American Revolution
The Constitution
Early Politics
Articles of Confederation
Pre-Revolution Vocab
100

Someone who wanted to break free from England's rule was known as a __________________.

Patriot

100
The ____________ of ______________ was added to the Constitution in order to please Anti-Federalists in the South.

Bill of Rights

100

Alexander Hamilton belonged to this party.

Federalist
100

This “Articles” were strong and are still found today.


True or False

The Stamp Act

100

Another name for the British Government.

Parliament

200

A colonist who wanted to stay Loyal to England was known as a ______________.

Loyalist

200

This word means approve

ratify

200

Thomas Jefferson supported a ______________ economy.  

agricultural (farming)

200

The “Articles” gave the most power to the 

The Quartering Act

200

This type of cartoon, drawing, picture or engraving is used to incite people to choose a side.

Propaganda

300

These Battles started the war.

Lexington & Concord

300

The Constitution broke up our federal government into these 3 branches

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

300
Marshall was appointed as _____________  _____________ during one of John Adams "midnight appointments". He held this job for many years.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

300

To enact laws, the “Articles” said this many states must approve it...

The Boston Massacre

300

This is a word that means to sneak stuff in and out.

Smuggle

400

This was the battle from “The Crossing” resulted with the Hessians being defeated and arms obtained.

Battle of Trenton

400

Federalism, is the sharing of power between the Federal Government and the ______________.  For example, All Americans need a license to drive, but you have to be 18 in New York City to drive and 16 in Louisiana.

States

400

Purchased from France at a bargain price of $15 million, this doubled the size of the United States.

The Louisiana Purchase

400

This replaced the Articles of Confederation 

Tea

400

This word means to cancel.

Repeal

500

His engraving of the Boston Massacre was designed to convince more colonists to protest against British Polices.

Paul Revere

500

"We the People" is found in this section of the Constitution.

preamblee

500

The political ideology of a democratic republic originated in this beautiful Mediterranean country.

Greece

500

Name a specific weakness of “The Articles”.

Varied responses

500
In one word, the primary reason the colonists rejected the British acts is due to the fact that they had no __________________ in Parliament.

Representation

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