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| 933775999 | Saratoga | A battle that took place in New York where the Continental Army defeated the British. It proved to be the turning point of the war. This battle ultimately had France to openly support the colonies with military forces in addition to the supplies and money already being sent. | |
| 933776000 | Valley Forge | Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutriton, Steuben comes and trains troops | |
| 933776001 | Abigail Adams | Wife of John Adams. During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront. She urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create. | |
| 933776002 | on the Equality of the sexes | I don't know so go do it yourself you lazy piece of crap | |
| 933776003 | Articles of Confederation 1781 | 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) | |
| 933776004 | Northwest territory | -a region of the United States bounded by Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The Treaty of Paris gave the region to the United States in 1783. | |
| 933776005 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers. | |
| 933776006 | 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 | |
| 933776007 | Shays' rebellion | - In 1786, farmers in Massachusetts were in debt because the legislature placed a tax on their land. If you could not pay, you were put on trial or put in jail, and you would lose your land | |
| 933776008 | Virigina Plan | Would have a two-house legislature where representation would be based on a state's population | |
| 933776009 | James Madison | (1809-1813) and (1813-1817) The War of 1812, the US declares war on Great Britain. In 1814, the British (technically the Canadians) set fire to the Capitol. The Treaty of Ghent ends the war in 1814., The fourth President of the United States (1809-1817). A member of the Continental Congress (1780-1783) and the Constitutional Convention (1787), he strongly supported ratification of the Constitution and was a contributor to The Federalist Papers (1787-1788), which argued the effectiveness of the proposed constitution. Favored strict interpretation of the Constitution. | |
| 933776010 | New Jersey Plan | A framework for the Constitution proposed by a group of small states; its key points were a one-house legislature with one vote for each state, the establishment of the acts of Congress as the | |
| 933776011 | Great Compromise | 1787; This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies. The Great Compromise resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues would originate in the House. This compromise combined the needs of both large and small states and formed a fair and sensible resolution to their problems. | |
| 933776012 | "three-fifths" compromise | allowing each slave to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining number of representatives for a state in the House; brought the slaves a tiny bit closer to equality with the whites | |
| 933776013 | Federalists | A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures. | |
| 933776014 | Anti-Federalists | Anti-Federalists rose up as the opponents of the Constitution during the period of ratification. They opposed the Constitution's powerful centralized government, arguing that the Constitution gave too much political, economic, and military control. They instead advocated a decentralized governmental structure that granted most power to the states | |
| 933776015 | The Federalists papers | collection of essays by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, explained the importance of a strong central government published to convince New York to ratify the Constitution | |
| 933776016 | "federalist No. 10" | An essay composed by James Madison which argues that liberty is safest in a large republic because many interests (factions) exist. Such diversity makes tyranny by the majority more difficult since ruling coalitions will always be unstable. | |
| 933776017 | Civil Religion | A set of sacred beliefs so commonly accepted by most people that it becomes part of the national culture |
