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11/30/2011

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DISCONTENT

Definition

AFTER THE WORKERS FOUND OUT THE WOULD HAVE TO WORK ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH DISCONTENT.

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UPRISINGS

Definition

THE WAR RESULTED IN THE UPRISING OF AMERICA

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SOCIAL ORDER

Definition

HIS WORK AFFECTED THE SOCIAL ORDER OF THE TOWN

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REGULATOR MOVEMENT

Definition

TODAY IN HISTORY CLASS WE LEARNED ABOUT

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STAMP ACT

Definition

THE ENGLISHMAN SIGHNED THE STAMP ACT IN 1765

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COLONIAL ELITES

Definition

THE COLONIAL ELITES CONVINCED THE POOR COLONISTS TO FIGHT IN THE WAR

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BRITISH ELITES

Definition

THE BRITTISH ELITES WERE MORE SUPIRIOR THAN ANYONE AT THE TIME

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COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE

Definition

-PLANNED THE 13 COLONIES PLANS SO RESIST ENGLAND

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PATRIOTISM

Definition

ALL OF THE HOUSES ON THE STREET WERE VERY PATRIOTIC

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THOMAS PAINE

Definition

THOMAS PAINE WAS BORN FEBUARY 9, 1737

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COMMON SENSE

Definition

COMMON SENSE WAS WRITTEN BY THOMAS PAINE

 

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Bear (to bear arms)

Definition

A Quaker refuses to bear arms and fight.

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Informed

Definition

Well pardon me I wasn’t informed

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Genocide

Definition

The Holocaust was Genocide, it killed many people.

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Summed up

Definition

I summed up the book to make it easier to read.

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Shortage

Definition

There was a shortage of food last winter.

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Massacred

Definition

In Boston many people were massacred and injured.

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Submissive

Definition

The dog was being submissive when he obeyed to sit.

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. Negotiate

Definition

We negotiated the price at the auction.

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Conqueror

Definition

The Conqueror took over the land even though he no right.

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Decimate

Definition

The people were decimated by the plague.

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Community

Definition

all the people that live in my community gathered at the Hudson valley.

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Rebellions

Definition

there where rebellions in Boston against taxes during the Boston Tea Party.

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Poverty

Definition

we know bob lives in poverty because his house is only 1 room and he doesn’t have

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Tenants

Definition

my neighbor has 2 tenants renting his old house

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Independent

Definition

I am very independent, I do my work by myself in school

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Colonialist

Definition

some people left England and formed a colony in America

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Dependent

Definition

 I was very dependent on my mom and dad and could not support myself on my own.

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Rebellious

Definition

I was rebellious and did not listen to the U.S government

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Declaration Of Independence

Definition

I celebrate the declaration of independence on the fourth of July 

 

 

by remembering when the us gave freedom to our people. Zinn says that at the time of the signing some groups of people were not included like the blacks, Indians, and women

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Continental congress

Definition

I think that the continental congress was a good idea because the colonists where not represented in England but the king thought it was an illegal political government formed in the colonies in 1774

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Revolutionary war

Definition

    The Revolutionary war was fought between the colonist and the British, because Britain wasn’t fair to the colonist.

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  Boston massacre

Definition

The Boston Massacre is a incident where 5 civilian men were killed by British soldiers

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    Impressment

Definition

  The man acted  impressment so the people will be impressed and by his house

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   Tenant Farmer

Definition

   The tenant farmer farmed the land that he rented and paid his rent every month

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