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| WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS, PART OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY, FRIENDS WITH MERCY OTIS WARREN. WROTE LETTERS TO HER HUSBAND WHILE HE WAS IN PHILADELPHIA. WROTE "REMEMBER THE LADIES" AND WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. |
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| HUSBAND OF ABIGAIL ADAMS AND COUSIN OF SAM ADAMS. PART OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. PRO INDEPENDENCE AND PART OF DECLARATION COMMITTEE. "UNPOPULAR" AND DISLIKED. DELEGATE FROM MASSACHUSETTS. |
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| COUSIN OF JOHN ADAMS. POOR SPEAKER AND BAD AT BUSINESS BUT HAD A TALENT WITH ORGANIZING PEOPLE. ORGANIZED THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. |
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| A FREE BLACK SAILOR WHO WAS SHOT IN THE BOSTON MASSACRE. FIRST BLACK PERSON TO DIE IN THE REVOLUTION. |
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| PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATE IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. VERY RICH AND ABSTAINED HIMSELF FROM VOTING AT ALL DURING THE VOTE FOR INDEPENDENCE. WAS PART OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA. |
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| PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. FIRST PERSON TO SIGN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. |
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| PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATE FOR THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. TWO OF HIS STRATEGIES WERE STALLING AND POLLING. PRO INDEPENDENCE, INVENTOR OF THE STOVE, AND PART OF THE DECLARATION COMMITTEE. |
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| LAWYER WHO SPOKE AGAINST THE ENGLISH IN THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES. MOVED PEOPLE GREATLY. ONE OF LISTENERS WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON. |
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| PRIMARY AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. DELEGATE TO VIRGINIA. YOUNG LAWYER. LISTENED TO PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECHES. |
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| DELEGATE FOR MASSACHUSETTS. PRO INDEPENDENCE. WROTE A LETTER TO G.WASHINGTON SAYING "I AM NOW CONVINCED.... OF THE NECESSITY FOR SEPARATION." |
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| VIRGINIAN WHO WAS COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. WROTE LETTERS TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS FREQUENTLY AND UPDATED THEM ON THEIR STANDING. IN BATTLE OF NY/LI HE SAVED HIS ARMY AND GAVE UP THE CITY TO THE ENGLISH. |
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| A NATION THAT HELPS/WORKS WITH ANOTHER NATION. EX. FRANCE HELPED AMERICA IN THE REVOLUTION. |
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| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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| FIRST CONSTITUITON OF AMERICA-LIMITED FEDERAL AND CONGRESS POWER. LAWS THAT LOOSELY GOVERNED THE NEW COUNTRY. HAD MANY WEAKNESSES. |
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| REFUSAL TO BUY CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES. EX. INTOLERABLE ACTS, THERE WAS A BOYCOTT ON BRITISH GOODS UNTIL THEY WERE REPEALED. |
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REASONS FOR A REBELLION.
EX. WRITS OF ASSISTANCE, QUARTERING ACT, TOWNSHEND ACTS ETC. |
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| COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES/LEGISLATURES |
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| GROUP OF PEOPLE/REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE LAWS. |
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| COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE |
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| A GROUP WHO WROTE LETTERS TO OTHER COLONIES ABOUT MASSACHUSETTS. BECAME A MAJOR FORM OF PROTEST IN THE REVOLUTION. STARTED BY SAM ADAMS. |
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| PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO KEEP TRADITION AND AVOID CHANGE. |
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| A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO WERE PRO INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY. ENCOURAGED WOMEN TO MORE SHEEP, MAKE MORE WOOL, AND MAKE THEIR OWN CLOTH. STARTED A BOYCOTT ON BRITISH TEA AND MADE THEIR OWN COFEE OR "LIBERTY TEA." |
