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AH M1L2 Key Terms
American History Module 1 Lesson 2 Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Thomas Paine | American patriot who authored the pamphlet Common Sense leading to wider support for declaring independence from England. |
Battle of Saratoga | Turning point of the American Revolution in which the Continental Army who a major victory over the British leading to the Treaty of Alliance with France. |
Battle of Yorktown | Final battle of the American Revolution which resulted in a blockade of Yorktown by the French allies of the patriots and Washington's Continental Army's siege of the city. |
Treaty of Paris of 1783 | Formal agreement to end the American Revolution and recognized the independence of British North American colonies; granted lands from east coast to Mississippi River to the new United States even though most land west of the Appalachian Mountains was controlled by Native American groups. |
Republican Motherhood | Idea popularized in the Revolutionary era; argued that the role of women was to raise and support young men who supported republicanism; limited women to domestic sphere while allowing for education of upper class women so to better raise their sons for leadership in the new republic. |