ch.3 vocab words Flashcards

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Ally

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nation that works with another nation for the same reason

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French and Indian War

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a war that happend from 1754 to 1763 witch led the french power out of the US

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Albany Plan of Union

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a theory that all of the british colonies should be united to defeat the french

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Treaty of Paris

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a 1763 agrement between Britain and France the ended the french and indaian war.

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Petition

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a formal written request to some one in auttority that is signed by a group of people

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Boycott

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to refuse to buy of use certain goods or certain servieses

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Repeal

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to cancel or remove from law

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Writ of Assistance

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A written docement that gave brittish officers the right to check a ships cargo

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Committee of Correspondence

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a letter writting campain that became a tool in protest in the colonies

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Civil Disobedience

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the rufusal to obey unjust laws using non-violent means

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Militia

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army of citizens that fight without training

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Minutemen

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conoial citizems that would fight at the minuites notice

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13
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Patriots

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a colonist that wanted war agenst britten

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Loyalists

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a colonist that remained loyal to great britain

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blockade

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shutting down pots so poeple cant leave

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Mercenary

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a soldier that fights for pay

17
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Traitor

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aperson that betrays his or her country

18
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Preamble

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an intduction to a declation

19
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Natural Rights

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rights giving to all people giving at birth

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Unalienable Rights

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rights that can not be taken away

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Cavalry

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troops on horseback

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Guerilla

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a soldiers that fight for no country

23
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Siege

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to surround or blockage a town

24
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Ratify

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to approve