WIN Vocabulary
Historical Context
Parts of the Articles of Confederation
Content Vocabulary
People and the American Revolution
Five Limits of Government
Thirteen Colonies
100
To become attached to something or someone because it is either easy or comforting.
Ex.) Middle school students have come to depend on vaping to help them get through the day.
What is rely?
100
This a deal between countries in order to settle a dispute.
Ex.) This was a pact signed in 1783 officially ending the American Revolution. The ______ of Paris.
What is a treaty?
100
Under this Article, the legislative branch (Congress) does not have power to tax citizens. It could only request tax money from the states.
What was Article 3?
100
This means to give a formal approval of a law or set of laws.
Ex.) Thirteen states had to approve both the Articles of Confederation, and its replacement, the US Constitution.
What is ratify (ratified)?
100
The third president of the new USA from Virginia.
Ex.) He was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence who had a family on the side by one of his enslaved women.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
100
Dividing power among several branches of government.
What is the separation of power?
100
This colony has two areas the NorthEast part of the Thirteen Colonies.
What was Massachusetts?
200
This a piece of something.
Ex.) Our pizza was cut into ten slices making it an uneven amount for three people.
What is a proportion?
200
This man gave a speech at the First Continental Congress suggesting they should consider becoming their own country.
Who was John Adams?
200
Under this Article, any amendments (changes) to the Articles had to be approved by all 13 states.
What was Article 6?
200
This means to become triumphant over difficulties, coming out a winner.
Ex.) After the horrors the colonial army experienced during the 'Winter at Valley Forge', Washington's army triumphed over the British winning their independence.
What is to prevail?
200
He was a General in the British Army during the American Revolution.
Ex.) He expected the 'rules of war' would be followed in the colonies and opposed the killing of officers.
Who was Charles Cornwallis?
200
The law of the land
What is a constiution?
200
This colony had multiple prominent people from it like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
What was Virginia?
300
This is a response to an action.
Ex.) The dog jumped 10 feet when the cat pounced in front of him.
What is react?
300
This was first law of the land of the new Untied States.
Ex.) The Mayflower Compact was considered the law of the new land. The Puritins and the other passagers on the Mayflower decided on which rules to follow before they even stepped foot on the new land.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
300
Under this Article, there was no chief executive.
What was Article 1?
300
This is an argument in which both sides are heard and discussing the issue.
Ex.) During the First Continental Congress, delegates from each colony espressed their concerns by discussing issues with each other.
What is debate?
300
He was the French General who helped Washington train his soldiers.
Who was Marquis LaFayette?
300
Protecting the rights of small or unpopular groups, regardless of what the majority believes.
What is the Rights of the Minority?
300
This colony claimed the legacy of William Penn.
What was Pennsylvania?
400
To be proven right.
Ex.) The lawyer rationalized and legitimized my case in such a way that the judge dismissed it.
What is justify?
400
Still considered the greatest breakup letter.
Example.) List of Grievances against King George III and British Parlaiment and it is written in five parts.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
Under this Article, the legislative branch did not have the power to draft an army. It could only request states to send men for military service.
What was Article 4?
400
This is when a government or leader imposes oppressive laws and is considered despotic.
Ex.) King George III began imposing oppresive laws upon the American Colonists.
What is tyrannical?
400
He was an inventor, writer, and delegate to France during the American Revolution.
Ex.) He was a delagate to France helping to get their support in the war. Franklin was also considered a popular and beloved figure in France.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
Citizens of a country give their permission to be governed by the country's government, and they do this by voting.
What are the Consent of the Governed?
400
This was the most southern colony of the original Thirteen Colonies.
What was Georgia?
500
This is another choice or option that may be different.
Ex.) I recieved Stop and Shop 2% milk instead of Garelick Farm milk
What is an alternative?
500
This is separating powers between different parts of a government in order to be able to check each other so no one part of the government has more power than the other.
Ex.) Checks and Balances. The three branches of the U.S. government - Legislative (Makes Laws), Judicial (Interprets Laws), and Executive (enforces/Implements Laws)
What is limited powers?
500
Under this Article, the Legislative branch did not have the power to settle disputes among states.
What was Article 8?
500
This refers to dealing with other countries goods and services in which we desire.
Ex.) Loyalist during the American Revolution did not want to end ties with Great Britain because of the goods and services shared between the two sides.
What is trade?
500
This is the state the film "The Patriot" was based in.
Ex.) One of the southern states.
What is South Carolina?
500
Laws that are fair, they're enforced, and nobody is above the law.
What is the Rule of Law?
500
Roger Williams began this colony because of the type of policies the Massachusetts Puritans were spouting.
What was Rhode Island?
600
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams looked over Jeffersons shoulder as he wrote the Declaration of Independence to makw sure he was accurately recording their ideas.
What is monitoring?
600
The style in which the colonial militia fought during Southern campain against the British.
What is guerrilla warefare?
600
Each state chan send delegates (representatives) to Congress -- one vote per state.
What is Article 5?
600
The total amount of income generated from selling products or services, before deducting expenses.
What is revenue?
600
He helped draft the Constitution, advocated for its ratification and the founder and architect of the American financial system through his role as the first secretary of the treasury.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
600
This is the way the USA limits the power of their governmental systems.
What are checks and balances?
600
These two colonies made up most of the southern colonies.
What were South and North Carolina?
700
A small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance or result.
What is adjustment?
700
This is another way of saying separation of power.
What are Checks and Balances?
700
This Article states the new Name of the country, United States of America.
What is Article 1?
700
'Individual items, such as "articles of clothing," or a written piece in a publication like a magazine or newspaper'.
What are articles?
700
He was a Bostonian who ran with the Sons of Liberty and helped execute the Boston Tea Party.
Who was Samuel Adams?
700
Enforcable and fair rules all must follow.
What is rule of law?
700
The names of the colonies which later became know as New England.
What are Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?
800
the process or period of changing from one state or condition to another.
What is transition?
800
He led the colonial army through the harsh winter at Valley Forge.
Who was George Washington?
800
Considered the "law of the land".
What is the Constitution?
800
'The primary governing authority for an entire country, responsible for making and enforcing national laws and administering public policy'.
What is a central government?
800
The Boston Hill the British Troops ran up three times to take the it from the Colonial Militia.
What was Bunker Hill?
800
This limit of government was disreguarded by Great Britain causing the colonies to separate from them.
What is Consent of the Governed?
800
The two colonies Washington, D.C. was later buit in.
What is Maryland and Virgina?