CUSH 5 Review Guide

Guerilla fighting

Fighting style introduced with small surprise attacks, not traditional battle lines.

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Gave more land to the Mississippi river, map.

Significance of Saratoga

a turning point in the war because the British surrender and France ally.

Shays Rebellion

farmer who rebelled against government for taxes.

Judith Sargent Murray

Women and men are equal especially intellecutually.

Electoral college

representatives from each state.

Benedict Arnold

The infamous traitor, didn't believe that the Americans would win so he went to the British side, he helped capture fort Ticonderoga before betraying the Americans.

France

Treaty of Paris- Made by Paris and ________, instituted freedom of the American people.

Molly Pitcher

________- "Was bringing water to the American soldiers and took her husbands place at a cannon after he was unable to fight.

Federalism

________- Unusual division between legislative power (Wood 161)

Articles of Confederation

________- The original laws for the American states.

Nathaniel Green

________- one of the most respected American generals.

Richard Howe

________- british naval officer.

Slavery

________ and the Revolution- The British allowed the ________ to leave, not for emancipation, but in hopes to disrupt the American War effort.

Gen Burgoyne

________- British general coming down the upper Hudson Valley.

William Howe

________- british commander, replaced Gage.

Bunker Hill

________- American underdogs, proving that they can handle fighting the British army, British suffered heavy casualitites.

Constitutional Convention

________- writing the constitution and talking of making a central bill of rights, each state could already have their own.

Connecticut Compromise

The ________- an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives.

Anti Federalist

________- Those who opposed the new constitution, bill of rights, small states that think all of their rights and powers will be taken away.

Bill of Rights

________- An additional document that went with the constitution to protect the individual rights of civilians.

The American Revolution 

Gordon S. Wood selected chapters

Bunker Hill

American underdogs, proving that they can handle fighting the British army, British suffered heavy casualitites

Benedict Arnold

The infamous traitor, didnt believe that the Americans would win so he     went to the British side, he helped capture fort Ticonderoga before betraying the Americans

Washingtons nine-day wonder (Trenton and Princeton)

not supposed to go to war in winter but Washington did anyway, Victories in New Jersey (Trenton and Princeton)

Loyalists and the Revolution

⅕ to ⅓ of the country, 100,000 fled, not much change to the country afterwords, Loyalists (loyal to the king) fought for the Brits

Slavery and the Revolution

The British allowed the slaves to leave, not for emancipation, but in hopes to disrupt the American War effort

Ironies of the Revolution

Americans were fighting for their own freedom and to preserve slavery

Native Americans and the Revolution

Many remained neutral, some went to the British side because they favored them, they knew this war could replace a ruling group

Women and the Revolution

followed camp followers, respect as mothers sewing, cooking, cleaning etc

"Molly Pitcher"

Was bringing water to the American soldiers and took her husbands place at a cannon after he was unable to fight

"Remember the Ladies"

Abigail Adams writing to her husband John

Judith Sargent Murray

Women and men are equal especially intellecutually

Articles of Confederation

The original laws for the American states

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Gave more land to the mississippi river, map

William Howe

british commander, replaced Gage

Richard Howe

british naval officer

Gen Burgoyne

British general coming down the upper Hudson Valley

Guerilla fighting

Fighting style introduced with small surprise attacks, not traditional battle lines

Nathaniel Green

one of the most respected American generals

Baron von Steuben

gay, taught the people at valley forge how to use hygene and baoinettes

Significance of Saratoga

a turning point in the war because the British surrender and France ally

Cowpens

small American army comes forward and the British shoot at them not knowing the rest of the army is around the corner (Sneak attack)

Yorktown

washington and rochambeau

Cornwallis

surrendered, world turning upside down

Treaty of Paris

Made by Paris and France, instituted freedom of the American people

Shays Rebellion

farmer who rebelled against government for taxes

Constitutional Convention

writing the constitution and talking of making a central bill of rights, each state could already have their own

Madisons Virginia Plan

Radical, man with a plan, short king

James Pattersons New Jersey Plan

supported by small states, amended the articles of confederation by adding to the powers of congress but also maintained basic sovereignty of the states

The Connecticut Compromise

an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives

Enumerated powers

Basically the rights of congress

Federalism

Unusual division between legislative power (Wood 161)

3/5 compromise

of the slave population would be accounted for in taxation and representation in the house of represnentaives

Electoral college

representatives from each state

Federalist

Those who supported the new constitution,

Anti-Federalist

Those who opposed the new constitution, bill of rights, small states that think all of their rights and powers will be taken away

Bill of Rights

An additional document that went with the constitution to protect the individual rights of civilians

Most significant consequence of the American Revolution (According to Wood)

                        A Rambunctious middling democracy

Patterson's New Jersey plan

- supported by small states, amended the articles of confederation by adding to the powers of congress but also maintained the basic sovereignty of the states

Connecticut compromise

- an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives

Guerilla fighters

Thomas Sumter, Andrew Pickens, and Francis “The Swamp” Morion

Thomas Paine

"Cannot defeat an idea with an army."