Global-Revolutionary War

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African Americans

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Were slaves

Most fought for British during war.

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Paul Revere

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Silversmith who warned the colonists of the soon to arrive British. (Battle of Lexington and Concord)

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Dr. Benjamin Rush

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Leader in Philadelphia

Proposed idea (which was passed) that all the children of slaves should be freed; women at 21 and men at 28

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Battle of Lexington and Concord

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British were coming to get artillery from Concord.
Small group of colonists protested on the Lexington Green(armed).
Someone fired and was the 1st Battle of the Revolution.
Colonists used guerilla-style tactics.

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What groups were excluded from the phrase in the declaration "all men are created equal"

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Women-were considered inferior

African Americans-were slaves

Native Americans-were considered savages

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Battle of Saratoga

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Turning Point in the Revolutionary War:

British decided to change strategy of trying to separate New England from the other colonies

Convinced French to support the Colonists/Americans

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Benjamin Franklin

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Philadelphia printer and supporter of the Revolutionary War

Was sent to England with the olive branch petition

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Battle of Yorktown

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Last battle of the Revolutionary War.

Large group of British were captured.

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Committees of Correspondence

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Groups across colonies who wrote letters and other things against britain's actions

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Boston Massacre

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One man was taunting a solider.
Several more joined in on the taunting and snowball and rock throwing.
A few soliders came to defend orginal solider.
Someone fired and 5 colonists were killed.

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Thomas Paine

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London writer who moved to philadelphia when he was 37(bad life in England)

Came with a letter from Ben Franklin (For acknowledgement)

Wrote Common Sense

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Boston Tea Party

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A protest to the tea act (in order to save the failing east india tea company, parliment put a tax on tea and reqired colonists only to buy their tea).
The sons of liberty dressed up as native americans and dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor

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Thomas Jefferson

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Virginia Plantation Owner.

Was a member of the House of Burgess

Was a delegate at the 2nd Continental Congress

Wrote the Declaration. (With much help from John Locke)

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Stamp Act

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Tax on all paper goods.(letters, newspapers)

There was a seal to show that the tax had been paid.

First internal tax

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External Taxes

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Taxes on goods coming into the colonies.
Most Colonists were against this mercantilist idea.

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John Locke

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Enlightenment Thinker whose ideas were greatly used in the Declaration. Wrote "Two Treastie of Government"

In the 2nd Treastie, said that all people had a right to natural rights (life liberty etc.). Governments were instituted to protect people's natural rights and if the were not, it was the peopel's duty to overthrow the government.

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Spanish Missions

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Spanish set up missions to convert Native Americans to Christianity, then made them work.

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Why were colonists so mad at being taxed?

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Because they had never been taxed before.(During the English Civil War, little attention was paid to the colonists:BENIGN NEGLECT)

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Common Sense

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Pamphlet which stated that the colonists deserved freedom from england and should rebel without attemp to compromise.
Says America will become important if suceeds

Written by Thomas Paine

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Conquistadors

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Spanish explorers who then conquered the lands they had explored.

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Sons of Liberty

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Groups who protested british acts

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Internal Taxes

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Taxes on goods from within the colonies

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No Taxation without Representation

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Idea thatthe colonists/ones being taxed should have a say in the making of these taxes

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Why was George Washington chosen to be the leader of the Continental Army?

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1: He was a good solider during the French and Indian War.

2: He was Virginian which would show that all the colonies were in favor of independence, not just Mass.

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Proclamation of 1763

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Did not allow the colonists to expand westward past the Appalacian Mountains.

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Lord Dunmore

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Went around telling slaves they would win their freedom if they fought for the british.

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State Constitutions

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During the Revolutionary War all the colonies developed state constitutions.

Virginia used their current set-up but added a bill of rights.
Was considered a conservative state constitution.

Pennsylvania was considered to have a liberal constitution.
The only had one legislative house(unicameral) and no governor.

Massachusetts had a very liberal state constitution.
They had the constitution ratified by the people, not those who were going to be the legislative body.