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22 Cards in this Set
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Jonathan Edwards |
Congregationalist |
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George Whitefield |
Methodist |
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Boston |
Largest town in 1690 |
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Philadelphia |
Largest town in 1795 |
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Salutary Neglect |
England was way to busy with affairs in Europe to pay attention to colonies |
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French and Indian War |
What war began in colonies? |
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Lexington and Concord |
Beginning of American Revolution in 1775 |
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Olive Branch Petition |
Last attempt to make agreement with Great Britain so a war wouldn't break out |
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Thomas Paine |
Wrote "Common Sense" |
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Benedict Arnold |
Led Americans to victory on Lake Chaplain |
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Battle of Saratoga |
Turning point of American Revolution |
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Valley Forge |
Winter encampment....very cold and very little food....lots of people died or deserted |
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Kaskaskia and Vincennes |
Battles won by George Rogers Clark |
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George Rogers Clark |
Won the battles of Kaskaskia and Vincennes |
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Nathaniel Greene |
Defeated British in King's Mt. |
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Land Ordinance of 1785 |
Divided Mississippi River and Ohio River into 7 ranges |
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
Divided the 7 ranges into 5 states |
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Edmond Randolph |
The first Attorney General |
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Henry Knox |
The first Secretary of War |
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Pinckney Treaty (San Lorenzo) |
Divided southern border between US and Spain at the 31st parallel |
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Aaron Burr |
Tied in presidential election with Jefferson |
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Barbary Wars |
When US ships would trade in Mediterranean Sea they would get attacked by pirates for bribes so the US sent their Navy to attack |
