Chapter 6 Notes Key Terms Olive Branch petition Camp followers Loyalist “Common Sense” Inoculation Republican ideology “Tag, Rag, Bobtail soldiers”-poor men’s fight as wealthy men hired strangers, convicts, out-of-work laborers, free and unfree blacks, and even British deserters to fill the continental army. Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation Geography Concord Caribbean Hudson River Valley Forge Yorktown Vincennes I.
Bursting the Colonial Bonds a. The Final Rupture The revolutionary fire was lit with the occupation of Boston in 1775 by 4,000 British troops. Redcoats were tasked with rounding up revolutionary leaders and seizing the arms depot in nearby Concord. Military skirmishes ensued prompting the second Continental Congress to create a standing army in defiance of England. b. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense c. Declaring Independence
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The War for American Independence a. The in the North b. Congress and the Article of Confederation A congressional attempt to create a more stable and lasting central government. Bitter disputes in Congress left the Articles with little power. States remained in charge of their own destinies and Congress could only rely on the generosity of the states for finances. Compromises regarding western claims of territory finally led to approval of the Articles in 1781. c. The War Moves South d. Native Americans in the Revolution
e. The Devastation of the Iroquois f. Negotiating Peace g. The Ingredients of Victory III.
The Experience of War a. Recruiting an Army b. The Casualties of Combat c. Civilians and the War d. The Loyalists
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The Ferment of Revolutionary Politics a. Mobilizing the People b. A Republican Ideology c. Forming New Governments d. Different Paths to the Republican Goal e. Women and the Limits of Republican Citizenship Men of the Revolutionary period were agreed that women should be excluded from public affairs. Republican virtue was thought to embody primarily masculine traits such as rationality, self-discipline, and public sacrifice.