Ap History Chp 5

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first continental congress

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was determine how the colonies should react to what from their point most americans had no desire for independence

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patrick henry

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demanding the greatest concession from britain of virgina

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samuel adams

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massachusetts-demanding the greatest concession from britain

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john adams

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massachusetts-demanding the greatest concession from britain

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george washington

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demanding the greatest concession from britain of virgina

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john dickson

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pennsylvania-demanding the greatest concession from britain

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john jay

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conservative delegates those who favored a mild statement of protest of new york

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joseph galloway

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of pennsylvania relations with parliament and formed a union of the colonies within british empire

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suffolk resolves

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rejected the intolerable acts and called for their immediate repeal enacted in massachusetts

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economic sanctions

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a third measure the association urged the creation of committees in every town to enforce this

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declaration of right & grievance

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was a petition to the king urging him to redress colonial grievances & restore colonial rights

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paul revere

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british march a rider the milita of lexington assembied on the village green to face british

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william dawes

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british march a rider the milita of lexington assembied on the village green to face british

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minutemen

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milita

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lexington

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assembled on the village green to face british

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concord

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british entered concord where they destroyed some military supplies

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battle on bunker hill

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a colonial fortified breed's hill next to bunker for which the ensuring battle was wrongly named

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second continental congress

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met in philadelphia in may 1775 congress was divided between one group of delegates

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declara of the causes

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for taking up arms & called on the colonies to provide troops

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olive branch petition

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in which they pledged their loyaltly & asked the king to intercede with porliament to secure peace & the protection of colonial rights

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prohibitory act

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declared the colonies in rebellion

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thomas paine

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wrote the pamphlet a recent english immigrants to the colonies argued strongly for west until then had been considered a raidical idea

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declaration of independence

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adopted july 4 1776

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common sense

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paines essay argued in clear & foreful language for the colonies becoming independent status & breaking all polictical ties with the british monarchy

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thomas jefferson

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formed a committee to write a statement in support of lees resolution

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patriots

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an estimated 40% of the population joined actively in the struggler against britian

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loyalists

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smaller number 20-30% sided with the british as loyalists while the rest tried to remain neutral & uninvolved

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continentals

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paper money issued by congress became almost worthless

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george rogers clark

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led patriots captured a series of british forts in the illinois country to gain control of parts of the vast ohio territory

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battle of saratoga

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the diplornatic out come was even more important then the military

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absolute monarch

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with all political power louis xvl had no interset in aiding a revolutionary movement

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battle of yorktown

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last major battle of the revolutionaly war

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treaty of paris

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provoded for britian would recongnize the existence of the us as can independent nation. the mississippi river would be the western boundary of that nation 3 americans would have fishing rights off the coast of canada. americans would pay debts owed to british merchants and honor loyalist claims for property confiscated during the war

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articles of confederation

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adopted by congress in 1777 & submittied to the states for ratifcation

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unicameral legislature

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each state was given one vote with at least nine votes cut of 13 requires to passimportant laws

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land ordinance

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of 1785 congress establish a policy for surveying & selling the western lands

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northwest ordinance

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1787 for the large territory lying between the great lakes & the ohio river congress passed and ordinance law that set the rules for creatines new states

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shays rebellion

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jan.1787 when shay & his followers attempted to seize weapons from the springfield armory the state militia of massachusetts broke sr

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mary mccauley

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took place at the battle of monmouth or passing as a man and serving as a soldier

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deboran sampsom

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served for a year

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abigail adams

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unanswered went pleas such of those of adamsher husband john adams