Us History Final Exam

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Lexington and Concord

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The battle of Lexington and Concord fought on April 19, 1775 kicked off the American Revolutionary War in 1775 through 1783.

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Battle of long island

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On August 27, 1776 the British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. The battle was part of a British campaign to seize control of New Yorkthereby isolating New England from the rest of the colonies

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Colonel Tye

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The most feared and respected guerilla commander of the revolution was one of the many enslaved Africans who escaped and fought for the British.

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The battle of Saratoga

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Occurred in September and Octobet 1777 during the second year of the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles, fought 18 days apart and was a decisive victory for the continental army and a crucial turning point of the Revolutionary war.

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John Burgoyne

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British general best remembered for his defeat by Superior American force in the Saratoga campaign of 1777 during the American Revolution.

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Benedict Arnold

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An early American hero of the revolutionary war who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history after he switched sides and fought for the British.

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Francis Marion

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Known as the swamp fox for his elusive tactics. He was a colonel American soldier.

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Loyalist

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Aka Troy. Colonists loyal to Great Britian during the American Revolution.

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George Mason

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American patriot and statesman who insisted on the protection of individual liberties in the composition of both the Virginia and U.S. constitution.

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Articles of Confederation

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And perpetual union was the first written constitution of the United States written in 1777 and stemmed from wartime urgency. Its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states.

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Daniel Shays

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American officer in the American Revolution and a leader of Shays Rebellion an uprising in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions

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James Madison

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Fourth president of the United States and one of the founding fathers of his country. He influenced the planning and ratification of the U.S. constitution and collaborated with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay in the publication of the federalist papers.

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Three/fifths compromise

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On this date in 1788 Federalist #54 was published defending the portion of the constitution that counted slaves as 3/5 of a person

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Ratification

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The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty contract or agreement making it officially valid.

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Treaty of paris1783

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This treaty formally ended the American Revolutionary War

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Thomas Jefferson

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A spokesman for democracy, was an American founding father, theprincipal author of the declaration of independence (1776) and the third president of the United States

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Republicans (jeffersonians)

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The early political philosophy adopted by the Republican party during the early 1800s that called for a limited national government and reduced federal spending

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The Embargo (1807)

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An attempt by President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Congress to prohibit American ships from trading in foreign ports.

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Whiskey rebellion

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The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government.

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Sally Hemmings

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Thomas Jeffersons concubine