James A. Henretta
Eric Hinderaker
Rebecca Edwards
Robert O. Self
America’s History
Eighth Edition
America: A Concise History
Sixth Edition
CHAPTER 6
Making War and Republican
Governments, 1776–1789
Copyright © 2014 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
I. The Trials of War, 1776–1778
A. War in the North
1. Fighting begins
2. Early American retreat
I. The Trials of War, 1776–1778
B. Armies and Strategies
1. Continental soldiers
I. The Trials of War, 1776–1778
C. Victory at Saratoga
1. Problems for the British
I. The Trials of War, 1776–1778
D. The Perils of War
1. Wartime difficulties
I. The Trials of War, 1776–1778
E. Financial Crisis
1. State governments
2. Continental Congress
I. The Trials of War, 1776–1778
F. Valley Forge
1. General Washington’s retreat
II. The Path to Victory, 1778–1783
A. The French Alliance
1. Support for the Patriots
2. British concerns
II. The Path to Victory, 1778–1783
B. War in the South
1. Britain’s Southern Strategy
2. Slave combatants: the “triangular war”
3. Guerrilla Warfare in the Carolinas
II. The Path to Victory, 1778–1783
C. The Patriot Advantage
1. British mistakes
II. The Path to Victory, 1778–1783
D. Diplomatic Triumph
1. The Treaty of Paris
III. Creating Republican Institutions,
1776–1787
A. The State Constitutions: How Much Democracy?
1. Republicanism
2. Pennsylvania’s Controversial Constitution
3. Tempering Democracy
III. Creating Republican Institutions,
1776–1787
B. Women Seek a Public Voice
1. Postwar demands
III. Creating Republican Institutions,
1776–1787
C. The War’s Losers: Loyalists, Native Americans, and
Slaves
1. Financial gains and losses
2. Native Americans
3. Slaves
III. Creating Republican Institutions,
1776–1787
D. The Articles of Confederation
1. Approved in Congress November 1777
2. Continuing Fiscal Crisis
3. The Northwest Ordinance
III. Creating Republican Institutions,
1776–1787
E. Shays’s Rebellion
1. State governments
2. Rebellion in Massachusetts
IV. The Constitution of 1787
A. The Rise of a Nationalist Faction
1. Money debates
IV. The Constitution of 1787
B. The Philadelphia Convention
1. The Virginia and New Jersey Plans
2. The Great Compromise
3. Negotiations over Slavery
4. National Authority
IV. The Constitution of 1787
C. The People Debate Ratification
1. The Antifederalists
2. Federalists Respond
3. The Constitution Ratified