Vocabulary

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  1. 3. formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America.
  2. 6. a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.
  3. 8. a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt.
  4. 10. political and philosophical discourse that characterized European society during the 'long' 18th century: from the late 17th century to the ending of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
  5. 13. appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775
  6. 14. ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies
  7. 16. was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
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  1. 1. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second
  2. 2. also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle, beginning on September 28, 1781
  3. 4. an impartial or unbiased country or person.
  4. 5. secured American independence from Great Britain. Fighting began on April 19, 1775, followed by the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776
  5. 7. is defined as the period of rigorous
  6. 9. a theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
  7. 11. a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide
  8. 12. the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution, and declared the United States of America an independent nation in July 1776.
  9. 15. was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.