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This general led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolution and later became the first president of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
This 1763 war left Britain with significant debt and led it to seek new revenue (money) from the American colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
Adopted on July 4, 1776, this document announced that the thirteen colonies were separating from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This was the first national framework of government used by the United States that was considered weak and only lasted 8 years.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Bonus Points (100): Name one weakness!
These colonists supported independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Who are the Patriots?
This British government lawmaking body passed taxes and laws that angered American colonists.
What is Parliament?
This 1765 law required many colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
These opponents of the Constitution feared that the new federal government would become too powerful and argued that this document was needed to protect individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These colonists remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution.
Who are the Loyalists?
This author wrote "Common Sense", using enlightenment ideals against monarchy to argue for American independence from Britain.
Who was Thomas Paine?
This 1770 event, in which British soldiers killed five colonists, became powerful anti-British propaganda.
What is the Boston Massacre?
After the Constitution was written, some Americans supported ratification because they wanted a stronger national government, while others feared that the new government could threaten individual liberty and state authority. What were the names of these two groups?
Who are the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
The belief that legitimate government power comes from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This Patriot lawyer defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre, arguing that everyone deserved a fair trial. He later became the second president of the United States.
Who was John Adams?
Colonists used this phrase/slogan to protest being taxed by Parliament without having elected representatives there.
What is “no taxation without representation”?
This agreement counted enslaved people as three-fifths of the total number of enslaved people for purposes of representation and direct taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The division of government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is separation of powers?
Bonus Points (100): What does the legislative branch do?
This British army captain was put on trial after the Boston Massacre in 1770 and was found not guilty of the killings.
Who is Captain Thomas Preston?
The British placed taxes on luxury goods to raise revenue from the colonies. Which three acts introduced these taxes?
What are the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Tea Act?
At the Constitutional Convention, this compromise created a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate where each state has equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
A system in which power is divided between national and state governments.
What is federalism?