Battles
On Christmas Eve, Washington crossed the Delaware River and executed a sneak attack on the unsuspecting Hessians.
Battle of Trenton
Joined the American cause after Continental victory in the Battle of Saratoga.
France
America's first government after independence
Articles of Confederation
Which weakness of America's first government is expressed in the following passage:
"Pennsylvania's government, run by a one-house assembly, was notorious for violating individual rights. It disfranchised and even imprisoned Quakers (who, as pacifists, had refused to fight in the Revolution). The legislature also arbitrarily removed judges."
State government's power to enforce the law.
Fearing what independence might bring for their home lands, this group remained neutral during the American Revolution.
Native Americans
Washington led from the front at this battle and exploited a geographical advantage to defeat the British.
Battle of Princeton
Prussian military officer who trained American troops to reform lines and use the bayonet.
Frederick von Steuben
In America's first government, this level of government had the majority of the power.
State government
Led an insurrection against the government of Massachusetts over debt.
Daniel Shays
Fought for freedom with both the British and the Americans.
African Americans
Washington suffered a terrible defeat that left his the Continental Army on the verge of collapse with soldiers abandoning the cause.
Battle of Long Island/New York
What event does the following quote refer to:
"Washington calculated that at least a third of them had no shoes. Many did not have a decent coat to protect against the constant rain that plagued the camp. Washington’s quartermaster reported that he had just twenty-five barrels of flour and only a little salt pork to feed the entire army."
Valley Forge
According to the following passage from America's first government, which level of government has the following powers:
The united states in congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war..
The united states in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences that may arise between two or more states...
The united states in congress assembled, shall have the power to negotiate treaties with foreign governments.
National government
This event led to Washington's return to public life and the Philadelphia Convention of 1787.
Shays's Rebellion
Followed soldiers to war and worked as nurses.
Women
A turning point in the Revolutionary War, the Americans cut off British supply lines and captured a large point of the British army. The victory convinced the French to join the American cause.
Battle of Saratoga
French military officer who organized the Corps d'Etrangers and kept the Continental Army's morale up at Valley Forge.
Marquis de Lafayette
In order to alter or change the nation's first government, this was number of votes required.
13
According to the passage, this should happen to solve the crises impacting the new nation:
"If the powers are inadequate amend or alter them, but do not let us sink into the lowest state of humiliation and contempt, and become a byword in all the earth."
Change the Articles of Confederation
This following passage refers to this marginalized group:
"That every _______ who shall well and faithfully serve as a soldier to the end of the present war, and shall then return his arms, be emancipated and receive the sum of fifty dollars."
African Americans
The allied Continental and French force surrounded British general Charles Cornwallis. The Americans attacked over land and the French over sea. This battle was the last major conflict on the American Revolution.
Battle of Yorktown
America's foreign allies contributed these important things to the Continental Army, which led to American victory in the Revolutionary War.
French contributed supplies and their navy.
The primary weakness of America's first government expressed in the following passage is:
"The Remissness [failure/laxness] of our People in Paying Taxes is highly blamable, the Unwillingness to pay them is still more so. I see in some Resolutions of Town Meetings a Remonstrance [petition] against giving Congress a Power to take, as they call it, the People’s Money out of their Pockets tho’ only to pay the Interest and Principal of Debts duly contracted [for the war]."
National government's lack of power to tax/state government having more power.
The following quote represents Jefferson's opinion on the impact of this event:
"Our Convention has been too much impressed by the insurrection of Massachusetts: and in the spur of the moment they are setting up a kite to keep the hen-yard in order."
Shays's Rebellion
This excerpt represents the contribution of this group during the American Revolution:
"Washington also received help from his wife Martha who arrived from Mount Vernon in February. She took over the management of his household, helped with his correspondence, and cheered him by entertaining guests and even staging plays."
Women