Vocabulary and People
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| Allies | A person, group, or state that is joined in an association with another or others for a common purpose Articles of Confederation
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| Battle of Saratoga | Turning point of the American Revolution
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| Battle of Yorktown | British were defeated by George Washington’s troops; signaled the end
of the American Revolution
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| Battle of Lexington and Concord | First shots of the American Revolution in April 1775
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| Northwest Ordinance | A law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory
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| Committee of Correspondence | An intercolonial committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British actions and to plan colonial resistance
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| Federalist Papers | Series of essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander
Hamilton, defending the Constitution and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded
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| Guerrilla Warfare | Irregular warfare in which a small group such as armed civilians use
military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, and hit-and- run tactics to fight a larger traditional military
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| Land Ordinance 1785 | Laid the foundations of land policy and the sub-division of federal land
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| Navigation Acts | Laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England
and its colonies
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| Northwest Territory | Territory Northwest of the Ohio River that was an organized
incorporated territory of the United States
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| Proclamation of 1763 | Forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains following the
French and Indian War
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| The American Crisis | Series of patriotic pamphlets written by Thomas Paine from 1776-1777
that attempted to bolster morale and resistance among patriots
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| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the
United States as an independent nation
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| Valley Forge | Site of camp for the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-1778
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