Battle of Yorktown - Last battle in the American Revolution where the British cannot escape by sea and surrender, Charles Cornwallis - British general who surrenders at Yorktown, Articles of Confederation - First government structure of the United States; weak, central form of government that did not have the power to tax, Treaty of Paris - Treaty that ended the American Revolution; gave Americans independence and territory east of Mississippi River, Land Ordinance of 1785 - Divided Northwest Territory into “townships,” reserving some land for public schools, Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - Set up procedure for admitting new states into the Union, Federalist Papers - Essays written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in support of Federalist ideas, Bill of Rights - First ten amendments to the Constitution; was deemed necessary by Anti-Federalists to agree to Constitution, Preamble - Beginning section of the US Constitution, Federalists - Believed in a strong central government and division of power, Anti-Federalists - Believed in a weak central government and wanted power at local and state levels, Shay's Rebellion - Rebellion led by farmers that could not pay taxes and debts; led many Americans to desire a stronger central government, Constitutional Convention - Convention where delegates debated a replacement governmental structure for the Articles of Confederation, First Amendment - Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly, Great Compromise - Made up of Virginia Plan (states should be represented in proportion to population) and New Jersey Plan (equal representation for each state), Virginia Plan - Plan that led to establishment of House of Representatives, New Jersey Plan - Plan that led to establishment of the Senate, Three-Fifths Compromise - Compromise agreed upon that said slaves would count as a fraction for both representation and taxation,

Unit 2- Revolution & Constitution

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