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32 Cards in this Set
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Common Sense
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It was written by Thomas Paine and addressed to the American colonists in order to turn the anger of Americans away from the specific parliamentary measures they were resisting.
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Declaration of Independence
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It was written by Thomas Jefferson in order to state the reasons why the colonists wanted to be independent from Great Britain. Here he explained all the fault that the mother country committed towards the colonies.
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Thomas Jefferson
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He was a political figure, a founding father of the United States, a states man, and also the writer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also became the third president of the United States.
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George Mason
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He was an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He was also known as the Father of the Bill of Rights and also a Founding Father of the United States.
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Continental Congress
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It was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations.
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Article of Confederation
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It was the first laws to rule over the colonist set up by the continental congress.
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George Washington
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He was the commander in chief of the continental army during the revolutionary war and also served two terms as the first president of the United States. He was also known as Father of his country.
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Bunker Hill
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The patriots engaged in the battle with the British. The patriots suffered several casualties while the British suffered their heaviest casualties. This battle was on June 17, 1775 and was won by the patriots.
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General Thomas Gage
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He was a British general, best known for his role in the early days of the American War of Independence.
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Hessians
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These soldiers were eighteenth-century German regiments hired through their rulers by the British Empire. Though used in several conflicts, they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War.
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Nathanael Greene
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He was a Quaker and a former blacksmith and also an American general, who live in Rhode Island.
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John Adams
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He was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. He also was elected as the second president of the United State. He was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Nathanael Greene
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He was a Quaker and a former blacksmith and also an American general, who live in Rhode Island.
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John Jay
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He was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, and the first Chief Justice of the United States.
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Treaty of Paris
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This treaty officially ended the war between Great Britain and the Americans. This treaty granted recognition of independence to the colonies and also granted a good amount of land in return.
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John Adams
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He was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. He also was elected as the second president of the United State. He was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Women during war time
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Women did not obtain any new political rights although in New Jersey, they were able to vote if they owned any property. Women served in the military by cooking, laundering, and by nursing the wounded solders. A few women dressed like men and fought in the war. Many more women stayed home and managed families, households, farms, and businesses on their own. The Daughters of liberty help encourage people to boycott British cloth and created their own cloth
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Abigail Adams
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Abigail Adams was one of the era’s shrewdest political commentators, but she had no public role.
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John Jay
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He was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, and the first Chief Justice of the United States.
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Ordinance of 1784
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This called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into separate states. However, it did not define the mechanism by which the land would become states, or how the territories would be governed or settled before they became states.
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Treaty of Paris
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This treaty officially ended the war between Great Britain and the Americans. This treaty granted recognition of independence to the colonies and also granted a good amount of land in return.
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Women during war time
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Women did not obtain any new political rights although in New Jersey, they were able to vote if they owned any property. Women served in the military by cooking, laundering, and by nursing the wounded solders. A few women dressed like men and fought in the war. Many more women stayed home and managed families, households, farms, and businesses on their own. The Daughters of liberty help encourage people to boycott British cloth and created their own cloth
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Northwest Ordinance
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It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
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Abigail Adams
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Abigail Adams was one of the era’s shrewdest political commentators, but she had no public role.
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Ordinance of 1784
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This called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into separate states. However, it did not define the mechanism by which the land would become states, or how the territories would be governed or settled before they became states.
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Shay's Rebellion
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It was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. The rebellion is named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolution who led the rebels, known as "Shaysites" or "Regulators". Most of Shays' compatriots were poor farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes. Failure to repay such debts often resulted in imprisonment in debtor's prisons or the claiming of property by the government.
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Northwest Ordinance
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It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
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Shay's Rebellion
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It was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. The rebellion is named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolution who led the rebels, known as "Shaysites" or "Regulators". Most of Shays' compatriots were poor farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes. Failure to repay such debts often resulted in imprisonment in debtor's prisons or the claiming of property by the government.
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Olive Tree Petition
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It was adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. The petition was rejected, and in August 1775 the colonies were formally declared in rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion.[1
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Prohibitory Act
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It was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in her American colonies, which became known as the American Revolutionary War. It declared and provided for a naval blockade against American ports.
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Lord Cornwallis
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In the United States and United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence. His 1781 surrender to a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. He also served as civil and military governor in Ireland and India; in both places he enacted significant changes, including the Act of Union in Ireland and the Permanent Settlement in India.
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Civic Virtue
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It is the cultivation of habits of personal living that are claimed to be important for the success of the community. The identification of the character traits that constitute civic virtue have been a major concern of political philosophy.
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