People
Declaration of Independence
Revolutionary War
Fight!
Economics
100
Patriot who excelled at guerrilla warfare.
Who is Francis Marion?
100
Movement that greatly influenced the writers of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
Colonists who chose to fight for independence.
Who are the patriots?
100
German fighters hired by the British to fight against the colonists.
Who are the mercenaries?
100
People who lend money.
Who are creditors?
200
Chief Justice sent to London to negotiate an agreement to avoid war.
Who is John Jay?
200
Religious liberty and equality before the law.
What are natural rights?
200
Colonists who sided with Britain in the war.
Who are loyalists?
200
The uprising of Massachusetts' farmers to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm foreclosures.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
200
People who owe money.
Who are debtors?
300
Mohawk leader who was one of the most important allies for the British during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Thayendanega?
300
Voting rights
What is suffrage?
300
Group that decided to continue boycotting British goods and prepare a militia in case violence broke out with the British.
What is the First Continental Congress?
300
The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
Certificates that represent money owed to private citizens by the U.S. government.
What are bonds?
400
Led a force from the Indian confederation that defeated U.S. forces in 1790.
Who is Little Turtle?
400
Document that defined what the colonists believed to be their rights.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
Type of fighting used by the Patriots in the South against the British.
What is guerrilla warfare?
400
Private ships authorized by a nation to attack its enemies.
What are privateers?
400
He proposed paying off the federal debt by selling bonds and gradually repaying their full value.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
500
Leader who ordered 600 militia members to prevent rebellious farmers from trying to close a Springfield court.
Who is James Bowdoin?
500
A type of government in which the head of state is elected and the people hold the power.
What is a republic?
500
Group that funded an army to defend the colonies.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
500
Shays' Rebellion forced leaders to realize these were weak and needed to be fixed.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
Tax on imported goods to raise the prices of foreign products in order to protect domestic products.
What is a protective tariff?
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