Thomas Jefferson
Decleration of Independence
Intolerable Acts
Important Figures
Random
100
Jefferson invented this device to bring food up and down levels in a building
the dumbwaiter
100
The date and year the Decleration of Independence was signed.
July 4, 1776
100
This act forced colonists to allow British troops to stay in their homes.
Quartering Act
100
Enlightenment philosopher who influenced Jefferson on how to write the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
100
Elected first president of the U.S.
George Washington
200
Doubled the size of the U.S. with this purchase from the French.
the Louisiana Purchase
200
"We hold these truths to be _____, that all men are created equal."
self-evident
200
5 people died in this conflict.
Boston Massacre
200
King of England at the time of the start of the American Revolution
King George III
200
This compromise stated that every five enslaved people in a state would count as three free persons for determining both representation and taxation
three-fifths compromise
300
Attended this college at the age of 16.
William and Mary College.
300
The man who wrote the Decleration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
300
Colonists were furious because they weren't allowed to expand past the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclomation of 1763
300
Group of people in England who made laws for the colonists
parliament
300
Location of the final battle of the American Revolution
Yorktown, Virginia
400
Studied these three languages at the age of 9.
Greek, Latin and French
400
The three natural rights promised to people in the Declaration of Independence.
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
400
This act put a tax on lead, paper, glass, tea and paint.
Townshend Acts
400
Writer of "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
400
Three branches of the U.S. government
Judicial, Legislative, Executive
500
Supported this expedition to map the rest of the continental U.S.
Lewis and Clark Expeedition.
500
The first section of the Declaration of Independence.
The Preamble
500
The group who led the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
500
General and commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
George Washington
500
To make an amendment to the Constitution, _____ out of 13 states had to approve
nine
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