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Term | Definition |
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annihilation | destruction |
revolution | the overthrow or replacement if an established government. |
unalienable | Incapable of being taken away. |
First Continental Congress | A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government: |
Second Continental Congress | A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord. |
minutemen | American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice. |
quartering | Lodging, housing |
insurrections | Rebellions |
arbitrary | Not based on law. |
abdicated | Given up. |
acquiesce | Consent to. |
consanguinity | Common ancestry. |
magnanimity | Generous spirit. |
despotism | Unlimited power. |
Hessian | German soldiers serving in the British forces in The American Revolution. |