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Terms | Definitions |
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 Bunker Hill | At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the British troops were based in Boston. The British army had begun to fortify the Dorchester Heights near Boston, and so the Continental Army fortified Breed's Hill, north of Boston, to counter the British plan. British general Gage led two unsuccessful attempts to take this hill, before he finally seized it with the third assault. The British suffered heavy losses and lost any hope for a quick victory against the colonies. Although the battle centered around Breed's Hill, it was mistakenly named for nearby Bunker Hill. |
| Trenton and Princeton | the british army settled in new york for the winter of 1776, leaving some troops in new jersey at these 2 cities. washington, who was stationed across the delaware river from the british camp in new jersey, saw a chance to catch the british off guard. on christams night, 1776, washington took 2,400 troops across the river and surprised the enemy at trenton the next day. the americans captured more than 900 hessians. although the british sent reinforcements under lord charles caronwallis, washington led his troops away and then marched his army to princeton, where they drove the british away. |
| Oriskany | Site of one of the bloodiest battles in the Revolution and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign. Loyalists and Native Americans fought against Patriots. |
| Benedict Arnold | Successful American general during the Revolution who turned traitor in 1780 and joined the British cause. |
| Saratoga | A battle that took place in New York where the Continental Army defeated the British. It proved to be the turning point of the war. This battle ultimately had France to openly support the colonies with military forces in addition to the supplies and money already being sent. |
| Treaty of Alliance | 1778- In the event France and England went to war French agreed to refuse truce or peace until independence of the US shall be assured by treaty or treaties that terminate the war |
| Yorktown | in 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops |
| General Cornwallis | The British general who surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown. |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent contry |
| western land claims | delayed Articles of Confederation, By the 1780s, seven of the 13 original states had enunciated claims to areas in the West. These so-called "landed" states had a great potential advantage over the six "landless" states. It was assumed that the future sale of western lands would enrich the landed states and possibly allow them to operate without any form of taxation. The landless states feared that they would lose residents and dwindle into insignificance |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | A major success of the Articles of Confederation. Provided for the orderly surveying and distribution of land belonging to the U.S. |
| Shay's Rebellion | this conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working; uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes |
| Robert Walpole | The first official prime minister whose foreign policy was to ignore continental conflicts and he forgave the debt of the South Sea Company which made the people confident in the government |
| salutary neglect | a term coined by British statesman Edmund Burke regarding the English colonies; idea that the colonies benefited by being left alone, without too much British interference |
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