French and Indian War
This war ended in 1763 with Britain gaining a large amount of French territory in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
This 1765 law placed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
These April 1775 battles marked the beginning of armed fighting between Britain and the American colonies.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This document created America's first national government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
These are the three branches of Government created by the Constitution.
What are the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches of Government?
These two European countries were the main opponents in the French and Indian War.
Who are Britain and France?
This famous slogan expressed the colonists' belief that Parliament should not tax them without elected representatives.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This 1776 document officially announced that the colonies considered themselves free and independent from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Under the Articles, every state received this many votes in Congress regardless of population.
What is one vote?
This agreement created a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with equal state representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
This was the territory in North America that Britain and France both wanted to control.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
During this 1773 protest, colonists dumped hundreds of chests of East India Company tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This general's ability to keep the Continental Army together was an important factor in the American victory.
Who is George Washington?
Congress needed money to pay national debts but lacked the power to directly do this.
What is collect taxes?
Under the Great Compromise, each state receives equal representation in this chamber of Congress.
What is the Senate
This problem left Britain looking for new sources of money after the French and Indian War.
What is a large war debt?
Britain passed these four laws to punish Massachusetts and increase British control after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This European country provided the Americans with money, weapons, soldiers, ships, and important naval support.
What is France?
Changing the Articles required this level of agreement among the states.
What is approval from all 13 states?
This branch of the federal government interprets laws and determines how they apply.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Britain gave this reason for expecting the American colonists to help pay the costs of the French and Indian War.
What is that Britain had fought partly to protect the colonies?
This 1774 meeting brought representatives from 12 colonies together to develop a united response to British actions.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Unlike Britain, the Americans did not have to conquer their enemy. They mainly needed to accomplish this until Britain decided the war was no longer worth its cost.
What is continue resisting or keep the Revolution alive?
Under the Articles, most political power belonged to these governments rather than the national government.
What are the state governments?
This branch of the federal government is responsible for carrying out and enforcing the nation's laws.
What is the Executive Branch?