5115292201 | Olive Branch Petiton | peace petiton sent to king George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord by the Second Continental Congress | 0 | |
5115292202 | Declaration of Independence | July 4, 1776 document written by Thomas Jefferson outlining reasons for the colonies to break the ties with England and establishing their theory of government based on Locke/Rousseau consent of the governed idea | 1 | |
5115292203 | First Continental Congress | Delagates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain | 2 | |
5115292204 | Second Continental Congress | 12 delegates meet in Philadelphia to express their growing dissatisfaction with King George and Great Britain. Calls for an army led by George Washington. | 3 | |
5115292205 | Continental army | commander is George Washington | 4 | |
5115292206 | John Adams | made a motion to create a continental army with George Washington as commander on committee for Declaration of Independence | 5 | |
5115292207 | George Washington | 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) | 6 | |
5115292208 | Sam Adams | A Massachusetts politician who was a radical fighter for colonial independence. Helped organize the Sons of Liberty and the Non-Importation Commission, which protested the Townshend Acts, and is believed to have led the Boston Tea Party. He served in the Continental Congress throughout the Revolution, and served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1794-1797. | 7 | |
5115292209 | John Hancock | President of Continental Congress; first one to sign Declaration, leader of sons of liberty | 8 | |
5115292210 | Ben Franklin | A delegate from Pennsylvania and proposed the "Albany Plan of the Union" as a way to strengthen colonies. Postmaster General | 9 | |
5115292212 | Thomas Jefferson | wrote Declaration of Independence | 10 | |
5115292213 | Richard Henry Lee | A member of the Philadelphia Congress during the late 1770's. On June 7, 1776 he declared, "These United colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." This resolution was the start of the Declaration of Independence and end to British relations. | 11 | |
5115292214 | Grievances | Complaints | 12 | |
5115292215 | unalienable rights | A basic human right which cannot be taken away by government, and in Ben Franklin's view, also cannot be given away by the person, was stated in the Declaration of Independence. Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness | 13 | |
5115292216 | Natural Rights | Life, Liberty, and Property John Locke | 14 | |
5115292218 | Hessians | German soliders who were hired to fight for the British in the Revolutionary war | 15 | |
5115292221 | Trenton and Princeton | British army settled for the winter; Washington crossed the Delaware river and successfully attacked on Christmas Eve; drove the British away when British reinforcements arrived | 16 | |
5115292222 | Thomas Paine | "Common Sense" "The Crisis" "These are the times that try mens souls. | 17 | |
5115292224 | Articles of Confederation | 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) | 18 | |
5115292232 | Continental army lacked | training, supplies, and money | 19 | |
5115292237 | British mercantilist policies | mercantilism- colonies exist to benefit the parent country taxes to repay the large debt from the war reinforcement of the Navigation Acts to stop colonial manufacturing and illegal trade Not well enforced - salutary neglect | 20 | |
5115292241 | turning point on the war | Battle of Saratoga, convinced France and European nations to ally with patriots. France declared war on Britain and gave America money, equipment, and troops. later Spain and the Netherlands help | 21 | |
5154936016 | Virtual Representation | The concept held by the British that the colonists were "virtually represented" by Parliament because they were all British and had their interests in mind, even though the colonists didn't vote for Parliament | 22 | |
5154956432 | boycott | The refusal to buy goods in order to force a change by a group/nation | 23 | |
5154967385 | Proclamation of 1763 | Line established by the British to prevent westward settlement for the colonists protection and to help ease tensions with Native Americans in the west. Not well received by the colonists | 24 | |
5154989907 | Boston Massacre | Incident in 1770 where British soldiers killed colonists who were harassing and protesting the soldiers' presence | 25 |
The American Revolution - AP Flashcards
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