Unit 2 Keywords

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  1. 4. Prior to the start of the American Revolutionary War, a group of American political people worked to coordinate opposition to the British Parliament and later, support for American independence.
  2. 6. an occurrence during a conflict following which the majority of contemporary experts concur that the outcome was unavoidable.
  3. 7. declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.
  4. 8. The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are known as the..
  5. 12. Here Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence
  6. 13. an altercation that took place in Boston on March 5, 1770, during which nine British soldiers opened fire on five people.
  7. 14. a loosely structured, covert, occasionally violent political group active in the Thirteen American Colonies that was established to advance colonist rights and oppose British government taxation.
  8. 16. an American political and commercial protest, on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts.
  9. 20. a supporter of a powerful central government who belonged to a significant political party in the early years of the United States.
  10. 21. an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, and was the founder of the Federalist Party, the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper.
  11. 22. The Second Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776, signed this document.
  12. 23. American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and was born in England.
  13. 24. The colonies were compelled to house British soldiers in barracks they provided under in 1765.
  14. 25. Duties, a group of British parliamentary acts that were passed in 1767 and 1768 that introduced a number of taxes and regulations to help pay for the upkeep of the British colonies in America.
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  1. 1. A political movement in the late 18th century known opposed the establishment of a more powerful federal government in the United States and later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  2. 2. a set of treaties that ended the American Revolutionary War.
  3. 3. The United States' army during the American Revolution
  4. 4. Following the Boston Tea Party in 1774, the British Parliament passed a number of harsh measures known as the..
  5. 5. Delegates from the thirteen colonies that met in Philadelphia in 1774 and 1775
  6. 9. This was signed on July 8 in a last-ditch effort to prevent war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America.
  7. 10. an armed revolt in Western Massachusetts and Worcester. The majority of the fighting occurred in and around Springfield in the years 1786 and 1787.
  8. 11. the supreme law of the United States of America.
  9. 14. This practice was known as "blessing in neglect."
  10. 15. also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764.
  11. 17. of Confederation, an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government.
  12. 18. a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, which began the American Revolutionary War and led to the creation of the United States of America.
  13. 19. a legislation passed by the British Parliament in 1765 that levied a stamp tax on newspapers and legal and business documents in order to extract money from the American colonies. The act was repealed in 1766 as a result of colonial opposition, which fueled the anti-Crown uprising.