Constitution
Vocabulary
Colonies
Important People
Battles
100

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

the Bill of Rights

100

a chain of islands

archipelago

100

one of the first colonies arranged in North America by King James I that faced starvation and death

Jamestown

100

First President

George Washington

100

First major battle of the American Revolution

Lexington and Concord

200

Someone who supported the Constitution

a Federalist

200

a large farm where one or more crops are grown by a large number of laborers

plantation

200

This colony created the Mayflower Compact when they came to America to escape religious persecution

Plymouth

200

Creator of the Join or Die Cartoon, inventor, diplomat, and very important Founding Father

Benjamin Franklin

200

First major American victory in the war

Battle of Saratoga

300

This amendment protects you from double jeopardy

the fifth amendment

300

to gain possession of

procure

300

The colony created by the Puritans

Massachusetts Bay Colony

300

considered the first person to die for American Independence

Crispus Attucks
300

forced Cornwallis to surrender

Battle of Yorktown

400

The number of states required to ratify the Constitution

nine

400

a person who governs a kingdom when the monarch is unable to

regent

400

Colony created by Roger Williams after he disagreed with Puritan rules

Providence

400

author of the Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton

400

winter here was horrific and a low point for the Continental Army

Valley  Forge

500

The movement that began in Europe emphasizes logic and reason and influenced the first amendment

the Enlightenment

500

the power to review a legal case in front of a higher court to review the decision of a lower court

judicial review

500

The Dutch West India Company established this colony in what would later be New York

New Amsterdam

500

Choctaw leader who described the relationship between them and the French as beneficial

Alibamo Mingo

500

boosted American morale even though we lost, beginning of the road to war

Breed's Hill-

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