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APUSH Chapter 5 Notes The American Revolution The States United ● Olive Branch Petition
○ Written after Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill ○ Appeal to the King to stop conflict ○ Rejected by KG3 ○ Most Americans in 1775 wanted to go back to salutary neglect
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Olive Branch Petition
Written after Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill Appeal to the King to stop conflict
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Common Sense
January 1776, aimed at Americans that were “on the fence” Urged Americans to break away from England
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Loyalists
Those that remained loyal to England
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Patriots
Those that favored independence
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Articles of Confederation
Weak central government No executive branch Couldn’t tax
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Republicanism
All power comes from the people
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State Constitutions
Governors could not hold seats in legislatures Property requirements for voting
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Land Ordinance of 1785
Congress could survey and sell western lands 36 sections: sale from one section went towards public schools
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Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787
Once a territory reached 60,000 people, it could apply for statehood Slavery was banned in NW territory
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Treaty of Greenville
Treaty with Native Americans, many moved out of Ohio and Indiana territories