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| DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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| A DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN 1776 BY THOMAS JEFFERSON THAT STATED THAT THE COLONIES WERE A NEW NATION. INTRO IS THE PREAMBLE. 3 PARTS: 1.NATURAL RIGHTS. 2. BRITISH WRONGS. 3. DECLARING INDEPENDENCE BRITISH POLITICAL TIES GONE. |
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| DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN 1689 THAT STATED THE RIGHTS OF ALL BRITISH CITIZENS. COLONISTS CONSIDERED THEMSELVES ENGLISH CITIZENS SO THEY WANTED THE SAME RIGHTS, INCLUDING BEING REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT. |
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| A PRODUCT SENT OUT OF A COUNTRY TO TRADE. |
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| UNDERLYING CAUSES (IN REVOLUTION). |
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| A PRODUCT BROUGHT INTO A COUNTRY TO TRADE |
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| AN ENGLISH DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN 1215 THAT MARKED THE FIRST TIME A MONARCH'S ROLE WAS LIMITED. ALSO STATED THE BASIC RIGHTS OF CITIZENS. |
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| THE THEORY THAT A NATION BECOMES STRONG BY IMPORTING MORE THAN THE EXPORT (LIMITING TRADE) |
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| A PERSON THAT WANTS CHANGE GRADUALLY. |
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| RIGHTS THAT BELONG TO PEOPLE FROM BIRTH. STATED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. |
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| NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION |
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| THE BELIEF AMONGST THE COLONISTS THAT PARLIAMENT SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAX THEM UNLESS THE COLONISTS HAD REPRESENTATION IN THE PARLIAMENT. |
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| REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN ENGLAND, OUR CONGRESS IS BASED ON THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. |
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| COLONIST WHO WANTED INDEPENDENCE AND WAR AGAINST BRITAIN. |
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| A WRITTEN REQUEST TO SOMEONE WITH AUTHORITY, SIGNED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE. |
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| PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION |
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| THE INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION. STATES WHAT THE CONSTITUTION IS ABOUT. PG 223 |
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| SOMEONE WHO WANTS CHANGE QUICKLY. |
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| WANTS EVERYTHING TO BE LIKE THE PAST. |
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| SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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| THE CONGRESS FORMED IN 1775 IN ORDER TO GOVERN OUR COUNTRY. |
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| A GROUP OF PATRIOTS THAT PROTESTED AGAINST THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT. HANGED FAKE BODIES TO SHOW TAX COLLECTORS WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THEM. |
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| THE LEADING UP TO THE SPARK. CAN BE DIRECT, NON DIRECT, VIOLENT OR NON VIOLENT. |
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| LOYALISTS. PEOPLE LOYAL TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT. MOSTLY RICH MERCHANTS AND FORMER OFFICIALS. MOSTLY IN MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES. HAD HARD TIME (TARRED AND FEATHERED) AND MANY ESCAPED TO ENGLAND OR CANADA. WHEN BRITISH LOST BOSTON, 1000 LOYALISTS HELPED AND HAD TO FLEE TO HALIFAX, CANADA. |
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| GOING AGAINST ONE'S COUNTRY |
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| COLONIAL TRADE ROUTE BETWEEN NEW ENGLAND, WAST INDIES, AND AFRICA. TRADED LIVESTOCK, LUMBER, FLOUR, FISH, SUGAR, MOLASSES, RUM, GUNS, GUNPOWDER, CLOTH, TOOLS, AND ENSLAVED AFRICANS ($$$$$$$$$$$$) |
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| DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWED BRITISH OFFICIALS TO SEARCH A SHIP'S CARGO WITHOUT A REASON. PART OF THE TOWNSHEND ACTS. |
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| LAWS REGULATING TRADE. SAID THAT ONLY BRITISH SHIPS COULD CARRY GOODS TO AND FROM THE COLONIES. CERTAIN PRODUCTS COULD ONLY BE TRADED WITH BRITAIN. WAS IMPORTANT B/C MONEY WAS MADE BY AVOIDING THEM, ALSO BECAUSE IT FURTHERED THE THEORY OF MERCANTILISM. 1650s. |
