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46 Cards in this Set
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Olive Branch Petition
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attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain
petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. |
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prohibitory act
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passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in her American colonies,
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announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire
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thomas jefferson
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the third President of the United States (1801–1809)
the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). one of the most influential Founding Fathers, promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States a great "Empire of Liberty"that would promote republicanism and counter the imperialism of the British Empire |
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george mason
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an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention
*called the "Father of the Bill of Rights |
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continental congress
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*a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.
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articles of confederation
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*first constitution of the United States of America
*specified how the national government was to operate *states retained sovereignty over all governmental functions |
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george washington
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*military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1797
*victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander in chief of the Continental Army *first president |
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bunker hill
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*took place on June 17, 1775 early in the American Revolutionary War
*a victory for the British, but they suffered a large amount of losses *demonstrated that relatively inexperienced colonial forces were willing and able to stand up to british army |
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general thomas gage
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a British general
*role in the early days of the American War of Independence failure to resolve the Siege of Boston |
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hessians
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*eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire
*widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War. |
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lord cornwallis
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*a British Army officer and colonial administrator
*surrender to a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America |
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nathenael greene
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*a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
*George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer |
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john adams
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john jay
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treaty of paris 1783
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women during the war time
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abigail adams
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civic virture
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ordiance of 1784
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northwest ordiance
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shays rebellion
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1. Alexander Hamilton
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1. The Virginia Plan
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the virgina plan was one of the different resolutions that
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1. The Founding Fathers
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1. The Great Compromise
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1. James Madison
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1. Sovereignty
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1. Separation of Powers
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1. Federalists
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1. Anti Federalist
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1. The Federalist Papers
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1. The Bill of Rights
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1. The Cabinet
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1. Bank of the United States 1790’s
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1. Whiskey Rebellion
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1. Citizen Genet
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1. Jay’s Treaty
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1. Pinckney’s Treaty
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1. The quasi War
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1. The XYZ Affair
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1. Alien and Sedition Acts
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1. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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1. Aaron Burr
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1. The Judiciary Act of 1801
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