America’s History Sixth Edition CHAPTER 6 Making War and Republican Governments 1776–1789 Copyright © 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin’s Henretta Brody Dumenil

The Trials of War, 1776–1778 War in the North Armies and Strategies Victory at Saratoga Social and Financial Perils

The Path to Victory, 1778–1783 The French Alliance War in the South The Patriot Advantage Diplomatic Triumph

Creating Republican Institutions, 1776–1787 The State Constitutions: How Much Democracy? Women Seek a Public Voice The Loyalist Exodus The Articles of Confederation Shays’s Rebellion

The Constitution of 1787 The Rise of a Nationalist Faction The Philadelphia Convention The People Debate Ratification

Chapter 6 Making War and Republican Governments 1776–1789 Map 6.1 Patriot and Loyalist Strongholds (p. 170) Map 6.2 The War in the North, 1776–1777 (p.171) Map 6.3 Native Americans and the War in the West, 1778–1779 (p. 179) Map 6.4 The War in the South, 1778–1781 (p. 180) Map 6.5 New Spain’s Northern Empire, 1763–1800 (p. 182) Map 6.6 The Confederation and Western Land Claims, 1781–1802 (p. 189) Map 6.7 Land Division in the Northwest Territory (p. 191) Map 6.8 Ratifying the Constitution of 1787 (p. 199) Figure 6.1 Middling Men Enter the Halls of Government, 1765–1790 (p. 184) The Battle of Bunker Hill (p. 168) Losing the War of Public Opinion (p. 174) Frontispiece from Lady’s Magazine, 1792 (p. 187) “Keep Within Compass,” c (p. 187)