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Chapter 6 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Second Continental Congress | On may 10,1775 the second continental congress met in Philadelphia. |
Continental Army | John Adams of Massachusetts had another idea.He proposed that congress crate a "Continental army" |
George Washington | They unanimously elected Washington to be commander in chief of the continental army. |
Battle of Bunker Hill | The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston. |
impose | Washington worked hard to impose order. |
Independence, | Most colonists still considered themselves loyal British subjects. |
Olive Branch Petition | Many Americans pinned their hopes for peace on King George. |
Thomas Paine | Thomas Paine publish ed a fiery pamphlet entitled Common Sense. |
Common Sense | Paine scoffed at the idea that Americans owed any loyalty to king George |
Declaration of Independence | The task of drafting the Declaration of Independence went to the committee's youngest member , 33-year old Thomas Jefferson |
Thomas Jefferson | A shy man,Jefferson said little in congress,but he stated his ideas brilliantly in writing |
natural rights | All people are born equal in God's sight,and all entitled to the same basic rights. |
fundamental rights | It is the right of the people to alter or abolish it. |
Independence Day | On July 4, the delegates approved a final version of the Declaration of Independence. |
policies | Their quarrel was not with Great Britain itself but with its policies toward the colonies. |