Uccp Us History Chapter 5

Front 1

Lexington and Concord

Back 1

sites where the first two battles of the Revolutionary War occurred

Front 2

The Olive Branch Petition

Back 2

Plea by the American colonists to King George III in 1775 that he halt the fighting

Front 3

“Hessians"

Back 3

hired paid German soldiers

Front 4

"Minute Men"

Back 4

American colonists who were soldiers that could be ready to fight in a minute

Front 5

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms

Back 5

acts that declared the colonists had a right to weaponry to protect themselves

Front 6

Valley Forge

Back 6

the place where George Washington and his men wintered

Front 7

Battle of Breeds Hill

Back 7

Revolutionary War battle in 1775 north of Boston

Front 8

Battle of Yorktown

Back 8

Revolutionary War battle in 1781 in Virginia that ended in a decisive American victory

Front 9

Peace of Paris, 1783

Back 9

formally ended the war with the American colonies

Front 10

The Articles of Confederation

Back 10

Plan that established, in 1781, a limited national government in the United States, later replaced by the Constitution of the United States

Front 11

Land Ordinance of 1785

Back 11

Law passed by Congress that allowed for sales of land in the Northwest Territory
and set up standards for land sale that became precedents.

Front 12

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Back 12

Laws passed by Congress that abolished slavery in the new Northwestern colonies and set up rules and regulations

Front 13

The Constitutional Convention

Back 13

convention that met in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft the Constitution of the United States

Front 14

Shay’s Rebellion

Back 14

An uprising against taxes in Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787