Spain? |
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| Who achieves independence from the Ottoman Empire and est. a monarchy? |
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| Who fails to revolt against Russia only to have leaders executed? |
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| Who was the crown offered to after the attempted German unification? |
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| Prussian King Federick William IV |
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| Which French king refused electoral reforms? |
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| French King Louis-Phillippe |
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| Who became France's president [Bonaparte's nephew]? |
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| What was Louis Napoleon declared? |
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| What phrase did Metternich describe France? |
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| "Every time France sneezes, all of Europe catches cold." |
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| What was the 1840's economic distress and poor harvests time period called? |
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| What was an example of the Hungry Forties? |
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| Who becomes independent from the Netherlands? |
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| Why did many revolutions fail? |
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