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APUSH: Chapter 6
APUSH: Chapter 6 (Making War and Republican Governments (1776-1789)) Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Battle of Long Island (1776) | Battle for the control of New York. In August 1776, General Howe appointed by Lord North, defeated the Americans and forced their retreat to Manhattan. Washington's troops were outflanked/nearly trapped - their Continental Army retreated. |
| Battle of Saratoga (1777) | A decisive American victory resulting in the surrender of an entire British army of 9,000 men invading New York from Canada. British General John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army after being surrounded by much larger American militia forces. |
| Valley Forge | Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutrition, Steuben comes and trains troops |
| Philipsburg Proclamation | declared that any slave who deserted a rebel master would receive protection, freedom, and land from Great Britain |
| Battle of Yorktown (1781) | last major land battle/decisive victory of the American Revolutionary War. American forces led by General George Washington against Lord Cornwallis. Surrendered Cornwallis's army prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict. |
| currency tax | Rampant inflation in America had meant that every paper dollar held for a week lost value, imposing this hidden tax, on those who accepted paper currency. |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | This treaty ended the Revolutionary War, recognized the independence of the American colonies, granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River |
| Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 | constitution granting all taxpaying men the right to vote, hold office, create a unicameral (one-house) legislature with complete power;no veto. Other provisions mandated a system of elementary education and protected citizens from imprisonment for debt. |
| mixed government | a sharing of power among the monarch, the House of Lords, and the Commons. was John Adams's theory from Thoughts on Government (1776), which called for three branches of government. |
| Articles of Confederation | Provided for a loose constitution, where "each state retains its sovereignty , freedom, and independence." was the 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery |
| Shay's Rebellion | A 1787 rebellion led by Daniel Shays of Farmers in western Massachusetts in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes |
| Virginia Plan | Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population. |
| New Jersey Plan | The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population. Also had given each state one vote in a new congress |
| Federalists | A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures. |
| Anti-Federalists | Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption. |
| Federalists No. 10 | An essay by James Madison in The Federalist (1787-1788) that challenged the view that republican governments only worked in small polities; it argued that a large state national government would better protect republican liberty. |
| General George Washington | Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Brilliantly led America to victory and freedom in the American Revolution. Became 1st US president |
| General William Howe | He took command of British troops in North America after the Battle of Bunker Hill. He captured New York and Philadelphia, but botched the plan to isolate the New England colonies in 1777. He resigned in 1778. |
| General Horatio Gates | American general at Battle of Saratoga. Formed a new Southern army after defeat at Charles Town. Lost to Cornwallis in Camden. |
| Robert Morris | American merchant/signer to the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution. played an important role in financing the American side in the Revolutionary War. 'Financier of the Revolution' |
| Baron von Steuben | A stern, Prussian drillmaster that taught American soldiers during the Revolutionary War how to successfully fight the British. |
| Judith Sargent Murray | Female rights activist following the revolution who argued that the brain is not a sex organ. She wrote "On the Equality of Sexes". |
| James Madison | "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States. creator of the "Federalist No. 10" that argued for a large state government. |
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