Writing and sourcing
A claim lays that out the argument for an essay.
What is a thesis?
What is representation?
The colonists who wanted to stay with Great Britain.
Who are the Loyalists?
A form of government in which elected officials make decisions.
What is a Republic?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A claim that lays out the argument for a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
Britain's victory in this war left it in major debt.
What is the French and Indian War / Seven Years' War?
The "unalienable rights" listed in the Declaration.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
The first constitution of the not-very-united states.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Wife of the second president, who reminded him to "remember the ladies"
Who is Abigail Adams?
The main reason we might be skeptical of a source.
What is bias?
What is the Stamp Act?
Washington crossed this river to attack sleeping Hessians and turn the tide of the war.
What is the Delaware?
This side supported the Constitution because they thought we needed a stronger government.
Who are the Federalists?
Prussian military man -- and a new addition to the monthly observance display?
A source from the time period being discussed.
What is a primary source?
These laws, responding to the Boston Tea Party, shut down the city's harbor and put it under military rule.
What are the "Intolerable Acts" / "Coercive Acts"
This country provided army, navy, and financial support... and may have won us the war.
What is France?
The agreement that gave us two chambers in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
Killed at the Boston Massacre, and later considered the "first martyr" of the Revolution.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
The part of a claim that lays out why or because. (3-word phrase needed)
What is the line of reasoning?
Colonial attacks that made officials look like birds...and left them with burns.
What is tarring and feathering?
The location, in Virginia, of the war's final major battle.
What is Yorktown?
The total number of electors in the electoral college today.
What is 538?
Main crafter of the Constitution (and fourth president of the U.S.).
Who is James Madison?