Unit 1
Was called to address the intolerable acts, which had been passed earlier
What is the 1st continental congress?
Force the british all the way back to Boston
What is the battle of lexington and concord?
Used the cover of night to cross the Delaware river
What is the battle of Trenton?
Make the laws and is headed by the Senate and House of Representatives
What is the Legislative branch?
1st 10 amendments of the constitution and explained the rights and freedoms granted to U.S. citizens
What are the bill of rights?
Met after Lexington and Concord
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
Arnold and Allen were able to secure cannons to protect the city of Boston
What is the Siege at Fort Ticonderoga?
Written after American Revolution began by Thomas Jefferson
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Studies and interpret the laws and headed by the Supreme court judge
What is the Judicial Branch?
Where the U.S. purchased the land between the Mississippi and the rocky mountains for 15 million
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Written by Thomas Paine in 1176 about war during that time
What is the Common Sense pamplet?
The British were able to force the colonists to surrender after the 3rd attempt
What is the battle of bunker hill?
Peace agreement that officially ended the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
What is the Virginia Plan?
Idea that no other country can colonize the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Fought on home territory
What is strength of the Americans?
Was a failure for the colonists, was forced to to retreat from New York
What is the battle of New York?
Created to keep one branch from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances?
What is the New Jersey Plan?
authorize the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Had largest navy in the world
What is strength of the British?
Turning point in the American Revolution
What is the battle of Saratoga?
Execute the laws and is headed by the President and Vice President
What is the Executive Branch?
allowed a state to count 3 for every 5 of its slaves toward the total population
What is the three-fifths compromise?
Forced March made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Oklahoma?
What is the trail of tears?