Period 3 Vocabulary (Set #2)

Question 1

in September 1774, twelve of the colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia for Intolerable Acts response; delegates fell into 3 distinct groups. It did not succeed

Answer 1

First Continental Congress

Question 2

Patriot of the American Revolution, second president of the US; president from 1796-1800; attended the Continental Congress in 1774 as a delegate from Georgia; swayed his countrymen to take revolutionary action against England which later gained America independence from the English.
One of the many people who led the radicals and demanded the greatest concessions from Britain (from Massachusetts)

Answer 2

John Adams

Question 3

This man played an important role in the establishment of the new government under the Constitution. One of the authors of The Federalist Papers, he was involved in the drafting of the Constitution. He was also the first chief justice of the Supreme Court. One of the many conservative delegates that favored a mild statement of protest and demanded the greatest concessions from Britain (from New York)

Answer 3

John Jay

Question 4

A document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional.

Answer 4

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Question 5

The more popular one of the two soldiers that warned the colonists of the British march and premeditated attacks on Concord

Answer 5

Paul Revere

Question 6

General Thomas Gage, the commander of British troops in Boston, sent a large force to seize colonial military supplies. During this battle the Americans
were forced to retreat under heavy British fire with eight killed in the brief
encounter.

Answer 6

Lexington and Concord

Question 7

June 17, 1775, a true battle was fought between opposing armies on the outskirts of Boston. A British force attacked the colonists’ position and managed to take the hill, suffering over a thousand casualties. Americans claimed a victory of sorts, having succeeded in inflicting heavy losses on the attacking British army.

Answer 7

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 8

This congress organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence

Answer 8

Second Continental Congress

Question 9

A document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. … Colonists possessed all the rights of Englishmen. (Ex: Trial by jury is a right.)

Answer 9

Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms

Question 10

On July 8, 1775, the colonies made a final offer of peace to Britain, agreeing to be loyal to the British government if it addressed their grievances (repealed the Coercive Acts, ended the taxation without representation policies). It was rejected by Parliament,

Answer 10

Olive Branch Petition

Question 11

In act initiated in 1775 by King George III after his dismissal of the Olive Branch Petition which declared the colonies in Rebellion and forbade all trade and shipping between Britain and the colonies.

Answer 11

Prohibitory Act

Question 12

Patriot and writer whose pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776, convinced many Americans that it was time to declare independence from Britain.

Answer 12

Thomas Paine

Question 13

a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation

Answer 13

Common Sense

Question 14

this document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It established the 13 colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the majority of this document.

Answer 14

Declaration of Independence

Question 15

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain and sided with the prospect of revolution

Answer 15

Patriots

Question 16

Americans that feared revolution & supported the British

Answer 16

Loyalists (Tories)

Question 17

The site in Pennsylvania where George Washington and his troops endured a harsh winter without proper food, shelter, or clothing (1777-1778)

Answer 17

Valley Forge

Question 18

This form of currency was issued by the Continental Congress. It was a form of paper money used in the U.S. in the time of the Revolutionary War and helped finance the costly war. Even so, it quickly lost value because it was not backed by physical gold or silver.

Answer 18

Continentals

Question 19

Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain.

Answer 19

Battle of Saratoga

Question 20

Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and his troops were trapped in the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet. He was sandwiched between the French navy and the American army. He surrendered October 19, 1781.

Answer 20

Battle of Yorktown

Question 21

signed on September 3, 1783, and approved by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the thirteen United States of America, which had rebelled against British rule starting in 1775. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements

Answer 21

Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 22

This document, the nation’s first constitution, was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1781 during the Revolution. The document was limited because states held most of the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage.

Answer 22

Articles of Confederation

Question 23

a legislature with only one legislative chamber/body; a type of government proposed in the Articles of Confederation in which each state got one vote in one group

Answer 23

Unicameral

Question 24

A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers and raise money. The profit made from this was used to help pay off the outstanding national debt from the American Revolution and just like the Northwest Ordinance it helped lay the legally and cultural ground work for Midwestern/western development.

Answer 24

Land Ordinance of 1785

Question 25

Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states

Answer 25

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 26

A rebellion by poor farmers demanding that the state issue paper money, lighten taxes, and suspend property takeovers. As a result, the Massachusetts’ legislature soon passed debtor-relief laws championed by Shay. This rebellion was difficult to suppress because of the limited power of the national government granted by the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 26

Shays’ Rebellion

Question 27

What title is set two of period three?
What range of years is set two of period three?

Answer 27

American Revolution
1775-1783