Battles
The battle that convinced the French to become an ally during the American Revolution
Stamp Act
What is a tax on all commercial and legal documents?
The first plan of government in the United States
What is Articles of Confederation
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson?
The battle where the British were trapped/surrounded by American troops
What is Battle of Yorktown?
The imaginary line that prohibited colonists from moving west past the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This event showed Americans how weak the government was under the Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion
A naval hero who won a major battle on his ship Bonhomme Richard
What is John Paul Jones?
The Shot Heard Round the World was during this battle
What is the Battle of Lexington
Forcing colonists to house and feed British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act?
The national government did not have the power to tax under this plan of government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
John Hancock showed he wanted freedom from England by doing this
What is signing the Declaration of Independence?
This was the first colonial victory
What is Battle of Concord
Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies.
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Once the population reached 60,000 free inhabitants they would be able to apply for statehood in this territory
What is the Northwest Territory?
The General of the American army during the revolution
What is George Washington?
The reason British troops were on the way to Concord
What is British were attempting to seize stored weapons
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by colonists in Boston.
What is Boston Massacre?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation as our plan of government in the United States
What is the Constitution