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Chatper 16 Ideas and Movements
Chapter 16 Ideas and Movements
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6th Grade
04/16/2010

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Legislature
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lawmaking bodies; each colony had their own
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Boston Massacre
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incident that occurred in Boston Massachusetts in which colonist began heckling British troops. Soldiers fired into the crowd and and killed several colonists.
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Massacre
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and event that causes the death of unresisting or helpless people.
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Boston Tea Party
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event in which 60 colonist disguised as Indians boarded a tea ship in Boston Harbor and threw the tea overboard to protest a new tax.
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Declaration of Independence
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A document that clearly started why the colonies where splitting from Great Britain
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July 4, 1776
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the date the Americans declared their independence from Great Britain
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American Revolution
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war fought between the colonies and Great Britain for independence
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Battle of Saratoga
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battle won by the colonists in New York in which France helped the Americans
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George Washington
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general who forced the British to surrender at Yorktown
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
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leader of the Haitian rebellion
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Monarchy
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government in which a king, queen, or emperor has supreme power
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Louis XVI
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king of France
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Paris
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capital of France
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Bastille
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French prison that was attacked by an angry mob on July 14, 1789
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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The French Declaration of Independance
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Marie Antoinette
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queen of France at the time of the French Revolution
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Reign of Terror
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time where thousands of citizens who were suspected of being against the revolution where put to death
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Maximillen de Robespierre
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led a committee that put to death anyone suspected of being against the revolution
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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a young officer in the army. Led the French armies to victory against Great Britain and Austria. He overthrew the republic and became emperor of France
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Waterloo
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where Napoleon surrendered
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Domestic system
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making goods in the home
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Textiles
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cloth that is either woven or knitted
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Industrial Revolution
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that change from human and animal power to machine power
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Steam engine
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a machine that used the power of steam
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James Watt
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improved the steam engine so that it could power large machines
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Factory
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building that lowered costs by grouping machines together
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George Stephenson
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invented the steam locomotive
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Robert Fulton
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invented the steamboat
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Tenements
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overcrowded slum apartments
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Charles Dickens
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famous English writer who described the poor conditions in England (wrote "A Christmas Carol" and "Great Expectations"
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Oil and Electricity
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Powered the second industrial revolution
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Thomas Edison
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invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and motion pictures
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Menlo Park
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place of Edison's laboratory in New Jersey
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Corporations
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large businesses that raised money by selling stock to the public. Its profits were then divided among shareholders.
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Assembly Line
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moving belt that traveled past workers and allowed each worker to do a specific job
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Henry Ford
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First to use the assembly line he manufactured automobiles
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Capitalism
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private individuals own most of the factories and industries. People run businesses in order to make a profit.
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Laissez Faire
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French expression meaning "leave it alone"
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Socialism
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most industries, businesses, land, and natural resources are owned by the government instead of individuals
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Karl Marx
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German who popularized socialist ideas and a revolt against the goverment
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