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Ch 5 Revolution
APUSH 2017-18
Term | Definition |
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Suffolk Resolves | Mass. led appeal to resist Intolerable Acts through unified boycotts and military prep. |
Shay's Rebellion | uprising against state govt. over taxes, debtors prisons, and lack of paper money in circulation |
Olive Branch Petition | last-ditch appeal to repair the strains of unity between colonies and the crown |
Unicameral | legislative assembly created by the Articles of Confederation |
Decl. of Ind. | list of grievances expressing the basic principles justifying revolution |
NW Ordinance of 1787 | established procedures for territories to have limited self-govt., steps for statehood, and banning slavery in western lands |
Land Ordinance of 1785 | established procedures for surveying & selling western lands and for creation of public schools |
Deborah Sampson | woman who fought in disguise during revolutionary war |
Battle of Saratoga | military victory that had dual effect of incentivizing the French to support the enemy of their rival |
'Common Sense' | advocated for the overthrow of the monarchy using appeals to logic, not sentiment |
George Rogers Clark | Patriot leader who led colonial militias to victory in the western Illinois Valley against British & Native forces |
Tories | pro-British loyalists who maintained allegiance to the monarchy and suffered persecution from the Sons of Liberty |
Battle of Yorktown | Decisive battle aided by French Naval forces and blockade, that forced British to seek terms of surrender |
minutemen | colonial irregulars who harassed British troop movements in support of the Continental Army |
Articles of Confed. | founding document of the new republic that suffered from weak federal powers and was soon replaced |