Newsela Flash Cards

James Madison

"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.

French and Indian War

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

Farewell Address

1796 speech by Washington urging US to maintain neutrality and avoid permanent alliances with European nations.

George Washington

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799).

Mount Vernon, Virginia

George Washington's home.

Yorktown, New York

Last battle of the revolution Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.

Virginia House of Burgesses

The first representative assembly in the new world. Created due to distance between Great Britain and the colonies.

Constitutional Convention

The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution.

Martha Dandridge Custis

The wife of George Washington.

Second Continental Congress

They organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence.