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Creation of Patriots
-Social Movement towards American independence
-Throughout the 1770s -
Coercive Acts
-British response to Boston Tea Party
-Acts closed the port in Boston
-In place until colonists re-payed British for damages
-Infuriated colonists -
Continental Congress
-Convened in Philadelphia in response to the Coercive Acts
-Deciding if they should re-write or replace the Articles of Confederation
-They hoped to re-establish freedoms and stop British violation of rights -
Battle of Lexington & Concord Starts
-first engagement between the colonist and British
-British was to seize weapons from the colonists
-British suffering heavily, the morale of the colonists skyrocketed -
Second Continental Congress
-Put together an army for the war
-Made negotiations with other powers for the war -
Continental Army
-Army arranged in Second Continental Congress
-Army of patriots, created to fight the British
-Led by General George Washington -
Dunmore's Proclamation
-Proclamation by Lord Dunmore, a British commander
-Told slaves that they could be freed if they chose to fight for the British army -
Phillis Wheatley
-Slave that was bought by the Wheatleys
-Wheatley received a thorough education from her slaveholders
-Published works of poetry that were pro-independence
-Example of how people of all background contributed to the war effort -
Publication of Common Sense
-The publication was released by Thomas Paine in 1776.
-The pamphlet spread rapidly throughout the colonies and advocated for independence
-It led to colonists uniting because of a shared belief -
Declaration of Independence
-The final treaty that marked the full separation between the colonies and the British.
-The document contained many enlightenment ideas
-Has the famous saying of the rights of "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness."