What Is Valley Forge A Key Issue In Chapter 8-11

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Test 3 on Chapters 8-11

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1. Valley Forge was the place where George Washington sent his wounded troops 18 miles from Philadelphia in 1777-78 to recover. It ad no buildings , was windy, hilly, and food was hard to come by. Some of of the men weren't even under a roof until January 1778.
2. The Battle of Yorktown , which took place in Yorktown, Virginia, was a victory which was led by General George Washington with the force of American Continental Army troops.The British Army was commanded by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The battle ended on October 19, 1781.
3. Benedict Arnold fought for the American Continental Army and was a general during the American Revolutionary War . He soon became famous for defecting to …show more content…

The Virginia Plan was countered on June 15 by the New Jersey Plan, which would have retained the confederacy but given power to Congress to tax, to regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and to appoint a Supreme court. In the end the Convention decided to use the Virginia Plan as a basis instead of the New Jersey plan.
5. The Federalist or later known as The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written under Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Between October 1787 and August 1788 s4eventy-seven of these essays were published serially in, the New York Packet, the Independant Journal, and The Daily Advertiser. It promoted the ratification of the United States Constitution.
6. As wars raged and American Governments fell an American, Elizabeth Anne Seton , set about laying foundations for the growth of American Catholicism. Her constructive efforts are a bright light in the midst of the problems of the early 19th century. Elizabeth was Born on August 28 1774, and in her lifetime she established the first Catholic girls' school in the nation in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Anne also founded the Sisters of Charity, the first American congregation of religious …show more content…

The signifigance or Marbury vs. Madison is the ruling gave of the Supreme Court of the U.S.A the power of Judicial review and also gave courts some power to try and take down legislation that was unconstitutional. In Marbury the Supreme Court declared a law passed by the government was unconstitutional and should be not be enforced called the Judiciary Law of 1789.The decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally judicial and executtive branches of forming the American government. Marbury vs. Madison has been used as justification for the amassing of power by the supreme court. Marshall justified his ruling that the Supreme Court could not order Madison to deliver Marbury's because part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, was unconstitutional because it expanded the Court's original jurisdiction to include cases like