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What is a massacre?
the killing of a large number of people
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What is the American Revolution
war in which America gained her independence
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Who is George Washington
a Surveyor as a teenager, hero in French and Indian War
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What is separation of power?
government power is divided among three branches to prevent abuses of power
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What is the government cannot house troops in your home?
3rd amendment
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What is a boycott?
to refuse to buy something in protest
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What is the Boston Massacre
5 people were killed, make popular by an engraving by Paul Revere
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Who is Paul Revere
Engraved propaganda spread about the Boston Massacre
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What is checks and balances?
The power of each branch is limited by powers of other branches
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What is the right to bear arms?
2nd amendment
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What is a militia?
army of citizen volunteers
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What is the Second Continental Congress
Wrote the Constitution (group not person, not "founding fathers)
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Who is Rousseau?
Enlightenment thinker that believed people give governments the power to rule
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What is limited government?
government powers are limited to protect individual rights
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What is the 4th amendment
protection against unreasonable searches by police
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What is an alliance?
formal agreement between people or nations to help one another
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What is the First Continental Congress?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence, and formed the Continental army
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Who is Thomas Paine
Wrote Common Sense
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What is Popular Sovereignty?
idea that the people establish government and are the source of its power
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What is amendments 5-8?
3 amendments collectively known as the rights of the accused
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What is a debate?
an argument, usually in public
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What is the Boston Tea Party?
First act of Treason by the colonists
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Who are the Greeks?
ancient group of people whose focus on democracy and rule of the people made a great impact on the enlightenment thinkers
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What is federalism?
government power is distributed between state and national governments to protect the rights of states
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What is freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition
5 freedoms in the 1st amendment
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