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| RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN THE COLONIES IN THE 1730'S AND 40'S. JOHN EDWARDS HELPED SET OFF THE GREAT AWAKENING THROUGH HIS SERMONS. AFTER GEORGE WHITEFIELD CAME TO THE COLONIES THE MOVEMENT GREW. THIS MOVEMENT ALLOWED RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. IMPORTANT B/C PEOPLE REALIZED THAT THEY COULD CONTROL THEIR RELIGION AND SOON THEIR GOVERNMENT. |
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| THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR |
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| WAR THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1754 TO 1763 BETWEEN FRENCH (AND THEIR ALLIES THE INDIANS) AND THE ENGLISH. IMPORTANT B/C LATER FRENCH WOULD FIGHT ENGLISH AGAIN (REV. WAR) ALSO LED TO END OF FRENCH POWER IN NORTH AMERICA. AMERICA GAINED THE OHIO VALLEY. |
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| ENGLISH LAW THAT FORBADE COLONISTS TO LIVE WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. IMPORTANT BECAUSE WAS MEANT TO PROTECT THE INDIANS IN WESTERN LANDS. TO ENFORCE BRITAIN SENT 10,000 TROOPS. CAUSES TENSION TO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE THERE. |
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| 1764 LOWERED THE TAX OF MOLASSES. PASSED B/C OLD TAX WAS TOO COSTLY AND WANTED MORE BUSINESS . IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STILL MAD BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE TAX WAS LOWERED, THE COLONISTS WANTED NO TAX. |
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| 1765 LAW THAT TAXED LEGAL DOCUMENTS, NEWSPAPERS, ALMANACS, PLAYING CARDS, AND DICE. WHEN YOU BOUGHT OR HAD ONE OF THESE ITEMS YOU HAD TO GET THEM STAMPED SO THE ENGLISH COULD KEEP TRACK OF WHO PAYED THE TAX. ENGLISH WERE TAXING BECAUSE THEY WERE IN DEBT FROM THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. |
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| AN ACT SIMILAR TO THE STAMP ACT, THE TOWNSHEND ACTS TAXED CERTAIN GOODS SUCH AS GLASS, PAPER, PAIN, LEAD, AND TEA. ALTHOUGH TAXES WERE LOW, COLONISTS STILL WERE MAD (TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION). SET UP NEW WAYS TO TAX THROUGH THE WRITS OF ASSISTANCE. |
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| ALSO KNOWN AS THE CRISPUS ATTACKS. A CONFLICT IN 1770 BETWEEN COLONISTS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS. FIVE COLONISTS WERE KILLED INCLUDING CRISPUS ATTUCKS AND SAMUEL MAVERICK. |
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| AN ACT SIMILAR TO THE STAMP ACT, THE TOWNSHEND ACTS TAXED CERTAIN GOODS SUCH AS GLASS, PAPER, PAIN, LEAD, AND TEA. ALTHOUGH TAXES WERE LOW, COLONISTS STILL WERE MAD (TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION). SET UP NEW WAYS TO TAX THROUGH THE WRITS OF ASSISTANCE. |
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| ALSO KNOWN AS THE CRISPUS ATTACKS. A CONFLICT IN 1770 BETWEEN COLONISTS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS. FIVE COLONISTS WERE KILLED INCLUDING CRISPUS ATTUCKS AND SAMUEL MAVERICK. |
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| A PROTEST IN 1773 WHERE COLONISTS DRESSED LIKE INDIANS AND POURED THE ENGLISH TEA INTO THE HARBOR. ORGANIZED BY SAM ADAMS. PROTESTED THE TEA TAX/TEA ACT. |
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| LAWS PASSED IN 1774 BY THE ENGLISH TO PUNISH THE COLONISTS. INCLUDED SHUTTING DOWN THE PORT OF BOSTON, FORBIDDING TOWN MEETINGS W/OUT GOVERNOR'S CONSENT MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR, CUSTOMS OFFICIALS BEING TRIED IN CANADA OR ENGLAND, AND THE QUARTERING ACT. |
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| FIRST BATTLE, SPARK. THIS BATTLE LED TO THE REST OF BATTLES AND THE REVOLUTION. KNOWN AS THE "SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD." BRITISH VICTORY. |
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| BATTLE OF NEW YORK/LONG ISLAND |
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| A BATTLE IN MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN IN WHICH WASHINGTON DECIDED TO PROTECT HIS ARMY AND GIVE THE BRITISH THE CITY. TOOK PLACE IN 1776. |
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| A BATTLE IN 1777. A TURNING POINT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR B/C IT ENDED THREAT ON NEW ENGLAND FROM THE BRITISH, LIFTED MORALE, AND CONVINCED THE FRENCH TO BECOME AMERICA'S ALLIES. |
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| A BATTLE IN 1781. FRENCH HELPED IN THIS BATTLE. THE AMERICANS WON AND THE BRITISH SURRENDERED IN VIRGINIA. LAST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION. |
