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23 Cards in this Set
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Olive Branch Petition
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*An attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain
*Rejected by the British government *Replaced by the more aggressive Proclamation of Rebellion |
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Prohibitory Act
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*Passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain
*Called for a naval blockade of colonial ports *Only further aggravated colonists |
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Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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George Mason
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Continental Congress
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Articles of Confederation
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George Washington
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*Great colonial general
*Led the colonies to victory *Would later become the 1st president of the newly formed USA |
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Bunker Hill
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*British take heavy losses in taking Bunker Hill
*Colonial victory, in a way *Turning point |
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General Thomas Gage
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Hessians
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*German mercenaries
*Employed by British government to fight Colonists *Defeated by colonists during a night raid in Christmas |
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Lord Cornwallis
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Nathanael Greene
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John Adams
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John Jay
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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Women during war time
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Abigail Adams
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Civic Virtue
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Ordinance of 1784
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North West Ordinance
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Shay's Rebellion
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*Revolution of poor farmers against the rich Pennsylvanians
*Led by Daniel Shay *Had the attention of then-retired George Washington |
