AP US History
Chapter 6 – Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788
Identifications: After reading Chapter 6, you should be able to identify and explain the
historical significance of each of the following:
patriots (Whigs)
loyalists (Tories)
Hessians
George Washington
Battles of Trenton and Princeton
Benjamin Franklin
Louis XVI
John Burgoyne
Battle of Saratoga
General Howe
Valley Forge
Friedrich von Steuben
Battle of Monmouth
Marquis de Lafayette
George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone
Joseph Brant
Lord Cornwallis
Battle of Camden
Nathaniel Greene
Battle of Cowpens, King’s Mountain
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Yorktown
John Adams
John Jay
Treaty of Paris (1783)
“natural aristocracy”
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Benjamin Banneker
Phyllis Wheatley
Abigail Adams
Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Shays Rebellion
James Madison
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Federalism, Separation of Powers
Federalists (and leaders)
Antifederalists (and leaders)
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
Thought Questions:
1. The American Revolution was a war for independence from Great Britain, as well as a
civil war between Americans. Assess the validity of this argument.
2. Discuss the social, economic, and political changes produced by the American
Revolution with regard to issues such as slavery, status of women, property distribution,
voting rights, and religion.
3. Discuss the domestic and foreign difficulties the United States experienced under the
Articles of Confederation. What were the government’s accomplishments under the
Articles?
4. What did the members of the Constitutional Convention hope to accomplish by
establishing the Constitution, and how did the content of the Constitution reflect their
goals?