Chapter 5 Key Terms

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OLIVE BRANCH PETITION

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Adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a war with Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty and entreated the king to prevent further conflict.

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PROHIBITORY ACT

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Was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the rebellion in the American colonies. It declared and provided for a naval blockade against American ports.

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COMMON SENSE

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Published anonymously and presented a powerful argument for independence from British rule.

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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A document adopted by the Continental Congress that announced that the thirteen American colonies were now independent states.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON

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The principle author of the Declaration of Independence and one of the most influential Founding Fathers.

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GEORGE MASON

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An American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Called the "Father of the Bill of Rights".

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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

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A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.

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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

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The first constitution of the United States. Specified how the national government as to operate.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America. Commander in chief of the Continental Army.

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BUNKER HILL

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During the Siege of Boston, an early battle in the American Revolutionary War and resulted in a loss for colonial troops.

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GENERAL THOMAS CAGE

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A British general, best known for his role in the early days of the war. Failed to resolve the Siege of Boston.

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HESSIANS

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Soldiers for hire. Eighteenth-century German regiments hired through their rulers by the British Empire.

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LORD CORNWALLIS

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One of the leading British Generals, surrendered to a combined American -French force at the Siege of Yorktown.

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NATHANAEL GREENE

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A major general of the Continental Army.

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JOHN ADAMS

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A conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. Assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence.

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JOHN JAY

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Founding Father of the United States and the first Chief Justice of the United States. Served as President of the Continental Congress.

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TREATY OF PARIS 1783

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Formally ended the American Revolutionary War.

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WOMEN DURING WAR TIME

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Women participated in the Homespun Movement and other boycotts. Daughters of Liberty was a women's political activists group. The new ideals of the Revolutionary War did little to improve women's standing in society.

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ABIGAIL ADAMS

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Wife of John Adams, remembered for the letters she wrote to her husband that were filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics.

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CIVIC VIRTUE

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The cultivation of specific political beliefs, interests, and habits among their citizens.

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ORDINANCE OF 1784

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Called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into separate states.

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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

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An act of the Congress of the Confederation and created the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory. It established the precedent by which the United States would expand westward; by the admission of new states.

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SHAYS' REBELLION

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An armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays. Most of the rebels were poor farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes.