Road to Revolution
This act places a direct tax on printed items such as newspapers and legal documents
The Stamp Act
George Washington led 2,400 men across an ice-choked river on Christmas night in 1776 to attack this location.
Trenton
This principle means that governments should be ruled by citizens' elected representatives.
republicanism
Washington's cabinet included this department, which dealt with the nation's finances.
Department of the Treasury
This 1787 law established a plan for dividing land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Northwest Ordinance
This secret resistance group was founded by Samuel Adams
Sons of Liberty
The American victory at this battle is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
Saratoga
This belief emphasizes the equality of all people.
egalitarianism
This act created the federal court system in 1789.
Judiciary Act of 1789
This document announced that people have the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Declaration of Independence
This event left Crispus Attucks and four others dead and increased tensions between Britain and the colonies.
Boston Massacre
This was the American winter camp during 1777–1778.
Valley Forge
This compromise proposed that representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population.
Great Compromise
This rebellion was sparked by an excise tax on whiskey.
Whiskey Rebellion?
This body declared American independence on July 2, 1776, and adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4.
Second Continental Congress
This document was the colonists' last attempt to reconcile with Britain before independence became the goal.
Olive Branch Petition
This French military leader helped transform the Continental Army into an effective fighting force.
Marquis de Lafayette
The system created by the Constitution to prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful is called this.
Checks and Balances
This treaty required Britain to evacuate its posts in the Northwest Territory but provoked controversy in the United States.
Jay's Treaty
The treaty confirming American independence was signed in this European city.
Paris
Thomas Paine's influential pamphlet argued that the colonies should break away from Britain.
Common Sense
The British surrender at this location effectively ended the Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
This clause gives the federal government flexibility to make laws needed to carry out its constitutional powers.
elastic clause
These laws targeted people who made what the government considered "false, scandalous, and malicious" statements against it.
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Constitution could not take effect until it was approved by this number of states.
at least 9 states