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17 Cards in this Set
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John Dickinson
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Hoped for modest reforms that would permit early reconsiliation
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Olive Branch Petition
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Conciliatory
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July 6, 1775
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
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Prohibitory Act
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Closed the colonies to all overseas trade
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All men are created equal
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borrowed from Virginian George Mason
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French Revolution Doccument
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Declaration of Rights of Men
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November 1777
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Articles of Confederation is adopted
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Baron von Stuben
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From Prussia
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Iriquios Confederacy
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Was split. 3 of 6 supported British
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General John Sullivan
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Destroyed tribal settlements
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King's Mountain
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Band of patriot riflemen killed, wounded or captured an entire force of 1100 torries.
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Judith Sargent Murray
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Wrote that women deserved access to education
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Women's lack of rights
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Had no property rights and could not engage in any legal transactions.
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War economy
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Economy began to grow. Cloth was made by Americans.
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Key part of all men are created equal
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There would be no equality of condition, but equality of opportunity
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Statute of Religious Liberty
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Enacted in Verginia in 1786 and separated church and state.
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Northwest Ordinance
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1787 established the a single Northwest Territory
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