Chapter 7 Social Studies

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first continental congress

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meeting of colonial delegates in philadelphia to decide how to respond to increased taxes and abuses of authority by the british government; delegates petitioned king george 3, listing the freedoms they believed were theirs

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minuteman

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american colonial militia members who were supposed to be ready to fight at a minutes notice

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redcoats

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british soldiers who fought against the colonists in the american revolution; so called because of their bright red uniforms

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second continental congress

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meeting of colonial delegates in philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at lexington and concord

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continental army

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army created by the second continental congress in 1775 to defend the american colonies from britain

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george washington

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virginian who commanded the continental army

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olive branch petition

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peace request sent by the second continental congress to britain's king george the 3 who rejected it

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siege

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military blockade of a city or fort

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battle of bunker hill

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revolutionary war battle in boston that demonstrated taht the colonists could fight well against british army

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common sense

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pamphlet written by thomas paine that criticized monarchies adn convinced many american colonists of the meed to break away from britain

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thomas paine

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common person who wrote common sense

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thomas jefferson

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main author of the declaration of independence

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declaration of independence

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statement of the second continental congress that defined the colonists rights outlined their complaints against great britain and declared tha colonies independence

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unalienable rights

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basic human rights such as life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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abigail adams

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wife of john adams who worried about the tights of women

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loyalists

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colonists who sided with britain in the american revolution

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patriots

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american colonists who fought for independence from great britain during the revolutionary war

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mercenaries

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hired foreign soldiers

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lord dumnore's proclamation

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statement issued by virginia's royal governor promising freedom to any slave who fought for the british in the american revolution

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thayendanegea

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ally of great britain who persuaded many of the iroquois to support the british

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molly pitcher

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a woman who desguised herself as a man to fight in the war

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william howe

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british general who drove the continental army off long island

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salem poor

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african american who fought in battles with americans

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deb sampson

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desguised herself as a man to fight in the war

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john burgoyne

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british general who led the effort ot try and take back fort ticonderoga. he recaptured the fort. then met at the battle of brandywine creed then at the battle of saratoga they were defeated

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battle of saratoga

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revolutinary war battle in new york that resulted in a major defeat of british troops:marked the patriots greatest vectory up to that point in the war

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john paul jones

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one of the most successful american captains who joined the navy and captured many british supply ships

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guerilla warfare

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type of fightning in which soldiers use swift hit and run attacks against the enemy, usually behind the battle limes

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francis marion

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good at guerilla warfare who organized marion's brigade. the british could not catch marion and his men

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battle of yorktown

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1781 last major battle of the revolutionary war; site of the british general charle cornwall's surrnder ot the patriots of verginia

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treaty of paris 1783

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peace agreement that oficially ended the revolutionary war and estableshed british recognition of the us