Chapter 7: The American Revolution, 1776-1786

British colonists who favored independence from Britain

the regular or professional army authorized by the Second Continental Congress and commanded by General George Washington during the Revolutionary War

British colonists who opposed independence from Britain

a derisive term applied to Loyalists in America who supported the king and Parliament just before and during the American Revolution

the written document providing for a new central government of the United States

written document setting up the loose confederation of states that comprised the first national government of the United States

act passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation that created the grid system of surveys by which all subsequent public land was made available for sale

legislation that prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territories and provided the model for the incorporation of future territories into the union as co-equal states

a written summary of inalienable rights and liberties

a bill authored by Thomas Jefferson establishing religious freedom in Virginia

convention of delegates from the colonies that first met to organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts