American Revolution Vocab

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Declaration of Independence

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Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; declared the US a free state.

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First permanent English settlement in North America

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Jamestown

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A company owned jointly by shareholders.

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Joint-Stock Company

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American colonist banished from Boston for her religious views, established Rhode Island with Roger Moore (1591-1643).

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Anne Hutchinson

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Protestant reformers believing in equality of all people

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Quakers

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Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for years of unpaid work.

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Indentured Servant

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Revolution of American colonies against Great Britain

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American Revolution

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Laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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Not a region of the 13 colonies:

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New France

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Vanished English settlement

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Roanoke