Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Slighting?

A

Hurtful

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Emigration?

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The leaving one home country for a new land or country

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Republican

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Someone who does not accept that countries should have monarchs

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Inducement?

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Good reason

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Execrable messes

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Bad meals in a mess or eating in a community eating area

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Babel

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A reference to the biblical Tower of Babel built by a builder who spoke many different languages

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Uncouth dialect

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Improper speech

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Vociferation

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Yelling

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Melancholy

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Deep sadness

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Dexterously

A

Skilfully

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Graduitous

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Unesicary

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Untenable tenement

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A house that is unfit for living

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New england ears?

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The settlers of the 13 colonies

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United empire loyalist

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One who is faithful or loyal to Briton

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Upper Canada?

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From the st Lawrence River up

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Lower canada?

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From the st.awerence down. Part of down a days Québec.

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Captain of militia

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Military officers

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Land speculator

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One who buys and sells land with the expectation of profit.

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Land claim

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A legal claim to one original territory

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Biological weapon?

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A weapon that attacks humans by making them ill

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To tar and feather

A

To smear with hot tar and roll in feathers

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To repeal

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Patriot

A

A supporter of the American revolution

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Sons of liberty

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Bullies who intimidated those who supported the kings during the revolution

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Anglican Church
Church of England in Canada
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To veto
To stop
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Cargo
Goods brought in by ship
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Steerage
The section of a passenger ship with the worst accommodation
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Cholera
An infection disease. That gives really bad stomach cramps
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Passage?
Money of the voyage
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To annex
To take oneself
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Highland clearances
Scottish farmers that forced their tent ate to leaves their farms so they could farm sheep
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Barn raising
The building of a barn by a community
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Rear-guard
Soldiers placed to protect the rear of the fighting force