Pre-Revolutionary Personalities
British Authority in the Colonies
You Say You Want A Revolution...
Articles of Confederation
Creating the Constitution
100
Inventor, Diplomat, Delegate to the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress, Philly's own.
Who is Ben Franklin
100
These were required to be affixed to all legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and so forth as a way to raise revenue in the colonies for the protection of a standing British army.
What are stamps
100
Often seen as the turning point of the Revolutionary War, this battle witnessed the defeat and surrender of British Gen. John Burgoyne's army to Gen. Horatio Gates.
What is Saratoga.
100
Concern over the state of Massachusetts inability to put down an insurrection by this man led many state leaders to believe that the Articles needed to be "revised"
Who is Daniel Shays
100
This state's plan for the federal government included a popular-elected legislative branch, an executive branch, and a judicial branch.
What is Virginia
200
Lawyer, Massachusetts delegate, defender of independence from Britain at the 2nd Continental Congress
Who is John Adams
200
This was the one British import to the colonies that was not repealed in the Townshend Acts.
What is tea.
200
The Continental Army's defeat at this key city in 1776 began a retreat that lasted months and was only turned around by the victory at Trenton.
What is New York
200
The 2nd Continental Congress adopted the Articles in this year; they would not be ratified by the necessary number of states, however, until 1781.
What is 1777
200
Delegate of Virginia whose notes provide us with much of the secret goings-on.
Who is James Madison
300
British Prime Minister, responsible for the defense of the British colonies during the French and Indian War.
Who is William Pitt
300
These were hated institutions set up by the British to cut down on colonial smuggling and reinforce British authority over the trade between the colonies and Britain.
What are vice-admirality courts
300
British General who fought in the South against Continentals and militia; he eventually surrendered his army at Yorktown.
Who is Gen. Lord Cornwallis
300
This was act was considered to be the greatest accomplishment of the Confederated Congress under the Articles of Confederation in terms of organizing new US territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
300
This Connecticut Delegate proposed the "Great Compromise" which created a 2 house legislature (one based on population, the other on equal representation)
Who is Roger Sherman
400
Ottawa chief who led several raids and attacks against British forts and colonial outposts in the Western territory.
Who is Pontiac
400
This action gave Parliament the full authority to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever".
What is Declaratory Act
400
This Prussian officer is credited with the "making" of Washington's army at Valley Forge into an actual, disciplined fighting force.
Who is Von Steuben
400
For a "major decision" to be settled by the Confederation Congress, the Articles required that this number of states be in agreement.
What is 9 states
400
According to the 3/5ths Compromise, the federal government agreed not to interfere in the "importation of slaves" for this fixed amount of time.
What is 20 years
500
Virginia Representative to the Second Contintental Congress; officially proposed independence from Great Britain
Who is Richard Henry Lee
500
As part of the Coercive Acts (aka the "Intolerable Acts") of 1774, this particular section protected British officials from being tried in colonial courts by sending them back to Britain or Canada for trial.
What is the Administration of Justice Act
500
A favorite general of Washington, he was appointed commander of the Southern Continental Army after it was abandoned by Horatio Gates
Who is Nathaniel Greene
500
According to the Northwest Ordinance, this was the "magic number" of a territory's population of free white men which would allow it to apply for statehood.
What is 60,000
500
On June 21st 1788, this state became the 9th to ratify the Constitution, officially making it the supreme law of the land.
What is New Hampshire
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