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23 Cards in this Set
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Olive branch Petition
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What: it was a petition to avoid war with Britain
When:July 1775 Significance: |
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Prohibitory Act
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Common sense
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Declaration of Independance
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What:is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress
When:July 4, 1776 Significance:declared independance on Britain |
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Thomas jeferson
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Who: was the third President of the United States
When:April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826 Significance: the principal author of the Declaration of Independence |
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George Mason
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Who:was an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia
When:December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792 Significance:he is considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States |
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Continental Congress
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What:was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies
When:1774 Significance:The Confederation Congress helped guide the United States through the final stages of the war |
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Articles of Confederation
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What: first constitution of the United States
When:November 1777 Significance: guided the colonist after the American Revolution |
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George Washington
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Who:was one of the founding fathers
When:February 22, 1732 December 14, 1799 Significance:First President of the United States |
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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General Thomas Gage
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Who:was a british general
When:1720-April 2, 1787 Significance:led the british army in the Revolutionary War |
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Hessians
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Who:German regiment in the service of the British
When:18th centuary Significance: helped out the British |
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Lord Cornwallis
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Who:was a British Army officer and colonial administrator
When:31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805 Significance:He was the leading British generals in the American War of Independence. |
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Nathanael Greene
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Who:was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
When:August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) Significance:helped win the American Revolution |
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John Adams
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Who:was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist
When:October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826 Significance:he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. |
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John Jay
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Who:was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States,
When:December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829 Significance:the first Chief Justice of the United States |
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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What:ended the Revolutionary War between Britain and the U.S.A.
When:January 14 1783 Significance:U.S.A. was now independant |
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Women during war time
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Who:women were called camp followers.
When: during the American Revolutionary war Significance:they aided the troops |
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Abigail Adams
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Who:was the wife of John Adams
When:November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818 Significance:she was a supporter of womens rights |
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Civic Virtue
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Ordinance of 1784
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Northwest Ordinance
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Shay's Rebellion
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What:was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts
When:1786 to 1787 Significance:made the government conscious of what the poor farmers were going through |
