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Road to Revolution
Chapter 5 test
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History
7th Grade
12/14/2010

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PATRIOT
Definition
American colonists who believed that the colonies had the right to govern themselves
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LOYALISTS
Definition
American colonists who were loyal to the British government
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ALLIES
Definition
a nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as winning a war
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MILITIA
Definition
a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are available to fight in an emergency
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REPEAL
Definition
to take back, or to cancel, a law
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TYRANNY
Definition
The unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way is called a tyrant
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BOYCOTT
Definition

to refuse to buy one of more goods from a certain source

 

 an organized refusal by many poeple

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CONSENT
Definition
to give approval
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SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
Definition
A group (of patriots) that was formed to protect the rights of the colonists from the british government
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BROADSIDE
Definition
like an advertisement; meant to cause an immediate impact on colonists and then to be thrown away
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MINUTEMEN
Definition
In New England, volunteers for the local militias called themselves minutemen because they could be ready to fight in just 60 seconds
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Causes of French and Indian War
Definition

power and land (territory)

 

Land

1.Both French and English

claim the Ohio River Valley

 

2. French build forts              

in disputed territory

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3 consequences of F and I war
Definition

1. Treaty of Paris 1763

2. land was divided differently-more land for colonists!

3. war debt and post-war economic depression

 

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