People
Places
Documents/Acts
Vocab Words
Battles/Rebellions
100
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independance
100
the country that gave taxes to the colonies in order to pay off their debts
What is Britain?
100
The Intolerable Acts
We were the punishment to the colonists for participating in the Boston Tea Party
100
formal approval
What is ratification?
100
moral victory for the patriots because they captured supplies and gained support from Georgians who had not yet decided which side to be on.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
200
Elijah Clarke
Who was the hero at the Battle of Kettle Creek?
200
the part of the colonies that was most angry at British policies
What is the northern part of the colonies?
200
the tax on tea, paint, lead, glass, paper which led the colonists to demanding the unfairness of "No Taxation Without Representation."
What is the Townshend Act?
200
we do not support the king
Who are the Whigs?
200
the battle of British troops and Massachusetts minutemen; known as "the shot heard 'round the world"
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
300
the father of the constitution
Who was James Madison?
300
the part of government that the colonists didn't have representatives in
What is Parliament?
300
The colonists made us but we had weaknesses such as not being able to levy taxes and no courts or presidents
What are the Articles of Confederation?
300
natural law
What is life, liberty, and property?
300
the rebellion of colonists who were mad about the tax on tea, so they threw tea into the harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
Count Casimir Polaski
Who was the polish nobleman who died in the Siege of Savannah?
400
the part of GA that pro-independance attitudes were strongest
What is the backcountry?
400
Rules and Regulations
What was the temporary plan of Government in GA?
400
consent of the governed
What is the form of government that can only rule as long as the citizens agree?
400
Shay's Rebellion
What happened because of Massachusetts taxing its citizens?
500
Abraham Baldwin
Who was known for inventing the Great Compromise?
500
the national government during the revolution
What is the Continental Congress?
500
The Treaty of Paris
What is the treaty that ends the Revolutionary War and includes giving Florida to Spain?
500
federalism
What is the law that makes the national government supreme, but also gives the state government power?
500
they boycotted British goods
How did the colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?
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