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11 Cards in this Set
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Second Continental Congress |
A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies started soon after the ARW |
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Olive Branch Petition |
American loyalty to the crown and begging the king to prevent further hostilities |
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Thomas Paine |
The author of "common sense" a political activist |
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Loyalists |
American colonists who remained loyal to the British crown during the ARW |
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Saratoga |
-Captured 5700 soldiers -turning point of the revolution -america defeated Great Britian, France decided they knew what they were doing. France enters war |
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Benedict Arnold |
A general during the ARW who originally fought for the American continental army but defected to the British army |
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George Rogers Clark |
Soldier from VA and highest ranking American military officer in NW frontier during the ARW |
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Yorktown |
A place in VA that had a big part in the final curtain of the ARW |
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John Locke |
"Natural Rights": life, liberty, and property -social contract, agreement between ppl and gov't. |
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Treaty of Paris (1783) |
Signed in Paris by King George the 3rd of great britian and representative of U.S. that ended ARW |
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Republic |
Supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives |
