13 Colonies
What were the three colonial regions?
What is Northern/New England, Middle, and Southern?
What war left Britain in debt and led to new taxes on the colonies?
What is the French and Indian War?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What was America's first constitution called?
What are Articles of Confederation?
What were the two competing plans for representation?
What is the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
What economic system required colonies to benefit the mother country?
What is mercantilism?
What phrase described colonist's anger over being taxed without representatives in Parliment?
What is "No taxation without representation?"
Which Enlightenment thinker influenced the Declaration with the idea of natural rights?
Who is John Locke?
Under the AOC, which level of government was stronger: state or national?
What are state governments?
Which plan favored large states because representation was based on population?
What is the Virginia Plan?
Why did Southern Colonies develop plantation-based economies?
What is fertile soil, warm climate/long growing season, and cash crops?
What event used by Patriots as propaganda involved British soldiers killing five colonist?
What is the Boston Massacre?
Name the three natural rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Name two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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What compromise created a two-house Congress with one house based on population and one with equal representation?
What is the Connecticut or Great Compromise?
What was the purpose of the triangular trade system?
What British law punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party and helped unite the colonies?
What is are the intolerable or coercive acts?
How did Thomas Paine's Common Sense help the independence movement?
What is it argued in plain language that independence from Britain was reasonable and necessary?
What did Shays' Rebellion showcase to America's leaders?
What is the weakness of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?
What controversial compromise determined how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation?
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
How did geography cause the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies to develop different economies?
Put these in chronological order: Boston Massacre, French & Indian War, Boston Tea Party, Lexington & Concord.
What is French & Indian War, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Lexington & Concord?
Explain how Enlightenment ideas helped colonists shift from seeing themselves as subjects to seeing themselves as citizens.
What is Enlightenment ideas taught that people possessed natural rights and government existed through the consent of the governed; colonist viewed themselves as citizens rather than subjects?
Why couldn't Congress effectively solve national problems under the Articles of Confederation?
What is the national government lacked sufficient authority and depended heavily on states for money and cooperation?
What was the main disagreement between Federalists and Anti-Federalist during ratification?
What is Federalists supported ratification and a stronger national government; Anti-Federalist feared centralized power and demanded stronger protections for individual liberties, contributing to the Bill of Rights?