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Gr 6 Hist Ch 8
Gr 6 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tax | money people pay to the government for use in running the government |
| patriot | those who wanted America to be free from Britain's control |
| minutemen | Massachusetts patriots who said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice |
| First Continental Congress | met in Philadelphia in September 1774; agreed not to buy English goods and asked that their rights as Englishmen be respected |
| "shot heard 'round the world" | first shot fired at Lexington in the American War for Independence |
| Second Continental Congress | met in Philadelphia in 1775; decided America must have an organized Continental Army and that George Washington would command the new army |
| Liberty Bell | rung in Philadelphia to gather the people together for the reading of the Declaration of Independence |
| Hessians | German soldiers hired by George III to fight against the American colonists |
| Bonhomme Richard | American ship captained by John Paul Jones |
| Serapis | British ship that fought the Bonhomme Richard and was captured by John Paul Jones |
| civil government | an organization set up to rule the people of a certain area |
| Constitutional Convention | held in Philadelphia in 1787 during which a new form of government having three branches was decided upon |
| constitutional republic | a form of government in which the people and their elected representatives are limited by a constitution |
| Legislative - makes the laws Executive - enforces the laws Judicial - judges / interprets the laws | 3 branches of U.S. government |
| Supreme Court | highest court in the land |
| Stamp Act | law requiring documents purchased by the colonists to have special stamps affixed to them, proving a tax had been paid |
| Quebec Act | extended the boundaries of Quebec west to the Mississippi and south to the Ohio, closing frontier land to the Colonists |
| Declaration of Independence | document written by Jefferson declaring the independence of the colonies from England |
| Treaty of Paris | document signed by England giving up the American colonies and making them officially free and indpendent |
| Articles of Confederation | first plan of government the states agreed upon |
| Constitution of the United States | the plan of government our country still follows today |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments to the Constitution, listing the rights or freedoms the Constitution gives to Americans |
| First Amendment | amendment which gives American the following freedoms: religion, speech, press, and assembly |
| George Washington | commander-in-chief of the Continental Army |
| General Edward braddock | commander of all British forces in North America during the French and Indian War |
| King George III | king of England during the American War for Indpendence |
| Patrick Henry | Virginian who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" |
| Paul Revere | Boston patriot and silversmith famous for his midnight ride to warn the colonists |
| Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys | patriots who captured Ft. Ticonderoga from the British |
| Thomas Jefferson | did the actual writing of the Declaration of Indpendence |
| John Hancock | president of the Second Continental Congress; first to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| James Armistead | black slave who served in the colonial army as a spy |
| Nathan Hale | "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
| Betsy Ross | believed to have made the first official flag of the U.S. |
| George Rogers Clark | with his men captured several British forts on the Ohio River, securing American control of the Northwest frontier |
| John Paul Jones | "I have not yet begun to fight!" |
| General Lord Cornwallis | leader of British armies in the South |
| Nathanael Greene | leader of American armies in the South who defeated Cornwallis |
| James Madison | did the most important work at the Constitutional Convention; fourth President of the U.S. |
| John Adams | first Vice President and second President of the U.S. |
| Benjamin Banneker | first black American to write a scientific book |
| French and Indian War | 1754 - 1763 |
| First Continental Congress | September 1774 |
| July 4, 1776 | date on which the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted by 12 of the 13 colonies |
| June 14, 1777 | George Washington presented the first flag to Congress; Flag Day |
| French and Indian War | the war between the British and the French for control of land along the Ohio River |
| Fort le Boeuf | Washington's first mission was to take a message to the French stationed at this fort |
| Fort Duquesne | the French frontier stronghold where the British suffered a major defeat |
| Boston Massacre | the angry encounter between the colonists and British soldier in Boston in March of 1770 |
| Boston Tea Party | a band of colonists dressed like Mohawk natives dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest Britain's tax on tea |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | the first major battle in the War for Indpendence |
| Battle of Saratoga | battle which was the turning point in the American War for Independence |
| Valley Forge | where Washington and his army spent the harsh winter of 1777-1778 |
| Yorktown | the victory of Washington's which led to the surrender of the British army |
| New York City | our nation's first capital |
| Washington D.C. | the present-day site of our nation's capital |
| Inauguration Day | the day on which the President takes his oath of office |
| farewell address | the speech given by our presidents as they leave office |
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