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PLYMOUTH COLONY
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Who: English separatists also known as Pilgrims,
Where: Plymouth Massachusetts, from 1620-1691. What: First sizable English settlement in New England region. Significance: site of the first known Thanksgivings; also a place of religious freedom |
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MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620
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Who: The English separatists, Pilgrims
Where: the Atlantic, aboard the Mayflower. Significance: Seeking the freedom to practice Christianity |
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HEADRIGHT SYSTEM-
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Who: Virginia Company
Where: Jamestown, Virginia What: a system attempting to solve labor shortages due to the trade of tobacco. Significance: Increased gap between the wealthy landowners and the working poor |
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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639-
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Who: Connecticut Colony
Where: Connecticut river towns What: A compromise for use of shared land between colonies. Significance: considered as the first written Constitution in the West. |
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MERCANTILISM-
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Who: Economic Theory
Where: Early modern period What: The prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of the capital, and that the global volume of international trade is "unchangeable." Significance: influential on modern economics |
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TRIANGULAR TRADE
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Who: West Africa, the Caribbean, American colonies, and Europe
What: trade among three regions. Where: Atlantic Significance: the trade of cash crops like sugar, slaves, tobacco and copper. |
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THE GREAT AWAKENING
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Who: Protestant Reformation
Where: Revival in Anglo-American history. What: Revivalism of Christianity. Significance: Influence on political life |
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IRON ACT 1750
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Who: Legislative measures by the British Parliament
Where: Great Britain What: Restricting manufacturing activities in British colonies. Significance: Made people have to |
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INDENTURED SERVANTS
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Who: Irish, Scottish, English and Germans.
What: Unlike a slave, they were only required to work for the specified limit in their contract. Where: North America, The Caribbean, Australia, Pacific and Indian Ocean. Significance: Has had influence on the indentured servitude of modern day uses, not for good. |
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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Who: Commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the First president of the United States of America. Often referred to as the father of America.
What: A founding father, dealt with foreign affairs and Acts. Where: Mount Vernon, private estate. Significance: “Father of his country”, also referred to as the man on the one dollar bill |
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PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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Who: Issued by King George III, toward the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.
Where: Quebec, West Florida, East Florida, and Grenda. What: The Royal Proclamation ceased to be law in the United States following the American Revolution. Significance: To organize Great Britain's new Native North Americans through regulation to trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier |
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SALUTARY NEGLECT
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Who: British
What: Policy avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentry laws, which were meant to keep the American colonies obedient to Great Britain. Where: The emergence seperated from Great Britain Significance: Used to enforce the English policies of the Seven Years' War |
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STAMP ACT 1765
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Who: Tax imposed by the British Parliament
What: Seen as a violation of the right of Englishmen Where: Territory of New France. Significance: Help for troops stationed in North America following the British Victory in the Seven Years' War. |
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STAMP ACT CONGRESS
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Who: House of representatives,
What: Trail to jury, a right of self taxation, and reducing admiralty courts. Where: Georgia, North Carolina, Virigina, and New Hampshire and those from New York were delegates of particular counties within the colony. Significance: Parliament had the authority to regulate trade it could be constructed as an addmission that an external tax to raise revenue was acceptable. |
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SONS OF LIBERTY
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Who:American patriots.
What: Secret organization Where:Thirteen colonies during the American Revolution Significance: Later societies such as during the American Civil War |
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COMMITEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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Who: Part of the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolutionary war.
What: Established in Boston, oppostion to the Currency Act Where: Massachusetts, Viriginia, Pennysylvania, North Carolina Significance:prompted the colonies to form Committees of Correspondence |
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BOSTON MASSACRE
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Who: British Troops
What: deaths of five civilians. Where: Yankees-Red Sox rivalry Significance: Events such as the Tea Act and ensuring the Boston Tea Party were examples of the crumbling relationship between Britain and the colonies |
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INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774
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Who: British Parliament
What: Parliamentry authority that began by the Stamp Act 1765 Where: Britains colonies in North America Significance: Response to Boston Tea Party |
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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775
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Who: Thirteen colonies
What: raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties. Where: Phiadelphia, Pennysylvania Significance:Soon leading into the Declaration of Independence |
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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Who: Congress of Confederation.
