Causes of the American Revolution
Act that said the colonist had to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
American victory, turning point of the war, French were watching, Proved we could stand up to the British so French come to help Americans,
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
A revolt over high taxes and heavy debt in August 1786.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Determined how slaves would count toward the population for representation.
What is the 3/5s Compromise?
branches of government
What are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
Act that placed a tax on imported goods such as glass, paint, paper, and tea.
What is the Townshend Act?
Considered the first battles of the American Revolution.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Name a weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
No national executive
No national court system
National government could not enact taxes.
National government could not raise a standing army.
National government could not regulate trade.
Strong national government
Three branches
Bicameral legislature- representation based on population
What is the Virginia Plan?
What are the Bill of Rights?
A law that restricted American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were angry because it placed a limit on their freedom.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Washington crosses the Delaware, Surprise attack after Christmas, Defeats the British
What is the Battle of Trenton?
America's first constitution
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Two house congress
House represented by population
Senate represented by state
What is the Great Compromise?
power is divided between national and state government.
What is federalism?
Created by Samuel Adams to protest the British policies of taxation without representation.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Officially ends the war, and the United States is now a free and independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This was held to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
Three branches
states had equal votes in congress
What is the New Jersey Plan?
are nominated by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate and serve a life term.
Who are Supreme Court Justices?
Britain was stunned by the Boston Tea Party, so they created these acts to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The British closed down the port of Boston.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The colonists unite and form this group of leaders from the colonies to decide what the colonies should do about the British.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Established by Congress, system for creating new states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This is where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Philadelphia?
To formally charge an elected official with a crime.
What is impeachment?