APUSH Period 3: Chapter 6

American victory, turning point of Revolutionary War

Winter of 1777, 12,000 soldiers, poor conditions

Final battle, Cornwallis surrenders

Britain recognizes American independence, gives up Great Lakes + Mississippi, natives lose millions of acres

November 1777, loose union, each state has one vote, 9/13

Created Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, prohibited slavery in those states/regions

Resembled American resistance to Stamp Act, 1786-1787, caused by farmers after government created tax on them

Devised by James Madison, plan for powerful national government, could overturn state laws

Devised by William Patterson, confederation could raise revenue, control commerce, make requisitions

Nationalist group, supported a loose, decentralized system, justifying Philidelphia constitiution

Opponents of the constitution

An essay written by James Madison which challenged the view of republican governments

General of the Colonial Army, held army together, main leader

British general, won the Battle of Long Island

Slowed Burgoyne's progress at Saratoga

Philadelphia merchant, chief treasury official, finances crashed

Raised readiness of American Army at Valley Forge, Prussian who joined American cause

Wrote "On the Equality of the Sexes", 1779 essay, argued that men and women had equal capacities for memory

Devised Virginia Plan, young Republican political theorist