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- 4. britain spent a lot of money ending the pontiac rebellion, to avoid conflict with native americans the king prohibited colonist from traveling west of the appalachian mountains
- 6. britain signed a blank check, then took control of the colonies to try to pay of the debt
- 8. 1783 peace talks in paris, reached agreement in sep 1783 when great britain recognized independence of the USA, allowed for expansion
- 12. Catholic, and went against english law by appointing fellow catholics to office
- 13. after death of this person in 1603, the stuartfamily took over the english throne
- 17. republican form of government and wrote the first european nation
- 18. enlightenment thinker who believed the people are good but the gov corrupts them
- 19. thomas jefferson wrote first draft, revised by committee of five and borrowed ideas from enlightenment thinkers
- 20. british troops fired into a mob and killed five colonist, colonist used this as a cause for rebellion
- 22. law in 1773 that gave east india company advantages in the tea business, causing the 'boston tea party'
- 23. gave speech to parliament about 'divine right'
- 24. time period after cromwell's death, when Princecharles was voted to be king (so King Charles II restored the monarchy)
- 25. taxed most printed materials in 1765, causing colonist to boycott british goods
- 26. british troops were going to take weapons and ammunition stored by the colonist at concord in MA, "Shot heard around the world"
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- 1. became leader of revolutionary force and was trying to overthrow king Charles I
- 2. also known as "Bloodless Revolution"
- 3. Congress representatives from all colonies met and wrote, declaration of rights and grievances
- 5. The new monarchs, who parliament required to sign a bill of rights
- 7. protected citizens from their government
- 9. War war from 1647-1649 that came about within england over absolute rule of Charles I
- 10. War War over expansion, ended with thetreatyofparisof1763
- 11. in response to 'boston tea party' the crown passes these acts that did things like closed the boston harbor, placed a military governor over massachusetts, and quartered troops
- 14. parliament forced him to sign petition of right, he also later became an absolute monarch w/o the influence of parliament
- 15. convened in philadelphia, continental army was created
- 16. enlightenment thinker who advocated for freedom of speech and religion
- 21. Taxation without representation, caused because british military presence in the colonies