Road to Revolution
This law placed a tax on legal documents, newspapers, and printed materials.
Stamp Act
He alerted colonial militias about British troop movements, helping them prepare for conflict before Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere
Each branch has the power to check or limit the power of other branches
checks and balances
This amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures.
4th Amendment
This region can be characterized by fertile soil, year round growing season, and heavy reliance on slave labor.
The South
King George III issued this to ease conflict with native americans and keep colonists where they could be easily controlled.
Proclamation of 1763
The leadership of George Washington inspired American soldiers to weather hardships even though they lacked most everything they needed for survival during the harsh winter here.
Valley Forge
the idea that government lies with the people
popular sovereignty
The 3rd Amendment protects you from what practice?
quartering
The Mayflower Compact was the first tradition of self-government in the colonies, signed in 1620 by which group?
Pilgrims
This became the rallying cry to explain why colonists claimed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them
"No taxation without representation"
Following the final battle at Yorktown, this treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
basic liberties are guaranteed in the first 10 amendments of the Constitution
individual rights
This amendment gives you the right to a fair and speedy trial.
6th Amendment
It was the first written constitution that established a tradition of self-government.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Parliament lowered the tax on imported molasses, sugar, and coffee in order to —
get colonists to pay their taxes instead of smuggling goods.
African American soldier that helped win Battle of Saratoga
Wentworth Cheswell
government with limited powers strictly defined by law
limited government
The 1st Amendment gives you 5 freedoms. What are they?
religion, assembly, petition, press, speech (RAPPS)
The type of government in which people elect a representative who becomes their voice in making the laws.
representative government
This event united colonists in their first "national experience".
First Great Awakening
Spy that played a crucial role during Battle of Yorktown
James Armistead
people choose representatives to represent them in government
republicanism
Powers not given to the federal government and reserved for the states.
10th Amendment
It was sent to England to be sold for a profit