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unit 3 Revolutions Vocab Cards
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10th Grade
09/13/2017
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Term

Declaration of Independence

 

 

the deceleration of independence  is a document that states that we all deserve our independence. 

Definition

The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, 

 

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Loyalists

 

A loyalist is someone who remains loyal to where they are from.

Definition

Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War

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Patriots

 

In the war there was lots of patriots that loved  and defended there country. 

Definition

a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.

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Mercantilism

 

the Us has Mercantilism with lots of other country's in the world

Definition

belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.

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Term

Seven Years War

 

Lots of people lost there lives in the seven year war 

Definition

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. It involved every European great power of the time and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines

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Proclamation Line of 1763

 

 

 the Proclamation Line of 1763 was all most like a border 

Definition

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a linedrawn along the Appalachian Mountains.

 

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Sugar Act

 

Lots of people did not like the sugar act because they had to pay more money

Definition

Titled The American Revenue Act of 1764. On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.

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Stamp Act

 

People were very mad when they needed to pay more money for the stamp act 

Definition

an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.

 

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Quartering Act

 

I would never give up my house for a soldier because of the quartering act  

Definition

The Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area.

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Boston Massacre

 

Lots of people lost there lives in the Boston massacre 

Definition

The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob

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Boston Tea Party

 

In the  Boston tea party there was lots of tea that got poured into the water 

Definition

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773

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Intolerable Acts

 

I think the intolerable acts were not needed because the punishment were to harsh 

Definition

The Intolerable Acts (also called the Coercive Acts) were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests

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Militia

 

The militia is like a army for today.

Definition

a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

 

the Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the american revolution 

Definition

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middle sex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotti (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge.

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Battle of Saratoga

 

the Battle of Saratoga was the first time that the Americans beat the British 

Definition

The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War

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Battle of Yorktown

 

In the battle of york town the Germans surrender 

Definition

The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia,

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Articles of Confederation

 

the articles of the confederation were added at different times 

Definition
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781[image]
 
 
 
Term

treaty of Paris 

 

The treaty of pairs was a paper that said they cant fight again each other anymore 

Definition

The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.

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U.S. Constitution

 

the U.S constitution was a paper written by our founding fathers to give us some freedoms an basic rights .

Definition

The U.S. Constitution established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, presided over by George Washington.

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Thomas Jefferson

 

Thomas Jefferson was one of Americas founding fathers who had a big effect on the deceleration of independence 

Definition

Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

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George Washington

 

Gorge Washington was the first represented of the united states 

Definition

George Washington was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

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Paul Revere

 

Paul revere was a patriot in the american revolution 

Definition

Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution

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King George III

 

King George lll was a tyrant and a bad kin g because he thought he was always right.

Definition

George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death

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Thomas Paine

 

Tomas Paine was a philosopher in the 1800's and we learned a lot from his studies 

Definition

Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionar

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Absolutism

people that believe in absolutism think that all people should believe in philosophy and other things like that 

Definition

the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.

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Constitutional Monarchy

 

I am very glad that the united states in not a constitutional monarchy 

Definition

A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a written (i.e., codified), unwritten (i.e., uncodified) or blended constitution.

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1st, 2nd, 3rd Estates

 

I believe that with all the resources that the united states gives up there should only be 2 estates not the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Estates

Definition

France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners).

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Bourgeoisie

 

I don't think that i was born into the bourgeoisie 

Definition

The bourgeoisie is a polysemous French term that can mean: originally and generally, "those who live in the borough", that is to say, the people of the city, as opposed to those of rural areas

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National Assembly

 

In the national assembly, legislators from left and right generally talk above, instead of with, each other

Definition

National Assembly

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Tennis Court Oath

 

Before i knew what this word meant was that it was a place to vote for a tennis court oath

Definition

On June 20th, 1789, the members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate

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Storming of the Bastille

 

the Storming of the Bastille was a big war that was fraught and the people that faught in there were very brave .

Definition

 

The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastillerepresented royal authority in the center of Paris.[image]

Term

"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

 

liberty, equality, fraternity are he words that the french live by 

Definition

liberty, equality, fraternity", is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto.

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Reign of Terror

 

the reign of terror was a time period that was during a war 

Definition

The Reign of Terror or The Terror is the label given by some historians to a period during the French Revolution.

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the great fear 

 

the great fear was a time period of fear during the french revolution 

Definition

The Great Fear was a general panic that took place between 17 July and 3 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution.

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Committee of Public Safety

 

i imagine that the Committee of Public Safety was almost like a neighborhood watch 

Definition

The Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salutpublic)—created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793—formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94), a stage of the French Revolution.

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Guillotine

 

I saw a movie where they used a Guillotine to kill the people 

Definition
  1. a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
     
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Emigres

 

This means that the person that is Emigres has power in some way 

Definition

An émigré is a person who has emigrated, often with a connotation of political or social self-exile. The word is the past participle of the French émigrer, "to emigrate

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

 

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen are the rights that were written in the deceleration of independence 

Definition

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is an important document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights

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The Directory

 

 

The Directory was the government of France back then 

 

Definition

Directory, French Directoire, the French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799. It included a bicameral legislature known as the Corps Législatif.

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Louis XVI

 

Louis XVI was a prince in France in the 1700's 

Definition

Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste, was the last King of France before the French Revolution; during which he was also known as Louis Capet.

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Marie Antoinette

 

Marie Antoinette was a queen in the 1700's and she got married to the king 

Definition

Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Maximilien Robespierre

 

Maximilian Robespierre was a french lawyer and politician 

Definition

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror

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 Olympe de Gouges

 

 Olympe de Gougesis a french play writer and politician 

Definition

Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience. She began her career as a playwright in the early 1780s.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

 

Napoleon Bonaparte was almost like a general in the wars with France 

Definition

Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars

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Revolution

 

Revolution is a social order in favor of a new system 

Definition

a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.

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Liberty

 

Liberty insured that i and all people can have our freedom 

Definition

Liberty, in philosophy, involves free will as contrasted with determinism. In politics, liberty consists of the social and political freedoms to which all community members are entitled.

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Tyranny

 

am very glad that america is a Tyranny

Definition

cruel and oppressive government or rule.

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Ideals

 

it is Ideal for the football players at helix to do good 

Definition

a person or thing regarded as perfect.

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Justify

 

the man in court  wanted to justify what he .

Definition

show or prove to be right or reasonable.

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Protest

 

there was a big protest on weather or not the people should vote .

Definition

a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.

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Representation

 

there was a Representation of the new school that heppend  at the mall 

Definition

he action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented.

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Equality

 

i believe that all people deserve Equality.

Definition

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

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