APUSH Unit 3 The American Revolution Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+

Philipsburg Proclamation : A 1779 proclamation that declared any slave who deserted a rebel master would receive protection, freedom, and land from Great Britain -used to encourage slaves to join the royal cause and go against the Americans Battle of Yorktown : Battle in October 1781 in which french and american troops trapped the British army who were under the command of general Charles Cornwallis in this town in Virginia. The British surrender here broke the resolve of the British and ended the American Revolutionary War. Treaty of Paris of 1783 : Treaty that officially ended the revolutionary war. In the treaty, Britain formally recognized American Independence and relinquished its claims to lands south of the Great Lakes and East of the Mississippi River 2 -Only Americans profited well, the treaties gave them independence and access to the trans-Appalachian west -British negotiators did not insist on separate territory for their Indian allies so the Indian allies had to relinquish their claims to 3/4 of their territory. Only Americans profited well, the treaties gave them independence and access to the transAppalachian west. republican (and republicanism) : believed in state in which people hold power by electing representatives rather than a monarch/royal authority -the 2nd congressional congress urged people to reject royal authority this instead bicameral legislature : a two-house legislature with an upper house of substantial property owners to offset popular majorities in the lower on