Chapter 5 Key Words Apush

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Olive Branch Petition

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This was adopted by congress in 1775. This was made to avoid a full blown war with Great Britain. It affirmed that American loyalty to Great Britain but was rejected in August 1775.

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Prohibitory Act

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This was passed as a measure of retaliation to Great Britain. It made a made a blockade against American ports. This was meant for Britain to have a war but under the national laws.

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Common Sense

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This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine. During the American revolution, this was anonymously published and was about how they should be independent from Great Britain.

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Declaration of Independence

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A document written by Thomas Jefferson about how want to be free from Great Britain. He blamed the king for the problems and declared war against Great Britain.

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Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. He was the third president of the US and was one of the most influential founding fathers.

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George Mason

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Called the founding father of the bill of rights. He was against slavery and he convinced the federalists to add the first ten amendments to the constitution 1776.

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Continental Congress

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A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. It became the governing body of the united states. They met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations.

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Articles of confederation

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Was the first constitution in the United States. It specified hoe the government should operate. They began to use this in 1777. It did not specifically relinquish the national government.

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George Washington

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The first president of the united states. Many people respected and looked up to him as an American hero. Was the dominant military and political hero. He helped America gain their independence from the British.

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Bunker Hill

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This battle took place in 1775. This happened during the beginning of the American revolution. It is sometimes called the battle of breed's hill.

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General Thomas Gage

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A general and best known for participating in the American war of independence. He was born in an aristocratic family and entered the military. He served alongside a future opponent George Washington.

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Hessian

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They were 18 century German regiments that were hire by their rulers by the British government. They were only used in several conflicts but helped during the American revolutionary war.

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Lord Cornwallis

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Remembered as one of the leaders in the American revolutionary war. When his father died, he entered a house of lords. He made possible the 1766 Battle of Princeton.

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Nathanael Greene

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A major general in the American revolutionary war. He was assigned to command the city of Boston. He favored the declaration of Independence.

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John Adams

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He was the second president of the united states and one of the founding fathers. He was an American statesman and political theorist. Adams came to the early stages of the Revolutionary war.

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John Jay

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Jay served as the President of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1779. During and after the American Revolution, Jay was a minister to Spain and France.

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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signed on September 3, 1783, by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, the King of Great Britain on April 9, 1784 ended the ARW between Great Britain and USA.

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Women during wartime

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during wartime, women started to help out more with work. they took the place of the men when they were at work and some women worked as nureses to protect the men when they got hurt.

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Abigail

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is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses.

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Civic Virtue

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cultivation of habits of personal living that are claimed to be important for the success of the community.

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Ordinance of 1784

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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

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Northwest Ordinance

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was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the US. It was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the US

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Shay’s Rebellion

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was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts1786 to 1787. The rebellion is named after Daniel Shays