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The Loyalist’s Plight : during the war about 100,000 left the country because they
had been harassed; some of them managed to reenter after the war and were usually
wealthy
African American Desire for Freedom: African Americans wanted liberty and
sometimes acted pout in open resistance
Tension between liberty and slavery: white southerners feared living among the
slaves but felt that if there was no slavery then there would be a need for a white
workforce in the South
Native Americans and the revolution: the Native Americans trusted England and
during the revolution some native Americans decided to leave because they feared
the Patriots since they have a high demand for land
Women of the Army: they helped by increasing morale, cooking, laundry and
nursing; often called the “camp followers”
Calls for Women’s Rights: two supporters of women education and reform were
Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush; married women had little to no rights but
single women could own property and enter contracts
Banner of the Society of Pewterers: members of the Society of Pewterers carried
around this banner as they marched in a New York City parade in July 1788. It
celebrates the new federal constitution and symbolizes a future of prosperity
New Patterns of Trade: domestic manufacturing ; since they could no longer trade
with England, homespun clothes became fashionable
Shift to Strong Executives: to be elected directly by the people, there was the power
to veto; they had fixed salaries
Limited Power of the National Government: they were not allowed to levy taxes or
regulate toops
Post War Disputes between Britain and Spain: there was a difficulty trying to get
people to sign the treaties
Regional Differences over Diplomatic Policy: agreed with Spain on the boundaries
of Florida but only had limited access to MI
The Land Ordinance of 1784 and 1785: The Ordinance of 1784 proposed by Thomas
Jefferson, divided the western territory into ten self-governing districts, where they
could each petition Congress for statehood when their population equaled the
amount of free inhabitants of the smallest existing state. The Land Ordinance of
1785 was a system where they would survey and sell the western lands. The territory
north of the Ohio River was surveyed and separated into different townships where
they were divided into thirty six identical sections. In each township 4 sections
belonged to the U.S.
Northwest Ordinance: abandoned the ten districts established in 1784 abd created a
single Northwest territory out of the lands north of Ohio; the territory is divided
between three to five territories with a specified population of 60,000 as a minimum
for statehood
Battle of Fallen Timbers: a battle where there was about 630 white American deaths
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from fighting in at the Wabash River; two Miami tribes led by Little Turtle defeated
the U.S. forces near the western border of Ohio
Postwar Depression: inadequate money supply, a problem that weighed heavily on
debtors; Congress failed to fix the problem
Shay’s Rebellion: Daniel Shays (former captain of the Continental Army) issued a
demand that included paper money, tax relief, a moratorium on debts, and the
relocation of the state capital.