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| 1452081151 | American Patriots | American patriot group fiercely loyal to America, as they should be | 1 | |
| 1452081152 | Articles of Confederation | 1777, did little more than confirm the weak, decentralized system already in place, made Continental Congress chief coordinating agency of the war effort | 2 | |
| 1452081153 | Benedict Arnold | commander of a small military force, fought against Quebec. Co-commanded w/ Montgomery; he betrayed the American cause b/c he thought they wouldn't win | 3 | |
| 1452081154 | Common Sense | a political pamphlet published in January 1776, "galvanized many Americans," written by Thomas Paine, turned attentions away from specific parliamentary measures to the English constitution itself | 4 | |
| 1452081155 | Daniel Shays | former captain of the Continental Army, rallied riots b/c of postwar depression; demanded paper money, tax relief, moratorium on debts, relocation of state capital from Boston to something more inland, abolition of imprisonment for debts; tried to march to Springfield to get weapons, but failed | 5 | |
| 1452081156 | George Washington | commander in chief of the Continental army, from VA, lost at Ft. Necessity but was one of the few supportive of independence w/ military experience. He's literally the most famous person in history. | 6 | |
| 1452081157 | Hessians | German mercenaries the British used to fight the Americans, recruited alongside Natives and slaves | 7 | |
| 1452081158 | John Burgoyne | young British officer, planned a 2-prong attack along Mohawk and Hudson without Howe; a group of his sent to look for supplies was surrounded; he surrendered w/ 5000 men left | 8 | |
| 1452081159 | John Locke | provided philosophical base of revolution, claiming that govts. are formed to protect the rights of liberty, life, and property | 9 | |
| 1452081160 | Joseph & Mary Brant | Mohawk brother & sister, tried to expand the Natives' role in the war, they convinced their tribe (along with the Seneca and Cayuga) to assist the British | 10 | |
| 1452081161 | Lord Cornwallis | British commander, his defeat marked the end of the war; captured at Yorktown | 11 | |
| 1452081162 | Loyalist (Tories) | ppl that supported the British crown, they were harassed; 1/3 of Americans belonged to this group | 12 | |
| 1452081163 | Nathanael Greene | commanded southern forces, took over from Horatio Gates, forced Cornwallis to retreat from SC in 1781. | 13 | |
| 1452081164 | Olive Branch Petition | a declaration approved by the Second Continental Congress, sent to the British to beg for help, but rejected by British by the Prohibitory Act | 14 | |
| 1452081165 | Prohibitory Act | British govt. rejecting the Olive Branch Petition, closed colonies to all overseas trade and no concessions to American demands except an offer to pardon repentant rebels, enforced with a naval blockade | 15 | |
| 1452081166 | Saratoga | where Burgoyne surrendered in 1777, turning point in the war | 16 | |
| 1452081167 | Second Continental Congress | assembly that deliberated on official politics, consisting of all colonies except GA; passed the Olive Branch Petition, then Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms; openly challenged Navigation Acts; approved Declaration of Independence July 4. | 17 | |
| 1452081168 | Thomas Jefferson | Delegate from VA, wrote most of the Declaration of Independence with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, wrote Statute of Religious Liberty | 18 | |
| 1452081169 | Thomas Paine | wrote "Common Sense," Emigrated to America from England, a failed merchant, but brilliant propagandist | 19 | |
| 1452081170 | Valley Forge | military camp for Washington & the Continental Congress during the winter of 1777, located near Philadelphia | 20 | |
| 1452081171 | William Howe | British commander of the naval forces, not particularly hostile to Americans, hoped to intimidate them out of war and that most would show their loyalty to the king if given the chance; he was supposed to push north, but abandoned it & attacked Philly; some thought he had sympathies for the Americans since he threw away an easy win for Britain; replaced by Sir Henry Clinton | 21 | |
| 1452081172 | Yorktown | where Washington, Lafayette, Grasse and Rochambeau converged to beat & capture Cornwallis | 22 | |
| 1452081173 | Ordinances of 1784 | divided the western territory into 10 autocratic districts which could later petition for statehood | 23 | |
| 1452081174 | Ordinances of 1785 | Congress created system for surveying/selling western lands; anything north of the Ohio River would be split into rectangular towns, establishing the "Grid" system of city planning | 24 | |
| 1452081175 | Statute of Religious Liberty | written by Thomas Jefferson, called for the separation of church and state | 25 | |
| 1452081176 | Battle of Bunker Hill | June 17, 1775, fought on Breed's Hill, Patriots suffered casualties & retreated, but inflicted the most casualties on the British out of the entire war | 26 |
