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Term | Definition |
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despotism | unilimeted power |
revolution | |
hessian | |
unalienable | |
minutemen | American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minutes notice |
First Continental Congress | a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to Decide how to respond to the closing of the Boston Harbor increased taxes and abusage of authority by the British government |
Second Continental Congress | a meeting of Colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord |
quartering | lodging, housing |
insurrection | |
annihilation | destruction |
abdicated | given up |
acquiense | consent to |