Chapter 5

Question 1

1. Olive Branch Petition

Answer 1

Parliament’s final attempt to make peace with the colonists, but it reach the colonies after the Battle of Lexington and Concord

Question 2

2. Thomas Paine “Common Sense”

Answer 2

a book written that basically laid out the ideals that it was common sense for the colonies to want to be separate from Britain

Question 3

3. Declaration of Independence

Answer 3

written by Thomas Jefferson to the Parliament and the King of England proclaiming publicly that the US was free from britain

Question 4

4. Loyalist, “Tories”

Answer 4

colonists who wished to remain part of England

Question 5

5. Articles of Condfederation

Answer 5

the rules put into place for the united States government before the Constitution was formed

Question 6

6. Continental Army

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the army created by the colonists to fight the Revolutionary War

Question 7

7. George Washington

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commander of the Continental Army and would be first president

Question 8

8. Battle of Bunker Hill

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fought on Breed’s hill proved to be an American loss ,but helped to greatly deplete the British Army

Question 9

9. Evacuation of New York

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Nov 25, 1783 the last person of British authority left New York

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10. Battle of Trenton

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Fought on Christmas Eve. George Washington led his troops across the icy Trenton river and defeated Hessians

Question 11

11. Battle of Saratoga

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the turning point of the Revolutionary War. October 17, 1777 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms.

Question 12

12. Louis XVI

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King of France that created an alliance with the colonists to help them win the Revolutionary War

Question 13

13. Count de Vergennes

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supported the colonists in the Revolutionary War which helped to start the French Revolution

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14. Nathaniel Greene

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a General of the Continental army that forced Cornwallis to leave the Carolinas

Question 15

15. Yorktown

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The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 in Virginia. British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to George Washington

Question 16

16. Treaty of Paris (1783)

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ended the Revolutionary War

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17. Father John Carroll

Answer 17

First Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States

Question 18

18. “noble savages”

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a common view on Indians in American as said by Thomas Jefferson

Question 19

19. Molly Pitcher

Answer 19

a woman that is said to have fought in the American Revolution

Question 20

20. Abigail Adams

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Wife of John Adams was influential in starting the Women’s rights movement

Question 21

21. Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty

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gave everyone in the United States Freedom of religion and enacted in 1786.

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22. Ordinances of 1784 & 1785

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a resolution written by Thomas Jefferson to help divide up land into different states

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23. Northwest Ordinace

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created the firsts organized territory in the United States beyond the Appalachian Mountains

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24. Battle of Fallen Timbers

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final battle of Northwest indian war for the Northwest territory

Question 25

25. Shay’s rebellion

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was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787 caused by high debt of farmers