What: creation of organized territory Where: Untied States Significance: Soon banning slavery in the territory had the effect of establishing the Ohio River ad the boundary between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mts. and the Mississippi River |
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. COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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Who: Part of the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolutionary war.
What: Established in Boston, opposition to the Currency Act Where: Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina Significance: prompted the colonies to form Committees of Correspondence. |
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17. BOSTON MASSACRE
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Who: British Troops
What: deaths of five civilians. Where: Yankees-Red Sox rivalry Significance: Events such as the Tea Act and ensuring the Boston Tea Party were examples of the crumbling relationship between Britain and the colonies. |
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18.Intolerable (coercive) Acts 1774
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Who: British Parliament
What: Parliamentary authority that began by the Stamp Act 1765 Where: Britain colonies in North America Significance: Response to Boston Tea Party, |
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19. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775
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Who: Thirteen colonies
What: raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties. Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Significance: Soon leading into the Declaration of Independence |
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20. NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Who: Congress of Confederation.
What: creation of organized territory Where: Untied States Significance: Soon banning slavery in the territory had the effect of establishing the Ohio River ad the boundary between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mts. and the Mississippi River. |
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21. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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Who: Continental Congress, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson
What: Independent from Great Britain, outbreak to American Revolutionary War. Where: Washington D.C. Significance: Justified the independence of the U.S, stating human rights. |
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23. SHAYS REBELLION
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Who: Farmers angered by what they felt to be crushing debt and taxes.
What: Failure to repay such debts often resulted in imprisonment in debtor's prisons or the claiming of property by the Country. Where: Central and Western Massachusetts Significance: Finical crisis, demanded payment in gold and silver. |
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24. IMPLIED POWERS(ELASTIC CLAUSE
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Who: The Air Force as an implied power because the constitution did not give the power of the Air Force to the federal government.
Where: Maryland What: Elastic Clause in Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Significance: political idea expressed in some of the European Union decisions. |
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25. GREAT COMPROMISE
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Who: House of Representatives.
What: Agreement between large and small states reached during Philadelphia Convention of 1787, in part determining the legistalative structure and representation that each state would have under the U.S. Constitution. Where: Connecticut. Significance: This proposal was known as the Virginia Plan, relation to Articles of Confederation. |
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JAMESTOWN
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Who: Founded by London Company – later known as Virginia Company, May 14,1607
What: Offered a strategic position against other Europeans Where: Virginia Significance: Known to be first permanent English settlement |
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BACON'S REBELLION
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Who: Led by Nathaniel Bacon
What: A protest against Native American raids on the frontier as well as policies of favoritism shown by the Royal Governor of Virginia, William Berkeley. Where: Virginia colony Significance: One time poor whites and poor blacks united in a cause |
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MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY
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Who: Chartered by English crown
What: A joint stock trading company chartered by the English crown in 1629 to colonize a vast area in New England Where: Massachusetts Significance: John Winthrop turned it into a religious commonwealth for Puritans, not governed by England, not controlled by stockholders |
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ROGER WILLIAMS
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Who: An English Theologian
What: In 1644, received a charter to create colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Where: Born in Church of England, around 1603 Significance: Credited for originating either first or second Baptist church established in America |
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ANNE HUTCHINSON
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Who: a pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Netherlands
What: Held Bible studies, went beyond, proclaimed her own theological interpretations of sermons Where: In America Significance: Key figure in study of the development of religious freedom in England's American colonies and the history of women in ministry. |
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DECLARATORY ACT
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Who: British
What: Act of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1766 to regulate colonies behaviors When: 1766 Where: American colonies Significance: Stated that Parliament had rights to make laws in the colonies in all matters |
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QUARTERING ACT
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Who: British
What: Two acts of Great Britain that regulates the colonists to provide help to the British soldiers stationed in the colonies When: 1st Act 1765, 2nd Act June 2, 1774 Where: American Colonies Significance: Acts that had to be renewed annually by Parliament |
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TOWNSHEND ACT
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Who: Parliament of Great Britain
