VOCABULARY
The colonists who were loyal to the British government during the American Revolution
Who were the LOYALISTS?
This man came from France to help the Americans fight the Revolution because Washington was his idol.
Who was MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE?
This battle was a turning point in the Revolution and caused France to sign an alliance with America to send money, supplies, and troops.
What was THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA?
The main purpose of this document was to protect the basic rights of the people. After it was added to the US Constitution, the Constitution was ratified.
What was THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
FIND THE MISTAKES:
The American soldiers at Valley Forge had many problems. They had no food, they were very cold, and they did not have good shelter and many of them got sick.
EXTRA "AND" BEFORE ITEM #3
MISSING COMMA AFTER ITEM #4 BEFORE FINAL "AND"
Freedom from control
What is INDEPENDENCE?
This woman led the expedition of Lewis and Clark and did many things to help make the trip successful.
Who was SACAGAWEA?
This meeting was held by a group of important leaders called the Founding Fathers and delegates from many states to help solve the problems of the new US government.
Problems with this first American government included no legislative power to tax, states that all had different types of money, and no court to help solve states' problems.
What were THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?
FIND THE MISTAKE:
Thomas Jefferson believed that people should be trusted, and Alexander Hamilton believed that people can bring violence.
BUT, not and (CONTRAST sentence)
An important trip taken by a group of people for the purpose of exploration or discovery
What is an EXPEDITION?
This man led a group of angry farmers to the courts in Massachusetts to close the courts in protest of unfair treatment.
Who was DANIEL SHAYS?
Two important effects of this event were that it joined the colonists together and it made the British Parliament very angry. It was caused by a tax on a favorite drink in the colonies.
What was THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?
This document, written by Thomas Jefferson and other leaders at the 2nd Continental Congress, stated that Americans should be free from British control. It included many important ideas, including the statement that people have the right to get rid of unfair government.
What was THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
FIND THE MISTAKES:
The debate at the Constitutional Convention were exciting, but the delegates decided to kept their discussion private until the convention is over.
Convention WAS exciting (debate =it)
decided to KEEP (infinitive)
convention WAS over (history, past tense)
A person in government who speaks for you
This man came up with the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention.
Who was ROGER SHERMAN?
The British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to American forces at the Battle of ____________, which took place on a peninsula. Afterwards, the ______________ was signed, giving Americans their independence.
What was THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN and the TREATY OF PARIS?
This plan from the Constitutional Convention called for each state to have the same number of representatives in government.
What was the NEW JERSEY PLAN?
The Articles of Confederation had many problems since they were not a good system of government.
Wrong order of CAUSE and EFFECT: "They were not a good system of government is a REASON, answering the question WHY.
Correct =
The Articles of Confederation were not a good system of government since they had many problems.
What are CABINET, SECRETARIES, and DEPARTMENTS?
These two men were authors of the Federalist Papers, which were important documents arguing for the ratification of the new US Constitution.
Who were Alexander Hamilton and James Madison?
President _________________ bought the _____________________ from _________ for about ___ cents per acre. The new land ___________ the size of America. He sent _________________ and _______________ on a ___-year expedition to explore the land.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
FRANCE
3
DOUBLED
MERRIWETHER LEWIS
WILLIAM CLARK
TWO
One early foreign policy, _______________, that stated Europeans should stay out of the New World and Americans would determine what happened in the Western Hemisphere. Before this policy, presidents believed a policy of ________________ was the best way for America to relate to foreign countries.
What was the MONROE DOCTRINE and ISOLATIONISM?
FIND THE MISTAKES (13):
Americans wanted the power to create their own national therefore they fight the American Revolution. Meanwhile the Revolution, the British they try to controlled the Americans with many taxes and it didn't worked so the Americans protested and fighted back.
NATION, not "national"
own nation. Therefore, they FOUGHT (period and new sentence, capitalize THEREFORE, add a comma, past tense of FIGHT).
BEFORE (incorrect use of MEANWHILE)
The BRITISH TRIED (two subjects, need to use past tense)
to CONTROL (infinitive)
many taxes, BUT it didn't WORK (contrast sentence needs BUT not AND, need COMMA) (didn't WORK - past tense is contained in the word DID)
SINCE/BECAUSE, not "SO" -- Americans protesting is a CAUSE of why the British taxes didn't work, not an effect of them not working
FOUGHT, not FIGHTED