Causes
What Act placed taxes on sugar?
The Sugar Act.
The Treaty of ____ ended the Revolutionary War?
The Treaty of Paris
What is the First Amendment?
The right to freedom of speech, religion, and assembly.
Who led the continental army?
George Washington
How many branches of government are there?
Which group carried out the Boston tea party?
The Sons of Liberty.
Where did the shot heard around the world occur?
Concord.
What were put in place to limit the power of each branch of government?
Checks and Balances
Who was America's first diplomat to France?
Benjamin Franklin.
What was the first government of the United States?
The Articles of Confederation.
Which Act placed taxes on paper?
The Stamp Act.
The battle that resulted in foreign recognition was?
The Battle of Saratoga.
What plan created a two house congress?
Connecticut Plan
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson.
What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
Delaware.
All taxes were removed except the tax on?
Tea.
Where did the Battle of Bunker Hill occur?
Breeds Hill.
The Constitution was signed in after the failures of ______ __ _________?
The Articles of Confederation
Who wrote the book Common Sense?
Thomas Paine.
Native Americans generally supported the ______?
British.
What was the purpose of the Declaratory Act?
To assert parliament's right to tax the colonies.
What did the Battle of Yorktown result in?
The end of the Revolutionary War.
When was the Constitution ratified?
June 21st, 1788.
Who created a plan to stabilize the national economy with a three step plan of creating a national bank, paying off the national debt, and imposing high tariffs to protect industries?
Alexander Hamilton.
The Articles of Confederation had ___ branch(es) of government.
One.