Mixed - Art of Confed & New Constitution
Mixed - Revolution
Pre-Revolution
Revolution!
Post-Revolution
100
Another name for creating a two house legislature
Bicameral or Bicameralism
100
Forbade colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
100
The governing body that helped unite the colonies and direct the path for Revolution
Continental Congress
100
The treaty that ended the Revolution
The Treaty of Paris
100
The type of government where citizens rule through elected representatives
Republic, Republican, Republicanism
200
Location where the Constitutional Convention was held (identify either the city, or the city and the state, NOT just the state)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
200
Parliament passed this to assert its right to make laws over the colonies
Declaratory Act
200
Sons of Liberty response to Britain's passage of the Townshend Acts
Boycott
200
The final battle of the Revolution that brought Britain to surrender
The Battle of Yorktown
200
The law that established the plan for dividing land W. of the Appalachian Mountains
Northwest Ordinance
300
Number of delegates at the Constitutional Convention
50
300
Other than tea, one other item taxed under the Townshend Acts
Glass, lead, paint, and paper
300
The document written in plain language to encourage support for independence from Britain
Common Sense
300
The battle that turned the tide of the war in favor of the colonists
Saratoga
300
Under the Great Compromise, how would representation in the House of Representatives be determined?
Number of representatives would be determined by the number of people in the state (population)
400
THREE weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
No Executive (president), 9/13 states need to approve laws made by Congress, Congress can request but not tax states, Congress could request but could not draft an army, No national court, 13/13 states had to approve changes to the new Constitution, Congress could not collect debts from the states, Congress could not help states settle their disputes
400
Name of the African American killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
400
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
400
The first battle of the American Revolution
Lexington
400
The name of those who advocated a Bill of Rights be added to the new Constitution
Anti-Federalists
500
How long did it take to draft the new Constitution?
Four months
500
This allowed British customs officials to search any colonial ship or building they thought held smuggled goods.
Writ of Assistance
500
The name that those who opposed independence from Britain went by
Loyalist
500
The alliance that secured colonists success against Britain
French-American Alliance
500
Proposed at the Constitutional Convention, this plan proposed a 1 house legislature and was favored by the small states
New Jersey Plan
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