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| Wife of John Adams, question her husband of women's role calling for modest expansion of their rights (protection, happiness,power) |
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| having all politcal power(Louis XVI French King thought of weakening Great Britain by helping the colonies) |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| (1781-1789) written by John Dickinson in 1776, adopted by Congress in 1777; weak central government. Have power to conduct wars, foreign, relations, appropriate/borrow/issue and no power to regulate trade, draft troops, levy direct taxes |
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| (actually fought on Breed's Hill) June 17,1775; American victory with great toss of British casualty [even though MA farmers were driven from their position and inflicted heavy losses themselves] |
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| (October 17, 1777) turning point of the war; British forces under General John Burgoyne marched from Canada to Saratoga(upstate NY) to cut off New England from colonies, surrendered when attacked by American Gen. Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold (battle led to French allies) |
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| (October 17, 1781) last battle; at Yorktown, VA on shores of Chesapeake; GW army and French naval/military forces forced surrender of Gen. Charles Cornwallis British army |
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| (April 18, 1775) beginning of war; British destroyed military supplies in Concord, MA; attacked by 100s of militiamen behind stonewalls in march back to Boston (British suffered humiliation and 250 casualties) |
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| paper money issued by Congress (became worthless due to inflation, scare goods, 95% trade decline) |
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| woman who passed as a man serving as a soldier for 1 year in Revolutionary War |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| adopted July 4, 1776; 5 delegates including Jefferson formed committee to write statement based on resolution of Richard Henry Lee of VA |
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| Declaration of Rights and Grievances |
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| petition to the king urging him to redress(make right) colonial grievances and restore colonial rights, recognized Parliament authority to regulate commerce |
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| Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking up Arms |
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| adopted by Congress to colonies to provide troops (GW commander-in-chief sent to Boston, Benedict Arnold to raid Quebec, navy and marine corps in fall 1775 to attack British shipping) |
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| boycott(against Great Britain) by making military preparation to resist Intolerable Acts |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| (Sept. 1774) convention in Philadelphia where delegates from all colonies except GA determined viewpoints and threat to rights/liberties |
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| (summer/winter 1778-79) captured series of British forts in IL County to gain control of parts if OH vast territory |
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| moderate delegate of VA, commander-in-chief |
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| moderate delegate of PA, wrote Articles of Confederation |
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| conservative delegate of NY |
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| conservative delegate of PA (favored mild statement of protest) |
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| Land of Ordinence of 1785 |
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| public policy estabalished by Congress for western lands for setting aside one section in each township for public education (accomplishment of Art. of Conf.) |
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| (April 18,1775) beginning of war, Gen. Thomas Gage led force from Boston to seize colonial military supplies in Concord(riders Paul Revere and William Dawes were warned at village green; 8 Americans killed) |
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| maintained allegiance to king(20-30% population) majority in NY, NJ, GA (mostly wealthier and more conservative liked government officials/Anglican clergymen) |
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| (Molly Pitcher) took place of her husband at a field of gun in Battle of Monmouth |
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| militia of Lexington that had assembled but had to retreat after British fire, attacked British soldiers when they were returning to Concord |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1784/1785 |
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| based on proposal of Thomas Jefferson, western territory divided into 10 self-governing districts (1785-Congress created system for surveying/selling western lands) |
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| July 1775, delegates voted where they pledged loyalty and asked King George 3 to intercede with Parliament to secure peace and protect colonial rights |
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| delegate of VA demanding for independence from Great Britain |
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| 1/3 colonies, joined actively in struggle against Britain, large #s lived in New England and Virginia |
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| William Dawes and him assembled minutemen in Lexington on April 18, 1775 to protect supplies by facing the British |
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| (1775) King George closed the colonies to all overseas trade and made no concession to American demands except an offer to pardon repentant rebels |
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| radical delegate of MA in Continental Congress(after Battle of Lexington and Concord) |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| delegates met in Philadelphia(May 1775) after the fight in MA [New England delegates wanted independence, Middle Colonies delegates wanted to negotiate new relationship with Great Britain.] |
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| Daniel Shays led formers in MA to rioting for tax relief, demanded paper money, abolition of debt. January 1787, turned out to be a failure |
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| originally in MA, rejected intolerable acts calling for repeal ; resistance by military prep and boycott (the Association urged creation of committees in every town to enforce economic sanctions of it) |
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| wrote Declaration of Independence, formed a committee to write statement supporting Richard Henry Lee's solution |
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| Thomas Paine (Common Sense) |
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| January 1776; immigrant from England, published pamphlet arguing why colonies should be independent |
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| (1783) signed in Paris after Cornwallis defeat in Yorktown; U.S. known as independent nation, Mississippi River was western boundary of nation fishing rights of Americans off Canadian coast; Americans paid debts to British merchants |
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| one house legislative (Articles of Confederation) |
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| assembled the minutemen in Lexington with Paul Revere in April 18, 1775 |
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| Washington's troops suffered severe food shortages in area of PA in winters 1777-78 |
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