This group was started to prepare for fighting the British.
What is the minutemen?
100
The Constitutional Convention was held here.
What is Philadelphia?
200
He is the father of the Constitution and also wrote the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
200
He was the protestant minister who was an important leader in the Great Awakening movement.
Who was Jonathan Edwards?
200
The event that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
200
The principle that keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
200
This solved the problem of how to count slaves for taxes and for representation in Congress.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
300
He wrote Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
300
These people stayed loyal to King George.
Who were loyalist?
300
The first battle of the American Revolution fought.
What is Lexington, Massachusetts?
300
This is a type of government were power is shared between the states and the federal government.
What is Federalism?
300
The name of the people who supported the Constitution.
Who are the Federalist?
400
He surrendered to George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown.
Who was General Cornwallis?
400
These people did not want to ratify the Constitution because they felt it gave too much power to the national government and did not contain a Bill of Rights.
Who are Antifederalists?
400
Where the British Army surrendered to the American Army.
What is Yorktown?
400
This law passed by Parliament controlled trade between England and the colonies.
What is the Navigation Act?
400
He was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
500
He said, "give me liberty or give me death."
Who was Patrick Henry?
500
These people wanted independence from Great Britain.
Who were the patriots?
500
The French and Indian War was fought over control of this area.
What is the Ohio Valley or the Frontier?
500
The busiest port in the colonies by 1770.
What is Boston?
500
All of the delegates wanted this type of government.