Module 3 Vocabulary

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  1. 5. a conflict primarily fought between Britain and France over New World territory
  2. 8. was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
  3. 9. were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
  4. 10. fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).
  5. 12. his surrender at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, which effectively ended hostilities and led to peace negotiations between Great Britain and the United States
  6. 14. a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American colonies in the 18th to 19th century, which led to the American Revolution, and the creation of the United States of America.
  7. 15. was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
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  1. 1. was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
  2. 2. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
  3. 3. a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
  4. 4. adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
  5. 6. colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.
  6. 7. was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston.
  7. 11. was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence.
  8. 13. was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.