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U.S history vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Second Continental Congress | The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Continental Army | An army made up of troops from all the colonies. |
| George Washington | The first president of the United States, and the commanding general of the victorious American army in the Revolutionary War. |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | The first great battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Impose | force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place. |
| Independence | the fact or state of being independent. |
| Policies | A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. |
| Olive Branch Petition | The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775 in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies represented in that Congress. |
| Thomas Paine | A patriot and author in the Revolutionary War, whose pamphlets, such as Common Sense and the American Crisis series, urged American independence. |
| Common Sense | Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies |
| Declaration of Independence | The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. |
| Natural Rights | Rights that people supposedly have under natural law. |
| Fundamental Rights | Rights that people have because of the laws |
| Independence Day | a day celebrating the anniversary of national independence. |
| Patrick Henry | Patrick Henry was an American attorney, planter and orator well known for his declaration to the Second Virginia Convention: Give me liberty, or give me death |
| The Preamble of the Declaration of Independence | The remainder of the preamble defines the political beliefs of the writers. Government is there for the people |
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