The Declaration of Independence (SSUSH4a)
He wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
When the American Revolution began, ________ ____________ was named commander in chief of the Continental Army.
George Washington
The Articles of Confederation showed Americans feared a powerful national (Federal or central) government. As a result, the Articles created a government that had
No executive branch
lacked the power to tax
Gave power to the state governments (not the national government)
One great issue facing the delegates to the Constitutional Convention was how ______ _______ states could have equal representation in the new government.
different-sized
What increased due to the growth in tobacco production?
Slavery in the Colonies
Thomas Jefferson, John Livingston, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman- were these five guys made up of?
The Committee of Five
______ ______ _____ ______, from Prussia, helped
Washington effectively used their time at Valley Forge to train the Continental Army.
Baron Friedrich Von Steuben
In ______ ________, Daniel Shays led more than a thousand farmers who, like him, were burdened with personal debts caused by economic problems stemming from the Revolutionary War debts.
Shay’s Rebellion
States with large populations supported ____ ______ _________. This plan created a legislative branch in which representatives were assigned based on each state’s population
the Virginia Plan.
Part of the Trans-Atlantic trade route where slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.
The Middle Passage
He was an Enlightenment thinker who influenced the Founding Fathers while writing the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
_______ ________ started a training program to turn
inexperienced recruits into a professional military.
Washington and Steuben
Shays and his men tried to seize a federal arsenal in _____________.
Massachusetts
States with smaller populations supported a ____ ______ ______. This plan created a legislative branch in which all states were equally represented (2 representatives for each state).
New Jersey Plan
African American population had its greatest increase in the Southern Colonies due to the need for?
unskilled labor in the cash crop fields such as tobacco.
In, _______ _______the delegates to the Second Continental Congress decided to declare independence from Great Britain.
June 1776
He was a French soldier who commanded American troops and fought battles in many states.
Marquis de Lafayette
Without the power to ___, America and the Articles of
Confederation could not repair the national economy.
tax
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention settled the issue
of representation in Congress by approving the _______ ______________.
Great Compromise.
African American culture grew as a result of an increase in
need for unskilled labor.
If the government does not meet the needs of the people, then the people have a right to overthrow the government or break the contract.
Social Contract
Washington and his troops spent the winter of 1777–1778 in _____ _______ Pennsylvania.
Valley Forge
The ________ __ _______________ resulted in a weak national (Federal or central) government and convinced Americans that then needed a new government.
Articles of Confederation
The Great Compromise called for the creation of a legislature with two chambers
(Bicameral): a House of Representatives, with representation based on population, and a Senate, with equal representation for all states.
There was not one African American culture, slaves represented a large number of different cultures. However, slave on plantations started to develop their own culture.
Name some examples of African American culture.
Architecture: Shotgun House Plan
Agriculture: Okra, watermelon, sweet potatoes,
Foodways: Methods of cooking such as BBQ