Vocab 1
Statement of reasons for the colonies to separate from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
document that was crucial in changing public opinion to support independence
What is Common Sense?
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War
What is The Battle of Yorktown?
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
What is Samuel Adams?
Led a farmer rebellion against high taxes in Massachusetts
What is Daniel Shay?
Taxes on imported materials like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
What are the Townshend Acts?
Battle that boosted Patriot morale
What is the Battle of Trenton?
British response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Civilian soldiers
What is Militia?
Father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
German mercenaries hired to fight for the British
What is Hessians?
The battle that persuaded the French to join the war for the Patriots
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
a foreign soldier hired to fight in the war
What is a Mercenary?
Prussian drillmaster who trained Americans to be “soldiers”
What is Friedrich von Steuben?
Believed in a strong national government and wrote most of the Federalist papers
What is Alexander Hamilton?
The agreement that ended the Revolutionary war
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Tax that prompted colonists to cry, "No taxation without representation."
What is the Stamp Act?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Frenchman who led troops in Virginia and pushed France to join the war
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
Last attempt by colonist to negotiate with the king
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
a protest group that formed the Boston Tea Party
What are the Sons of Liberty?
The Introduction to the Declaration of Independence
What is the Preamble?
Led a rebellion against the British before the war
Who is Chief Pontiac?
British Commander who quickly captured Georgia and South Carolina and was defeated at Yorktown
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
Supported the British before and during the war
What is Loyalist?
Compromise between large and small states on the make up of the legislature, forming a bicameral congress
What is the Great Compromise?
Compromise of how enslaved people were to be counted in the population for votes in the house
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
feared the Constitution gave the national government too much power
What is Antifederalists?
Essays written to urge delegates to ratify the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
A military struggle in which the British fought against the French and their Native American allies
What is the French and Indian War?
Policy where Britain gave its colonies more freedom to govern themselves
What is Salutary Neglect?
British Prime minister who tried increase revenue by promoting Sugar Act
What is George Grenville?
a native American uprising against Britain in the Great lakes region
What is Pontiac’s Rebellion?
a British law that taxed colonial newspapers and other printed materials
What is Stamp Act?
BONUS QUESTION: The Three Branches of Government