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| First Continental Congress |
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| 1774 Called to protest the Intolerable Acts. All of the colonies but Georgia sent representatives. |
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| Radical faction leader at the First continental Congress. Virginia |
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| Radical faction leader at the First continental Congress. Massachusetts |
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| Radical faction leader at the First continental Congress. Massachusetts |
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| Moderate faction leader at the First Continental Congress. Virginia |
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| Moderate faction leader at the First Continental Congress. Pennsylvania |
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| Conservative faction leader at the First Continental Congress. New York |
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Conservative faction leader at the First Continental Congress. Pennsylvania
Proposed plan similar to Albany Plan |
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| Rejected the Intolerable Acts and called for their immediate repeal. Boycotting and military preparations |
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| Actions that are intended to hurt the economy of another country, such as boycotts. |
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| Declaration of Rights and Grievances |
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| Petition to the king urging him to make right his wrongs. Backed by moderates and recognized Parliament's authority |
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| "The British are coming! The British are co- oops, looks like I got arrested." Warned militia of British march toward Concord |
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| "The British are coming! The British are coming! I didn't get arrested!" Warned militia of British march toward Concord |
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| Militia. 8 died in first battle |
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First battle of the American Revolution. "The shot heard 'round the world." April 1775
Militia retreated |
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| The second battle of the American Revolution. British destroyed military supplies but lost 250 lives on the way back to amateur fighters |
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The first real battle of the American Revolution. The British manage to take Breed's Hill, but take over a thousand casualties. Militia vs British
June 17 1775 |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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1775 Meets in Philadelphia to figure out what in the hell they plan to do now that the fighting has started.
Some wanted independence and some wanted resolved relationships
Adopted Dec. of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms and sent the king an Olive Branch Petition |
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| Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms |
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Declared the causes and necessities for taking up arms. Provide troops
George Washington becomes commander in cheif. Navy and Marines established |
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Petitioned the king to intercede with Parliament to secure peace and colonial rights. Angrily dismissed by the king.
He enacted the Prohibitory Act |
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| 1775 Act declaring the colonies to be in rebellion. |
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| Common Sense; Thomas Paine |
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Made a clear and forceful argument for the colonies becoming independent states and breaking all political ties with the monarchy. He was a recent English immigrant who had radical ideas
Against common sense for a small island to control a large country separated by sea |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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Document declaring the colonies to be independent. Supported Lee's resolution
It listed specific grievances against the king's govt. Had basic principles that justified revolution. We hold these truths... |
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| Wrote the Declaration of Independence. His draft of the Dec. of Ind. was chosen out of 5 |
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| Colonists who actively took part in the struggle against Britain. Approx. 40% of pop. Blacks later joined. Served in militia and normal life |
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| Colonists who maintained their allegiance to the king. Approx. 20-30% of pop. Fought with British, fed and housed soldiers, joined in raiding parties, moved to escape persecution at the end of the war |
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| Severe-winter campsite of Washington's army, 1777-1778. |
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| Worthless paper money issued by Congress during the war. 1770s |
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| Revolutionary commander who captured a series of British forts in the Illinois country to gain control of parts of the Ohio territory. |
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| The turning point of the war. France joined the American side |
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| One person who holds all of a country's political power. |
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| Washington forces the surrender of Cornwallis' army by trapping him against the French navy. Last major battle of the war. On the shores of the Chesapeake Bay |
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1783 Treaty ending the Revolutionary War. Recgonize the US
Fishing rights off canadian coast
Miss. River was western boundary
Americans would pay for property confiscated |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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The first national government under which all of the colonies fell. A failure, due to a near-complete lack of ability to do anything. Drafted by John Dickinson in 1776
Ratified in March 1781
Gave Congress most of power |
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| A legislature of one house. |
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| Divided the western lands into townships with plots of land set aside for education. Policy for surveying and selling land |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| Set the rules for creating new states out of the northwest territory. |
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The Articles of Confederation were unable to suppress it. Broken by the state militia of Massachusetts. Led by Captain Daniel Shays who was a veteran and farmer. 1786. Shut down some debtors courts, and had some uprisings
They were stopped when they were trying to get weapons from the Springfield armory |
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| Mary McCauley (Molly Pitcher) |
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| Took her husband's place in the army during the Revolutionary War. Battle of Monmouth |
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| Posed as a man so that she could serve in the military during the Revolutionary War. Served for one year |
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| Attempted to get her husband John to be more "generous and favorable" in the case of the ladies. Pleaded for better social status |
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