What: Five laws in one Act When: 1767 Where: British Colonies in America Significance: Series of Acts passed in 1767 |
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TEA ACT
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Who: Parliament of Great Britain
What: needed to increase deposits When: passed on May 10, 1773 Where: Colonies Significance:Further angered the colonists, lead to the Boston Tea Party |
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BOSTON TEA PARTY
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Who: Sons of Liberty started it
What: They threw tea in the Boston Harbor When: December 16, 1773 Where: Boston, Massachusetts Significance: The act was a key event in the growth of the Revolution Edit COERCIVE ACTS Who: British Parliament What: Laws passed by British Parliament When: 1774 Where: Britain's colonies in North America Significance:First Continental Congress came out as a result to protests the Acts |
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COERCIVE ACTS
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Who: British Parliament
What: Laws passed by British Parliament When: 1774 Where: Britain's colonies in North America Significance:First Continental Congress came out as a result to protests the Acts |
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MUTINY ACT
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Who: Parliament
What: For governing the British army, military law, law governing armed forces When: originally passed in 1689 Where: Britain Significance:Abuse of the crown's prerogative caused Parliament to pass the Petition of Right in 1627 |
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SAMUEL ADAMS
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Who: a statesman, political philosopher, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
What: Leader of the movement, the American Revolution When: Born in September 27/16, 1722- Died October 2, 1803 Where: In American Colonies Significance: Led the colonists to independence |
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King William’s War
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Who: England, France, American Indian allies
What:first of French and Indian Wars When:1689–97 Where: colonies of Canada, Acadia, and New England Significance:Led to the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, ended the war between the 2 colonial powers |
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Queen Anne’s War
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Who:France and England
What:second series of four French and Indian Wars When:1702-13 Where:North America Significance:Britain gains Acadia(named Nova Scotia), island of Newfoundland, Hudson Bay region, and Caribbean islan of St. Kitts.France was required to recognize British suzerainty over the Iroquios, and commerce with the far Indians would be open to all nations. The French did not comply with the commerce provision, however, as they attempted to prevent British trade with the far Indians and erected Fort Niagra in Iroquois territory |
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Peace of Utrecht
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Who:Louis XIV(FRANCE) and Philip V(SPAIN)
What:a series of individual peace treaties When: Where: signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht in March and April 1713 Significance: Helped end War of the Spanish Succession, France and Great Britain negotiation quickened, main treaties finally signed on April11, 1713 |
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War of Jenkin’s Ear
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Who: Great Britain and Spain
What:A war between Britain and Spain When: Where:Europe Significance:war merged into the larger War of the Austrian Succession, involving most powers in Europe |
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Paxton Boys
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Who: a vigilante group of colonists
What:Murdered at least 20 Native Americans When: Where:from central Pennsylvania Significance:Paxton Boys revealed tensions between the established societies of the Atlantic coast and the western frontier of white settlement |
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Grenville’s Program
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Who:George Grenville
What:a 4 part act(s) to let the colonies know who's in charge When: Where:Colonies Significance: really angered the colonists |
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Patrick Henry
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Who:Patrick Henry
What:Served as the first post-colonial Governor of Virginia When: Where:Virginia Significance:known and remembered for his speech "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!", one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, most influential,radical,advocates of American Revolution and republicanism, and defense of historic rights |
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SONS OF LIBERTY
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Who:Sons of Liberty
What:a secret organization of American patriots which originated in the 13 Colonies during the American Revolution When: Where: America Significance:Patriots attacked symbols of British authority and power |
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Daughters of Liberty
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Who:Daughters of Liberty
What:a successful colonial American group that consisted of women who displayed patriotism by participating in boycotts of British goods When: Where:America Significance:Daughters of Liberty continued to support American resistance while Patriots supported non-important movements, they helped influence a decision made by Continental Congress to boycott all British goods, help end Stamp Act |
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Crispus Attucks
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Who:important inspirational figure in American history
What:one of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre When: Where:Boston, Massachusetts Significance:an example of a black American who played a heroic role in the history of the United States, his story holds special significance for many Native Americans, since he may also have had Wampanoag ancestors |
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John Adams
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Who:American politician and 2nd president the the United States (most influential of the founding fathers)
What:was the second president of the US, and made peaceful resolutions with France When: Where:Massachusetts Significance:Persuaded Congress to make the Declaration of Independence |
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Carolina Regulators
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Who:uprisers from the War of the Regulators
