American Revolution

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American Revolution

• Vocabulary 1

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MASSACRE

• an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people

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BOYCOTT

• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in
• (something) as a way of protesting to stop
• using the goods or services of (a company,
• country, etc.) until changes are made

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PROCLAMATION OF 1763

• British law/declaration that colonial settlers
• could not move west past the Appalachian
• Mountains

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ECONOMY

• the wealth and resources of a country or region

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DEMOCRACY

• a system of government by the whole
• population or all the eligible members of a
  state,
• typically through elected representatives
• Decisions made by majority rule, more than 50
• vote in favor of something and it is made so

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LIBERTY

• a system of government by the whole
• population or all the eligible members of a
  state,
• typically through elected representatives

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CONGRESS

• the national legislative body of a country

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REPEAL

• revoke or annul (a law or congressional act)

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REVOLUTION

• a forcible overthrow of a government or social
• order in favor of a new system

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CONCEPTION

• the origin or beginning of someone or
• something