Chapter 5 Key Terms

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Olive Branch Petition

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Adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in order to avoid going to war with Britain. The petition affirmed the Americans loyalty to Great Britain. However, it was rejected and in August 1775 the colonies declared a rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion

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Prohibitory Act

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passed in 1775 as a form of retaliation by Great Britain against the American colonies. It became known as the American Revolutionary War.

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Common Sense

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a term that refers to what the common people would agree on

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Declaration of Independence

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A document approved on July 4, 1776, written by Thomas Jefferson in order to for the colonies to become a new nation and break away from the tyranny of King George III. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson and other men of the Continental Congress

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Thomas Jefferson

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Founding Father and the 3rd president of the United States, & the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. He was also party of the Republican party.

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George Mason

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An American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.Is considered to be one of the Founding Fathers because he helped create the Bill of Rights.Author of the first ten amendments

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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 U.S. Met between 1777-1789

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Articles of Confederation

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the first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate.The Articles were created by the representatives of the states in the Second Continental Congress out of a perceived need to have "a plan of confederacy for securing the freedom, sovereignty, and independence of the United States."

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George Washington

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The first president of the United States. A military and political leader. He presided over the writing f the Constitution .

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Bunker Hill

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took place on June 17,1775. mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill."

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General Thomas Gage

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A British general in the early American Revolution

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Hessians

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They were 18th century German regiments hired through heir 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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Lord Cornwallis

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remembered fro being one of the leading British generals in the American War for Independence

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Nathanael Greene

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A major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War

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John Adams

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an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. He helped fight for independence and he was also the Second President of the United States and he was a Federalist.

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George Mason

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An American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.Is considered to be one of the Founding Fathers because he helped create the Bill of Rights.Author of the first ten amendments

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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 U.S. Met between 1777-1789

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Articles of Confederation

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the first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate.The Articles were created by the representatives of the states in the Second Continental Congress out of a perceived need to have "a plan of confederacy for securing the freedom, sovereignty, and independence of the United States."

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George Washington

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The first president of the United States. A military and political leader. He presided over the writing f the Constitution .

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Bunker Hill

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took place on June 17,1775. mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill."

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George Mason

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An American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.Is considered to be one of the Founding Fathers because he helped create the Bill of Rights.Author of the first ten amendments

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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 U.S. Met between 1777-1789

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Articles of Confederation

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the first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate.The Articles were created by the representatives of the states in the Second Continental Congress out of a perceived need to have "a plan of confederacy for securing the freedom, sovereignty, and independence of the United States."

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George Washington

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The first president of the United States. A military and political leader. He presided over the writing f the Constitution .

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Bunker Hill

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took place on June 17,1775. mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill."

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General Thomas Gage

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A British general in the early American Revolution

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Hessians

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They were 18th century German regiments hired through heir 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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Lord Cornwallis

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remembered fro being one of the leading British generals in the American War for Independence

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Nathanael Greene

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A major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War

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John Adams

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an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. He helped fight for independence and he was also the Second President of the United States and he was a Federalist.

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John Jay

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American politican, Founding Father of the United States. and president of the Continental Congress from 1778-1779

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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signed on September 3,1783. ratified by the Continental Congress .It formally ended the American Revolution

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Women during war time

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Abigail Adams

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was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth. She was the first Second Lady of the United States, and the second First Lady of the United States.

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civic virtue

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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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Ordinance of 1784

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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. The Land Ordinance of 1785, along with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, were intended to address these political needs.

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Northwest Ordinance

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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. On August 7, 1789, the U.S. Congress affirmed the Ordinance with slight modifications under the Constitution.

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Shay's Rebellion

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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.