What:took up arms against corrupt colonial officials When: Where:America Significance:they wanted to form an honest government and reduce taxation |
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Battle of the Alamance
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Who:Governor William Tryon
What:Ended the War of Regulation When: Where:present-day Burlington, North Carolina Significance:Opening of the American Revolution |
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FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1774
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Who:Nathaniel Folsom, John Sullivan, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Cushing, Robert Treat Paine, Stephen Hopkins, Samuel Ward, Silas Deane, Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, James Duane, John Jay, Philip Livingston, Isaac Low, Simon Boerum, John Haring, Henry Wisner, William Floyd, John Alsop, Stephen Crane, John De Hart, James Kinsey, William Livingston, Richard Smith, Edward Biddle, John Dickinson, Joseph Galloway, Charles Humphreys, Thomas Mifflin, John Morton, Samuel Rhoads, George Ross, Thomas McKean, George Read Delaware, Caesar Rodney, Samuel Chase, Robert Goldsborough, Thomas Johnson, William Paca, Matthew Tilghman, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, Edmund Pendleton, Peyton Randolph, George Washington, Richard Caswell, Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, Christopher Gadsden , Thomas Lynch, Jr., Henry Middleton, Edward Rutledge, John Rutledge
What:a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774 When: Where:Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Significance:it made a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods beginning on 1 December 1774, and it provided for a Second Continental Congress to meet on 10 May 1775 |
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Suffolk Resolves
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Who:leaders of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What:a declaration made on September 9, 1774 When: Where:Suffolk County, Massachusetts Significance:a major development in colonial animosity leading to adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence |
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Galloway Plan
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Who:Joseph Galloway
What:the creation of an American Colonial Parliament to act together with the Parliament of Great Britain When: Where:First Continental Congress Significance:it was not accepted by Congress |
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LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, APRIL 19, 1775
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Who:Militia and British troops
What:militia fought British off Lexington and Concord When: Where:Lexington and Concord Significance:American Revolutionary War had begun |
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Paul Revere, William Dawes
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Who:Revere(famous silversmith), Dawes(Revere's accomplice in the famous ride
What:Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode together, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Warren, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock about the approaching British. When: Where:America Significance: Due to these men that our militia was ready for the British troops, when they marched into Lexington and on to Concord. |
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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Who:convention of delegates from the 13 Colonies
What:Second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved slowly towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. When: Where:America Significance:With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the Congress became known as the Congress of the Confederation. |
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Slavery clause in the Declaration of Independence
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Who:Writer of the Declaration of Independence
What:writers wanted all the southern states to support Declaration of Independence When: Where:America Significance:If they included that section, America might not even be a country right now, because only the north would have agreed to sign. |
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Somerset Case (in Great Britain)
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Who:James Somersett
What:a famous judgement of the English Court of King's Bench in 1772 When: Where:England Significance:While Somersett's case provided a significant boon to the abolitionist movement, and effectively ended the holding of slaves within England itself, serfdom having died out there centuries before, it did not end British participation in the slave trade or slavery in other parts of the British Empire. |
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Quock Walker case- Mass
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Who:Quock Wlaker
What:American slave who sued for and won his freedomin 1780 When: Where:Massachusetts Significance:The case is credited with abolishing slavery although the 1780 constitution was never amended to prohibit it. |
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Benedict Arnold
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Who:a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but switched sides to the British Empire
What:He betrayed Americans fearing that they would lose, went to help the British with lots of information about the American resistance When: Where:America Significance:Was a good general on both sides |
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Continental Army
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Who:an army formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War
What:The army was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in their struggle against the rule of Great Britain When: Where:America Significance:after Treaty of Paris ended the war they disbanded, remaining units possibly formed the nucleus of what was to become the United States Army. |
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War
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Who:Indigenous peoples of North America
What:Were either a bother or helped out sides When: Where:North America Significance:Helped on all sides, used for alliance |
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Black Americans in the Revolutionary War
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What:Many sided with the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary
When: Where:America Significance:They had fought side by side with their white counterparts at the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, Colonel Tye was perhaps the best-known of the Loyalist black soldiers |
