Unit 2 American Revolution - Vocab Review

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Pamphlet by Thomas Paine that convinced colonists to separate from England.

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Common Sense

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British law prohibiting colonists from settling west of the Appalachians

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Proclamation of 1763

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Main author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Final battle of the Revolution.

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Yorktown

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Enlightenment thinker known for "natural rights" and "social contract" theory.

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John Locke

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British actions to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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Early British tax to fund the French and Indian War

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Stamp Act

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Colonists protested the Tea Tax:

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Boston Tea Party

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Agreement between governments and people: governments protect, people obey laws.

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Social Contract Theory

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American who sought French aid in the Revolutionary War.

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Ben Franklin