Colonies and Rights
The country who ruled the 13 colonies....
England
The group of men with the most power in the colonies and early America
W.A.S.P.S
White Anglo Saxon Protestants
(men)
Benjamin Franklin wrote a political cartoon urging colonists to...
"Join or Die"
The first government of America was known as
The Articles of Confederation
Weak and shortlived!
Ruler of England during American Revolution
Who is King George III
This amendment protects you from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment...
8th amendment
He was the impassioned Minister who used dark and scary imagery to provoke people to attend church during the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
This became the slogan of the Revolution...
"No Taxation without representation."
This Battle was considered the Turning Point of the American Revolution....why?
Battle at Saratoga
French officially join the Americans as allies
Name of the Battle where General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington
Siege of Yorktown
aka
Battle at Yorktown
10th
Religious revival movement in 1720's-1740's that was spread through ministers
Great Awakening
Boston Massacre (1770)
Although the British won this war, they incurred a tremendous amount of debt...
This conflict is also known as the Seven Years War
French and Indian War
To punish the Colonists for the Boston Tea Party, the British imposed
The Intolerable Acts
This amendment ensures due process of the law and protection from self incrimination
5th
What were the Bill of Rights and when were they added to the Constitution
First 10 amendments of Constitution and added in 1791
When much of the actual governing was left to local officials and colonial assemblies.
Salutary Neglect
When was the United States of America recognized by the rest of the world?
After the Treaty at Paris 1783
Two well known Deists
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
The amendment that provides rights to the people that are not explicitly listed
9th
Belief that God essentially withdrew after creating the world, leaving it to function by scientific laws of nature and no divine intervention.
Deism
Thought revolution in the 18th century. It began in Europe and spread to the Colonies...
Emphasized reason, and science over the traditional authority of the church.
Enlightenment
The Articles of Confederation needed this many states to pass a law
and this many states to make a change in the Articles of Confederation
9 out of 13
13/13
Who were the people in the colonies that called for a stronger federal government?
Which group wanted the power of the government to remain mostly to the states.
Federalists (Madison, Hamilton)
Anti- Federalist (Jefferson)