APUSH Ch 5

Formal document in which the Continental Congress detailed its reasons for breaking political bonds with Great Britain

The supreme commander of the Continental Army

Mohawk chief who made a big push to get the Iroquois Indians into the Revolutionary War as British allies

US victory that ended land disputes between the U.S. and the Northwest Indian Confederation over modern-day Ohio

German troops hired from their princes by George III to aid in putting down the colonial insurrection.

Body of colonial representatives that formed after Lexington & Concord to resolve the conflict with Britain

Colonists who wanted to remain British - probably about 1/3 of colonists

1786 MA revolt where a Revolutionary War veteran led angry farmers & disgruntled veterans in demanding relief from debt

US general who turned traitor

Last major battle of the Revolutionary War; Washington & Rochambeau trapped British troops under Cornwallis at city of -

General Howe sought to separate New England from the South by capturing

Philosophy of limited government w/ elected representatives serving at the will of the people

American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

Loyalist Mohawk woman whose influence was critical in bringing the Iroquois nation onto the British side during AmRev

British general who designed plan to defeat the American colonists.

Pretty boy British general defeated at Saratoga

Small landowners who farmed their own land and did not own slaves

Congressional decree for the purpose of establishing orderly settlement and political incorporation of the NW Territory

Governor of VA who declared martial law & freed all slaves & indentured servants willing to fight for the British

Which of the following was NOT one of the issues that showed that the Articles of Confederation were too weak?

Major general who led US Army to victory against the Northwest Indian Confederation at Fallen Timbers

British general who was defeated at Yorktown

She attempted to get rights for the "Ladies" from her husband who was helping craft the Declaration of Independence

The American victory here was the turning point of the war

Important pamphlet that swayed public opinion against King George III; urged colonists to seek independence

33-year-old Virginian who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence, with help from John Adams & Ben Franklin

1st US government - a very weak gov't consisting of only a legislative branch which had limited power