Amercan Revolution
This British general surrendered, leading to an end of the American Revolution?
General Cornwallis
The government formed of the 13 states after the American Revolution could best be described as a
Union of friendship
This was the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and a son of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Why did Republicans like Jefferson want to separate church and state?
They believed religion was a private affair and should not be supported by the government.
This figure was an Ambassador to France, a scientist and inventor, the first Postmaster General of the U.S., born in Boston, but had his career in Philadelphia, signed the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Which was more powerful/stronger under the Articles of Confederation? the federal/national government or the state governments.
The state governments
This Battle led to the surrender of Britain to the Americans in the American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown
This was the name of the governing document that was made during the American Revolution?
The Articles of Confederation
This was a son of Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard and a lawyer who defended the British soldiers who committed murder in the Boston Massacre, he was also the 1st Vice President and the 2nd President
John Adams
Name a reason for women's involvement in the American Revolution
-they were spies
-they advised their husbands
-some served in the military
-they ran businesses and homes while their husbands were at war
This man was of both Native American and African American ancestry, who was the first person to be killed at the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
The first Catholic Bishop in what became the United States (Baltimore, MD)
Father, later Bishop John Carroll
This American general led the American Patriot cause to victory in the American Revolution?
George Washington
John Adams believed the US government should be a mix of these three forms of government?
monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy
This wife of John Adams was an advocate for women in the rights in the new government
Abigail Adams
What was different about the two Treaties of Paris that ended the American Revolution?
One included many nations of Europe, while one only involved America and Britian.
This key figure was the father of the American Navy?
John Paul Jones
The only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence
Charles Carroll
This French King offered support to the American cause
To defend themselves, under the Articles of Confederation allowed states to do what?
Have state militias or state armies
This figure helped communicate among the colonies, and was a cousin to John Adams
Samuel Adams
Patriots favored the American cause, Loyalists favored the British cause.
This key figure gave a speech inspiring the colonists to fight for independence titled "Give me Libety, or give me Death" ?
Why did (former/freed) slaves fight in the American Revolution, on both the American and British sides?
To help the side that had given them their freedom (whether British or American)
To fight in order to gain their freedom, with the promise that if they fought, they'd be free
This Frenchman helped the American cause in the American Revolution, and was a close friend to George Washington?
Marquis de Lafayette
In the legislature of the Articles of Confederation, every state had _______ number of votes.
One (1)
This figure wrote one of the first histories of the American Revolution
Mercy Otis Warren
This was the number of states needed to approve any new laws under the Articles of Confederation
9 of the 13 were needed
Jewish-American who gave much needed money and resources to General Washington during the American Revolution
Why did the American Revolution not end in a dictatorship?
They were replacing one form of government (British monarchy) for another form of government (American democratic republic)