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22 Cards in this Set
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Olive Branch Petition
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Adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775, Rejected in August 1775
Affirmed American Loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. |
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Prohibitory Act
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1775
Was retaliation by Great Britain against the rebellion in American colonies, it declared navel blockade against American ports |
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Common Sense
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Declartion of Independence
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1776
written by Thomas Jefferson, was a declartion to Britian stating that America was separating and becoming an independant nation |
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Thomas Jefferson
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April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826
Writter of the Declaration of Independance Founding Father |
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George Mason
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December 11, 1725 - October 7, 1792
Called "Father of the Bill of Rights" one of the Founding Fathers |
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Contimental Congress
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Governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. Meet from 1774-1789
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Articles of Confederation
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George Washington
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Bunker Hill
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Genral Thomas Gage
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Hessians
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Lord Cornwallis
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Nathanael Greene
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John Adams
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John Jay
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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Women during war time
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Abigail Adams
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Civic Virtue
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North West Ordinace
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Shay's Rebellion
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