provincial

Definitions of provincial
  1. noun
    a country person
    synonyms: pueblerino
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    types:
    mujik
    a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
    type of:
    campirano, charro, concho, pueblerino, rústico, villano
    an unsophisticated country person
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The Great Gatsby
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

To punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament enforced acts that the colonies found intolerable. In response, they convened the First Continental Congress in 1774 to outline a list of grievances, rights, and resolves. Read the full text here. Here are links to our lists for other notable declarations: Declaration of Colonial Rights, Declaration of the Rights of Man, Declaration of the Rights of Woman, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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