The (Not So) Small Acts
This Act required that colonists purchase a stamp for every piece of paper they used
What is the Stamp Act?
This was the final battle of the American Revolution, where General Cornwallis surrendered
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This settled the issue of representation in Congress
What is the Great Compromise?
This has the power to declare war
What is Congress?
The number of branches in the US government
What is 3?
This was a list of grievances against the King of England
What is the Declaration of Independence
These battles boosted American morale and gave them hope that the cause of attaining liberty was not dead
What are the battles of Trenton and Princeton?
This person was the commanding general of the Continental Army, and later served as the chairman at the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
This was a power that Congress did NOT hold under the Articles of Confederation, and ended up being a major weakness of the document
What is collecting taxes?
The term length for a member of the US House of Representatives
What is 2?
This was the colonists' response to the Tea Act
What is the Boston Tea Party?
or
What is boycotting and destroying shipments of tea?
This was the Battle that convinced the French to join the war on the Americans' side, marking a major turning point in the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This plan proposed a federal government with three equal branches
What is the Virginia Plan?
This was added to the Constitution by the Anti-Federalists
What is the Bill of Rights?
The minimum age for any US President
What is 35?
This group believed that the King was too far away to understand the best way to govern the colonies, and therefore, we should be an independent nation
Who are the Patriots?
This is where many of Washington's troops died from disease and exposure to harsh winter weather
What is Valley Forge?
This plan limited each state to just one vote in Congress
What is the New Jersey Plan?
True or False: It says in the Bill of Rights that people cannot be denied their voting rights based on race, color, and servitude
False
The number of years you must be a citizen in order to become a US Senator
What is 9?
This prevented westward expansion and issued new taxes on the colonies to pay for the war.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This is the North American region that England and France were fighting over in the French and Indian War
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This group supported the proposed Constitution and desired a strong national government
Who are the Federalists?
This is NOT a reserved power of state governments
What is establishing post offices?
The portion of states who must approve an amendment to the Constitution
What is 3/4?
or
75%