Causes
What is the Stamp act?
Taxation of all paper goods and products
What is the first battle of the Revolution
Lexington and Concord
The Boston massacre had over 500 people die and the first to die was Crispus Atticus, a freed slave.
False
- only 5 colonists died in the massacre
The declaration of independence was the framework for what document
Constitution
A person who stayed loyal to the British Crown
Loyalist
Who was the debt from the French and Indian war placed on?
Colonies
What was the turning point of the war
Saratoga
The intolerable acts closed Boston harbor, placed a military governor over Massachusetts, and England expanded land over the Canadian border, taking land from colonies.
What was the first form of Government in the united states
Articles of Confederation
A person who wanted independence and supported the revolution
Patriot
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A act of rebellion where patriots dumped tea into the harbor in Boston
What battle ended the fighting of the war
Yorktown
False
-life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
The articles of confederation had many issues. List at least 2
-Federal government could not tax the people
-Federal government could not have a standing army
-federal government had limited power
-State governments held all the power
-federal government had to ask for money from the states
appointed commander of the Continental army
General George Washington
What happened in the First Continental Congress?
Peace offering to the King
What country aided us during the American revolution
France
The constitution's ideas formed the Declaration of independence
False
-the declaration of independence's ideas influenced the Constitution
What major rebellion brought about the need for change of the Articles of confederation?
Shay's rebellion
General search warrants claiming the british could search anything, at any time, anywhere.
Writs of Assistance
What was written on the Second Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
What treaty liberated the colonists and separated them from Great Britain
The Articles of Confederation gave the State government less power than the Federal Government
False
-the state government's had more power than the federal government.
What is the order of documents leading to the constitution
______________ --> ____________ --> __________
Declaration of Independence --> Articles of Confederation--> Constitution
The act that stated that Parliment could impose laws on the colonies
Declaratory Act