King George Flashcards

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King george

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King George es un lugar designado por el censo situado en el condado de King George, Virginia. Según el censo de 2010 tenía una población de 4.457 habitantes.

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Taxation without representation

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a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution;

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George washington

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1732–99, U.S. general and political leader: 1st president of the U.S. 1789–97.

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Red coats

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(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.

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Continental army

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the Revolutionary War Army, authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington

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Seven year war

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the war (1756–63) in which England and Prussia defeated France, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony.

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Localists

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a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.

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Patriots

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a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.

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Thomas jefferson

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Thomas, 1743–1826, U.S. statesman, diplomat, architect, and author: 3rd president of the U.S. 1801–09.

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Declaration of independence

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the public act by which the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776, declared the Colonies to be free and independent of England.

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The three estates

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a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

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Louis

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Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow) 1914–81, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1937–49.

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Marie antonette

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María Antonia Josefa Juana de Habsburgo-Lorena, más conocida bajo el nombre de María Antonieta de Austria, fue una archiduquesa de Austria y reina consorte de Francia y de Navarra. …

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National assembly

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the body constituted by the French Third Estate in June 1789 after the calling of the Estates General. It was dissolved in Sept 1791 to be replaced by the new Legislative Assembly

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Estates general

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the States-General.

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Contitution of rights of man

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man was on of the most fundamental documents of the French Revolution. The Declaration of the Rights of Man was drafted over a period of 6 days between August 20th and August 26th, 1789 by the National Assembly of France.

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Emigres

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Émigré es un término francés que literalmente se refiere a una persona que ha emigrado.

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Radicals

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thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms:

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Moderates

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kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense:

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Conservatives

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disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.

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Reign of terror

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a period of the French Revolution, from about March, 1793, to July, 1794, during which many persons were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction.

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Jacobins

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in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.

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Maximillin robespierre

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Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, mejor conocido como Maximilien Robespierre fue un abogado, escritor, orador y político francés apodado «el Incorruptible». … a