Test Flashcards
(99 cards)
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Consent
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Permission
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State of nature
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No laws; society w/o laws
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Tyranny
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Unjust rule
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Primogeniture
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Eldest son receives inheritance
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Constituents
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People in an elected district
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Executive branch
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President; enforces laws
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Legislative branch
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Congress; make laws
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Judicial branch
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Make sure laws are fair
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Natural rights
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Life, liberty, property; pursuit of happiness
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Social contract
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Agreement between the people and the government; people will follow the laws and the government will protect their natural rights
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Seizure
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To take
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Trial by jury
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Right that you have; people will decide if you are guilty or innocent
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Anarchy
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Chaos; everything out of control
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Sovereignty
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To rule
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Suffrage
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Right to vote
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Boycott
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To not buy or participate
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Smuggle
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To sneak something in
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Riot
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Public violence; disorder
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Petition
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To ask your government to do or stop doing something
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Due process of law
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Steps the government must take when you are arrested
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Representative government
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People elect others to run their government
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Cruel and unusual punishment
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Government can not do this. Examples would be torture or going to jail for fifty years for stealing a piece of gum.
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No taxation w/o representation
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Slogan of the revolution. Only elected officials can tax.
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Right to bear arms
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Right to own a gun
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Checks and balances
Each branch is equal and has no power over the others
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Limited Government
Power of the government is limited by the constitution. Example: bill of rights.
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Parliament
British congress
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Guerilla warfare
Hit and run tactics
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Unalienable
God given
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Domino theory
Belief by the British that if America gets its independence then all of the British colonies will too
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Loyalist
American who supported the British during the revolution
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Patriot
American who fought for independence against Britain
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Habeas corpus
Government must tell you why you are arrested and show proof or they have to let you go
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Democracy
Government in which the majority rules
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Republic
Government with a constitution that protects people's rights.
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Separation of powers
Each branch is separate and has different powers. Nobody can be in more than one branch at a time.
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Constitution
Americas current form of government. A document that will define the rules for a country.
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Private domain
Your private property. The government must have a search warrant/probable cause to be on your property. This would include everything on your property.
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Writs of assistance
Automatic search warrants for the British
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General Howe
British General at bunker hill and Long Island unable to capture Washington
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General Cornwallis
British General who surrenders at Yorktown
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Butcher tarleton
British Calvary leader known for his brutal tactics
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General Burgoyne
Surrendered at Saratoga trapped in mts because he tried to take too many supplies
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Hessians
German soldiers considered the best in the world, surrendered at Trenton
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Baron Von Stueben
Prussian general who comes to America to train washingtons army
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Marquis delafayette
From France he supports washingtons army with money
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Admiral degrasse
French naval leader who supports us at Yorktown
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General rochambeau
French General at Yorktown
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Lexington and concord MA
Shot heard round the world start of the revolution Paul reveres ride
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Bunker hill
Breeds hill
Hill commands Boston harbor
British attach three times lose half their men
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Long Island
Battle for NYC
| British 32000 troops Washingtons 23000 run away trapped
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Trenton
Washington captures Hessians on Christmas Day 1776
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Saratoga
Burgoyne tries to take Albany NY but is attacked and defeated surrenders and France joins our side
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Yorktown
Cornwallis is trapped by French navy and army along with Washington war is over
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Fort Ticonderoga
Captured British fort for supplies, guns and cannons
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Proclamation act of 1763
Colonists can not move west of the Appalachian mountains
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Quartering act
Housing of British soldiers
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Stamp act
Tax on stamps and paper
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Tea act
Tax on tea
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Intolerable acts
Britain punishes Boston after the tea party
10000 British soldiers quartering
No town meetings harbor closed until tea is paid for
Writs of assistance everywhere
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Boston massacre
Colonists protest tax
Throw snowballs
British fire into crowd British blamed
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1st continental congress
Wanted colonists to boycott British products
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2nd continental congress
Olive branch petition Declaration of Independence
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Boston tea party
Colonists dump tea into the Boston harbor
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French and Indian war
French and Indians vs British colonists British win control Canada and America
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Valley forge
US soldiers freeze and starve at this winter camp in 1777
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Declaration of Independence
Colonists declare war on Britain
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Articles of confederation
Our first government doesn't work because the states fight against each other
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Treaty of Paris
Ends the revolutionary war
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Constitution
Our current form of government
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Bill of rights
1st 10 amendments of the constitution
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Olive branch petition
Colonists wanted peace king refused to even read it
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Magma carta
King is not above the law. Due process of law no taxation without consent social contract
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Petition of rights
No taxation without consent of parliament no quartering
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English Bill of rights
Right to bear arms
Right to petition
Trial by jury
No cruel and or unusual punishment
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John Locke
Natural rights philosopher
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George Washington
1st president
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Ben Franklin
Diplomat
| Very important in getting France on our side
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John Adams
Lawyer
Defends British at Boston massacre
2nd president
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Sam Adams
Brewer
| Head of Sons of Liberty
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Patrick Henry
Give me liberty or give me death
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John Hancock
Signed name on the Declaration of Independence big
Richest
In sons of Liberty
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Thomas Jefferson
Writes the Declaration of Independence
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Paul revere
The British are coming
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Thomas Paine
Wrote common sense and American crisis for American cause
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Committees of correspondence
Wrote letters to the editor speeches
Organized rallies
Songs to promote patriot cause
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Abigail Adams
Married to John Adams
| Pushes for women's suffrage
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Alexander Hamilton
Washingtons aide during the revolution
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Haratio gates
Wins battle of Saratoga and jealous of Washington
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Benedict Arnold
Traitor
Hero of Saratoga and fort Ticonderoga
TRIES TO GIVE WESTPOINT TO BRITISH
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Israel Putnam
Hero of bunker hill
| Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes
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Ethan Allen
Leader of the green mountain boys
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Daniel Morgan
Led riflemen at Saratoga and Yorktown
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Francis Marion
Fought in Carolina
| Swamp fox
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Nathan Hale
Spy for Washington
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King George the third
King of England
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Minuteman
Colonists, militants ready at a minutes notice
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Sons of Liberty
Patriots in Boston
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Quartering
Housing of soldiers
