Warfare
The State militias engaged in this type of warfare.
Guerilla
What happened July 4, 1776
Independence was declared
This person was in charge of the entire Colonial Army.
George Washington
This was the name of the first, and unsuccessful, government of the United States.
The Articles of Confederation
A type of government in which power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote. The power is then exercised by elected representatives who must govern according to established laws.
Republic
The Revolution began with this battle.
Concord
The 3/5 compromise stated that every five enslaved people would count as three free people in terms of representation and what?
Taxes
This person, a former Continental Army captain, led an uprising over taxes in Massachusetts.
Daniel Shays
The Bill of Rights contains the very first amendments, how many were there?
10
A type of government in which power resides the citizens, all of whom are entitled to vote. Colloquially known as "majority rules."
Democracy
The Seven Years War lasted this long.
9 years
The Suffolk Resolves were passed during what meeting?
The First Continental Congress
This individual can be credited with voicing concerns about a majority of the principals our modern government is based on - i.e. separation of powers and checks and balances
John Adams
This part of the Coercive Acts made it into the Constitution as #3 in the Bill of Rights.
The Quartering Act
A war in which one side is simply trying to outlast the other.
War of Attrition
This battle was the first win for the colonists.
Concord
This idea stated that one house of legislature would represent the states based on population and the other would represent them equally.
The CT Compromise
This person tried to negotiate a peace treaty with the colonists but did not have the authority to do so.
Gen. Howe
The Articles of Confederation were scrapped and the new Constitution was written during this meeting.
The Constitutional Convention
Those who were in favor of a very strong central gov’t were known as what?
Nationalists
This was the final battle of the war, ensuring victory for the colonists.
Yorktown
Name one of the several Acts imposed on the colonists to pay for the French and Indian War.
Stamp Act, Sugar Act
This Philosph's ideas heavily influenced both John Adams and the ideals of the Revolution as a whole.
John Locke
This piece of legislature was used as a template for writing the Bill of Rights.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
The separation of state and federal governments is known as what?
Federalism