Causes and Early Events of the Revolutionary War
The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possiblity of rebellion by seizing ___ from the colonists.
weapons
One Revolutionary War battle that ended the Bristish attempt to control the Southern colonies was fought at ______, South Carolina
Kings Mountain
How was the role of women different from the role of men during the American Rovlution?
Women supported the war by taking care of wounded soldiers.
What was the document that created the first government after the colonies declared independence?
Articles of Confederation
The ________ defines what the government can and can't do.
Constitution
The Americans who wrote the Declaration of Independence wanted support from poeple in the colonies and from other countires. Which country did the colonists ask for help during the revolution?
France
The __________ proved to be the decisive engagement that resulted in the birth of the United States of America.
Battle of Yorktown
As South Carolinians returned home after the Rovutionary War, what did they find?
homes and farms were destroyed, or ruined.
Delegates who wanted a strong central government were called ________, and delegates who wanted more power to be given to the states were called _________.
Federalists; Anti-Federalists
A change to the Constitution must be voted on. This change is called a(n) _______.
amendment
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War and ________.
Britain gave up its country east of the Mississippi River.
Which describes South Carolina's role in becoming a state?
It was the eighth colony to become a state.
The Bill of Rights are the first _____ amendments to the Constitution.
ten
Why did the representatives at the Constitutional Convenetion divide the powers of the national government among three different branches?
They did not want any one branch of governement to become too powerful.
What was one way that the Constitution addressed the issue of how slaves would be counted in a state's population?
Every five slaves would be counted as three people.