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23 Cards in this Set
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what was the olive Branch Petition??
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-adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain
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what was the Prohibitory Act?
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-closed colonies to all overseas trade, no concessions to American demands
-passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion |
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what was Common Sense?
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-Common Sense sold 100,000 copies first few months
-Published in 1776 -challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy -plain language that Paine spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. |
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What was the Declaration of Independence??
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-Congress approved Declaration of Independence 2 days later
-Thomas Jefferson wrote most of the Declaration -with the help of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams -document had 2 parts: -restated the familiar contract theory of John Locke formed to protect the rights of life -listed the alleged crimes of the King |
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who was Thomas Jefferson?
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-Thomas Jefferson wrote most of the Declaration
-was the third President of the United States |
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who was George Mason??
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-was an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention
-"Father of the Bill of Rights." -The Bill was influenced by George Mason's 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights |
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what was the Continental Congress??
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-convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution
-bodies that met in 1774 and 1775–81 and respectively designated as the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress |
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what was the Article of Confederation??
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-Nov 1777 Congress adopted Articles of Confederation
-first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate -did little confirm the weak decentralized system already in operation |
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who was George Washington??
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-kept faithfully to his task despite difficulties
-great war leader -dominant military and political leader of the new United States (1775–1797) -leading the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War -commander in chief of the Continental Army |
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what happened in Bunker Hill??
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-important colonial victories in the U.S. War
-battle made both sides realize that this was not going to be a matter decided on by one quick and decisive battle -Battle of Bunker Hill started when the colonists learned about the British plan to occupy Dorchester Heights -thought of this as the last straw, and they had to protect their land and freedom |
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who was General Thomas Gage???
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-British general who successfully commanded all British forces in North America for more than 10 years (1763–74)
-but failed to stem the tide of rebellion as military governor of Massachusetts (1774–75) at the outbreak of the American Revolution |
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who were the Hessian??
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-German mercenaries
-British settled down for the winter in part of New Jersey -outpost of Hessians at Trenton -Washington on Christmas night 1776 recrossed and surprised and scattered the Hessians |
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who was Lord Cornwallis???
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-British Army officer and colonial administrator
-responsible for the entire British campaign in the South -American and French troops had cornered the British forces. Cornwallis's forces had to surrender -British surrender at Yorktown led to the end of the Revolutionary War |
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who was Nathanael Greene??
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-Quaker and former blacksmith from Rhode Island
-combined forces and maneuvered meet British at North Carolina;Guilford Court House |
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who was John Adams???
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-was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist
-delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress -played a leading role in persuading Congress to declare independence -assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776 -major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain |
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who was John Jay???
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- American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States
-President of the Continental Congress from 1778 -Governor of New York State |
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What was the Treaty of Paris 1783??
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-signed preliminary treaty with Great Britain Nov. 30 178
-the nine articles that embodied the treaty -established U.S. boundaries -specified certain fishing rights -allowed creditors of each country to be paid by citizens of the other -restored the rights and property of Loyalists, opened up the Mississippi River to citizens of both nations -provided for evacuation of all British forces. |
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How were women during war time?
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-Many cities developed significant populations of impoverished women
-lead protests against increase -many women looted for food -women launched attacks on British troops -Numbers of women became active in combat -Unmarried women had legal rights but married women had no rights at all |
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who was Abigail Adams??
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-advocated and modeled an expanded role for women in public affairs during the formative days of the United States
-wanted new protection against abusive and tyrannical men -providing information on everyday life and insight into the activities in the corridors of power during her time |
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what was 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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what was the Ordinance of 1784???
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-proposal by thomas Jefferson
-divided the western territory into 10 self-governing disticts -each of which could petition Congress for statehood when pop. = the # of free inhabittants |
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what was Northwest Ordinance??
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-abandoned the 10 districts established in the 1784 and created a single Northwest Territory out of the lands north of the Ohio
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what was Shay's Rebellion???
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-armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts (mainly Springfield) from 1786 to 1787
-rebellion is named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolution who led the rebels, known or "Regulators" -Most of Shays' compatriots were poor farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes -Failure to repay such debts often resulted in imprisonment in debtor's prisons or the claiming of property by the government. |
