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American revolution

revolutions

TermDefinition
Sons of liberty A group of rebels that lead boycotts and fought the british
enlightment philosophes beliefs human reason over ignorance, supersition, and tyranny
second continental congress Meeting of 13 colonies, helping figure out the continentional army, making the declartion of indepance, and drafting the articles of confedaration.
Voltaire a french enlightment thinker, people were inspired by his writings of freedom
Locke Father of libralism, came up with the saying that people are born with the right of life, liberty and property/pursue of happiness
Rousseau a french enlightment thinker, came up with the socail contract between the people and the goverment
Cornwallis the best general the bitish had, surrender at yorktown with his 7,000 men
Montesquieu came up with the goverment separation of powers
Intolerable Acts Closed up bosten harbor, Quartering act, Qubee Act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act
Enlightment Ideas Human reason, Natural Rights Separation of powers
Yorktown One of the last battles, Cornwallis surrendered
Stamp Act Made americans write on letters with stamps on them that also costed more
Taxation without representation The americans were often taxed without any elected officals in the british goverment to speak for them
enlightment ideas influanced the american revolution Justified the americans breaking away, gave them ground to build their goverment, and gave the people a reason to fight
Treaty of paris 9/3/1783 1. set borders for the USA 2. Regonized the USA's indepentance
What role did the african americans play in the revolution The african americans were soldiers who were fighting for their own freedom
What role did Native americans play in the revolution The native americans were often guides through the forest for both sides of the revolution
What roles did women play in the american revolution Women in the american revolution were often Seamstresses, Nurses and sometimes cooks or gave out supplies if needed
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