General during the american revolutionary war who

General during the American Revolutionary War who
originally fought for the American Continental army
● Washington gave him command of the fortifications at
West Point, New York
● Planned to surrender it to the British Forces
● Plan exposed
● Discovered he defected to the British
● Commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier
general
43. Battle of Saratoga
44. French actions in
American revolution
● Convinced to enter the war on the side of the
Americans
● Recognized colonies as independent nation
● Formal alliance signed
● Promised full military and commercial support
● French navy important in combating the British
● Main attraction to defeat their archrival Britain
● Victory might open up trade opportunities to French
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45. Lafayette ● French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the
American revolutionary war
● Close friend of GW, AH, and TJ
● Led troops against Cornwallis at Yorktown
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46. British Southern
Strategy
● King George calls for the British to abandon New
England and focus on South (had more loyalists)
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47. American Guerilla
Warfare
“hit and run attacks”
48. Yorktown ● Cornwallis marches down to Yorktown
● French play a big role here
● Washington and French turn attention to Chesapeake
area and Yorktown
● French ships arrived ahead of the British fleet coming
from NY
● 5-day battle left French in control of the Virginia coast
● Fleet prevented communication of the British Navy with
Cornwallis’s army on land
● American revolution ended here
49. Treaty of
Paris/Peace of Paris
● Western boundary was set at the Mississippi River
● Britain agreed to withdraw its troops quickly (not fully
kept)
● Britain agreed not to withdraw any property
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50. Articles of
Confederation
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51. Revenue by
requisition
52. Problems of the
Confederation
53. National Domain
54. Northwest
Ordinance
55. Shay’s Rebellion
56. Virginia Plan
57. New Jersey Plan
58. The Great
Compromise
59. 3/5s Compromise
60. “Other Persons”
61. Federalists
62. Electoral College
63. Antifederalists
64. Thomas Jefferson ● 3 rd president of the U.S
● Ranked #4
● Acquired Louisiana Purchase
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65. James Madison ● “Father of the Constitution”
● “Father of the Bill of Rights”
● 4
th
president
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66. James Monroe
67. The Virginia Dynasty
68. George Washington ● Elected unanimously by electoral college to be
President
● “disinterested, public spirited” leader – rarely smiled
● Careful of missteps in molding the presidency
● Teeth NOT made of wood
● Addressed as “Mr. President”
69. Alexander Hamilton ● Chosen by GW for department of treasury- financially
astute
● Born out of wedlock
● Chief aide to Washington during war
● Founder of federalist party
● Founder of U.S Coast guard
● Founder of the New York Post newspaper
● Founder of the Nation’s financial system
● “Make the new country credit worthy and not debt
free”
70. Federalists Papers
71. Aaron Burr
72. Bill of Rights ● First business of new Congress
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73. 2
nd
Amendment ●
74. Report on Public
Credit
75. The Whiskey
Rebellion
● John Neville filed charges against 75 farmers and
distillers for not paying Whiskey tax
● Neville and federal marshal were ambushed by a
40-man crowd (house burned down)
● Washington responded with show of force
● Put down of rebellion reinforced power to fed.
Government
76. Treaty of Greenville
77. Election of 1796
78. XYZ Affair ● Adams preferred negotiation
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79. Alien Acts
80. Sedition Acts ●