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| DELETION OF THE SLAVERY CLAUSE |
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| IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THOMAS JEFFERSON ORIGINALLY WANTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE NEW NATION. THE SOUTH GOT VERY MAD AT THIS AND SAID THAT IF THEY DIDN'T DELETE THE CLAUSE THEY WOULD WALK OUT AND THEIR DREAMS OF INDEPENDENCE WOULD BE RUINED. DELETED B/C AMERICA COULD NOT BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IF THEY DIDN'T |
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| SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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| ON JULY 4, 1776, THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS VOTED ON INDEPENDENCE. WAS FIRST SIGNED BY JOHN HANCOCK AND EVERYONE ELSE FOLLOWED |
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| AID FROM FOREIGN ALLIES/FRENCH ASSISTANCE |
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| IN 1776, AMERICANS SENT BEN FRANKLIN TO FRANCE TO CONVINCE KING TO AID AMERICA. AMERICANS COULD NOT WIN WITHOUT FRENCH AID. FRENCH SAID THAT IF THEY KNEW THEY COULD WIN THEN THEY WOULD AGREE TO DO IT. FRANCE BECAME THE FIRST NATION TO SIGN A TREATY TO AID THE USA IN 1778. OTHER NATIONS FOLLOWED. |
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| AN AGREEMENT IN 1763 THAT ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND FRENCH POWER IN NORTH AMERICA. |
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| PRO VIEWS ON INDEPENDENCE |
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-LESS TAXES
-NO MORE OPRESSION FROM BRITAIN.
-NO TAXATION WITH OUT REPRESETNATION
-MORE RIGHTS THAN WITH BRITAIN
-DID NOT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH BRITAIN.
-IDEA OF BEING LOYAL TO A MONARCH WAS WRONG IN THEIR OPINION. |
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| CON VIEWS ON INDEPENDENCE |
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-ENGLAND GAVE MILITARY PROTECTION.
-FELT GOOD BEING PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
-AFRAID OF TRADING ONE MONARCH FOR ANOTHER ONE.
-LIFE WAS NOT BAD WITH ENGLAND
-NOT NECESSARY
-NOT WORTH FIGHTING/COULD NOT WIN |
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| ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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PARLIAMENTRY PROCEDURE:
1. One delegation must move, or motion, for something to be discussed
2. Then, a different delegation must "second" the movement
3. THen, a vote is taken on the motion. All in favor say yea and all opposed say nay. sometimes roll is called, sometimes it is just a show of hands
4. If passed, the motion is then discussed
5. Once the discussion is complete, a delegate moves to vote. Again the motion must be seconded by another delegation
6. Then, role is called and a vote is taken. The motion either passes or does not pass. If it doesn't pass, the process starts all over again.
THE CONGRESS HAS A PRESIDENT WHO CAN ONLY VOTE TO BREAK A TIE. DELEGATES FROM EACH COLONY/STATE |
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-STALLING (FRANKLIN)
-UNANIMINITY
-WINNING EACH DELEGATE ONE-ON-ONE (ADAMS)
-POSTPONING VOTE (JOHN ADAMS/ FRANKLIN)
-POLLING (FRANKLIN)
-MAKE PEOPLE THINK IT WAS THEIR IDEA
-TEAM UP (SOUTH)
-POSITIVE SKIN ON DECLARATION (PRO-IND.)
-DOING WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST |
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| COMPROMISES IN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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-DELETION OF THE SLAVERY CLAUSE
-BASICALLY RE-WRTING DEC OF IND.
-NOT EVERYONE LIKED WHAT THEY WROTE BUT NEEDED TO SEPARATE. |
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| ONE OF THE LETTERS TO JOHN ADAMS. STATED THAT UNLESS THEY INCLUDE LADIES IN THEIR NEW INDEPENDENT COUNTRY, IT IS NOT INDEPENDENT. IF THEY DO NOT MAKE RIGHTS FOR THE LADIES THEY LADIES ARE READY TO REBEL. |
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| CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
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WRITS OF ASSISTANCE
QUARTERING ACT
TOWNSHEND ACTS
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
ENGLISH TAXING IN GENERAL
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION |
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| INTOLERABLE ACTS, BATTLE OF SARATOGA, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE BOSTON TEA PARTY ETC |
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