Who wrote the pamplet Common Sense, which encouraged colonist to fight for independence?
Thomas Paine
100
This 1765 act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. It was the first tax that affected colonists directly because it ws levied on goods and services. What was the name of this act?
What is the Stamp Act
100
How many stated needed to ratify the new Constitution in order for it to go into effect?
9 out of 13
100
Freedom of religion, speech, petition, assembly and the press are guaranteed under this amendment
What is the 1st Amendment
100
One of the spaniards who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and conquerer in the 16th century
What is conquisador
200
Which country supported the colonies in the Revolution?
France
200
This group opposed a strong federal government and demanded a Bill of Rights be added to the new Constitution to protect the people.
Who are the Antifederalists
200
These are the 3 branches of government
What are the executive, judicial and legislative branches
200
Article 1 of the Constitution focuses on what branch?
What is the Legislative Branch
200
A religious movement in the in the 16th century
What is reformation
300
At which loction/battle did the first fighting between redcoast and minutemen begin- it lasted only 15 minutes.
Lexington
300
This amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment as well as excessive fines and bail.
What is the 8th amendment
300
The number of representatives a state has in the House of Representatives is based on this
What is state population
300
This is the name of the first form of government the United States, it granted more power to the states than the federal government.
What are the Articles of Confederation
300
it is a housefull made up of a mother a father and their children
What is nuclear family
400
This Statement was made by colonists who felt paying taxes without representation in Parliament was wrong
What is NO Taxation without Representation!
400
This act resulted in colonists posing as Native Americans and dumping British Tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Tea Act
400
$15 million was paid to the French for this property that would later be recognized as the largest land deal in history
What is the Louisiana Purchase
400
The colonies assembled this after the Intolerable Acts
What is the 1st Continental Congress
400
The legislative body of England
What is a Parliament
500
In 1794, after whiskey producers refused to pay a tax and attacked tax collectors, this event marked the first use of armed force to assert federal authority. What was this event called?
What is the Whiskey Rebellion
500
This was a series of laws that was intended to protect the nation and weaken the Republicans.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts.
500
This COMPROMISE called for a two-house Congress to satisfy both small and big states. Each state would have equal representation in the upper house (Senate) and state population would determine the number of representatives each state got in the lower house (House of Representatives)
What is the Great Compromise
500
The is group was the last group of individuals to received the right to vote with the 27th amendment
Who are 18 year olds.
500
It is the French colonies and possessions in North America up to 1763.