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- 2. The last battle of the revolutionary war fought in Yorktown, Virginia where the British Army surrendered.
- 4. sole control of the supply of a good or service.
- 6. the philosophical concept expressing the balance sought in the system of government in the united states
- 9. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural rights and the social contract
- 10. author of the Common Sense and the reason people fought again for independence
- 13. A riot that occurred on march 5, 1770 in the city of Boston when colonists confronted British troops and the troops fired upon and killed several colonists.
- 14. British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781
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- 1. A series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Boston tea party
- 3. Commander in chief of the British army during the american revolutionary war
- 4. american colonists who were ready to fight at a minute notice; these soldiers fought against the British army at the of Lexington and concord
- 5. The political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature or god.
- 7. signed by great Britain and France in 1763 ; ending the French and Indian War
- 8. signed by the united states and great Britain in 1783; ended the revolutionary war and acknowledged America's independence
- 11. A time of great philosophical thought and scientific invention in Europe, during the Eighteenth Century
- 12. a person or group of people, who remain neutral in foreign affairs.