Loyalists Vs. Rebels Tories Vs. Whigs -Minority revolution, most people were loyalists – - Wealthy people remained loyal, content with their lives in.

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Loyalists Vs. Rebels Tories Vs. Whigs -Minority revolution, most people were loyalists – - Wealthy people remained loyal, content with their lives in America – - NY, NJ, Penn, Charleston, SC – - Younger people made up the rebels

Battles, Etc. Continued - Trenton; Washington crosses Delaware on Christmas and surprises a thousand Hessians - Brits want to cut off the head of the snake (NE) so try to take Hudson River, fail miserably, surrender at Saratoga - They offer self government, Benny Frank uses that to get a military alliance from France

Battles, Etc. Continued - Cornwallis cornered in Yorktown, surrenders entire force - Signals end of fighting - Peace?

Paris Peace! Treaty of Paris Terms – Recognizes US as country, gives them generous borders, etc. Why the generosity?

Laws of the Land -Continental Congress – State and colonial constitutions Penn. Abolished property ownership as a qualification for voting - in favor of taxpaying men Unicameral Legislature – No governor to veto Mandatory elementary education Protected citizens from imprisonment for debt

Articles of Confederation Alliance of independent states Federal government has powers as ASSIGNED by states Modern Day? EU

GOOD!!!! Northwest Ordinance - Provided blueprint for expansion of nation, Defined the NW territory, est. a process for statehood, outlawed slavery (in new territory)

Shays’ Rebellion -Western Mass. -Poor back country farmers -Revolutionary War vets -Losing their farms to foreclosure and tax delinquencies -Massachusetts quickly formed a militia thanks to the financial backing of rich people -This made propertied class fear the poor, created “mobocracy” -Too much freedom? -Must draft new constitution!