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| Patriots had better leadership- George Washington. | State a reason why the Americans won the Revolutionary War. |
| Patriots had foreign aid especially from France. | State one reason why the Americans won the Revolutionary War. |
| Patriots had knowledge of the land. | State one reason why the Americans won the Revolutionary War. |
| Patriots had more motivation to fight- property and dreams of liberty. | State one reason why the Americans won the Revolutionary War. |
| The Loyalists lost their property and left the U.S. and went to Canada, East Florida, and British holdings in North America. | What was the fate of the Loyalists after the Revolutionary War? |
| The Northwest Ordinance explained how a territory could become a state. | What was one important fact the Northwest Ordinance stated? |
| The Northwest Ordinance guaranteed the citizens of those lands would have freedom of religion and speech. | What was one important fact the Northwest Ordinance stated? |
| The Northwest Ordinance guaranteed the citizens of those lands would have the right to a trial by jury. | What was one important fact the Northwest Ordinance stated? |
| The Northwest Ordinance guaranteed the people of those lands would have protection from unfair punishments. | What was one important fact the Northwest Ordinance stated? |
| Wilderness Road | Daniel Boone carved this through the Cumberland Gap. It went from Virginia to Kentucky. |
| Cumberland Gap | Daniel Boone carved the Wilderness Road through this. The road went from Virginia to Kentucky. |
| Canada | According to the Treaty of Paris this was the northern boundary of the United States. |
| Spanish Florida | According to the Treaty of Paris this was the southern boundary of the United States. |
| Mississippi River | According to the Treaty of Paris this was the western boundary of the United States. |
| Republicanism | This is the idea that for a country to thrive, its citizens needed certain virtues. These included a sense of equality, simplicity, and a willingness to sacrifice for the common good. |
| Ordinance of 1785 | This described how the Northwest Territory would be divided and sold. |
| Northwest Ordinance | This described how the Northwest Territory would be governed. |
| Preamble | Reading this made the people reconsider their opinion on slavery. |
| one | The Articles of Confederation said that each state had this many votes. |
| a 3 person committee | The Articles of Confederation said that the executive branch would be led by this which would be chosen by Congress. |
| weak | The Articles of Confederation created a (weak or strong) union of the states? |
| republic | This term refers to a country where voters chose representatives who make the laws. |
| The Northwest Territory was located north of the Ohio River, west of the Appalachian Mountains, and east of the Mississippi River. | Where was the area known as the Northwest Territory located? |
| Congress could not collect taxes. | State one major weakness in the Articles of Confederation. |
| Congress did not have the power to regulate trade between the states. They weren't able to set up a "one money system" for the nation. | State one major weakness in the Articles of Confederation. |
| There was no court system to settle disputes. | State one major weakness in the Articles of Confederation. |
| The national government could not pay back its millions of dollars of debt from the Revolutionary War to the banks in many countries. | State a problem that existed as a result of the fact that Congress could not collect taxes. |
| The national government could not help states like Massachusetts out with their financial troubles. | State a problem that existed as a result of the fact that Congress could not collect taxes. |
| Nobody could pay the wages of the soldiers. When the war was over they went home. Therefore the country could not make any foreign country do anything. Example: England refused to leave the forts in the West even though the peace treaty said they had to. "Make me," was their attitude. | State a problem that existed as a result of the fact that Congress could not collect taxes. |
| Each state had its own money which was useless in other states. | State one problem that existed as a result of the fatc that Congress couldn't regulate trade between the states or set up a "one money system" for the nation. |
| States were heavily taxing imported items in order to keep them out. If this continued trade would be sharply down, and merchants would go out of business. | State one problem that existed as a result of the fact that Congress couldn't regulate trade between the states or set up a "one money system" for the nation. |
| Pennsylvania and Connecticut quarreled over a piece of land. | State one problem that existed as a result of the fact that there was no court system to settle disputes. |
| Virginia and Maryland quarreled over the rights to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. | State one problem that existed as a result of the fact that there was no court system to settle disputes. |
