Colonial Grievances
This act required colonists to pay taxes on every piece of printed paper, playing cards, and newspapers.
What is the Stamp Act
This phrase expressed colonial anger over paying British taxes without having a voice in Parliament.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
He served as the commander of the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War.
Who was George Washington?
This founding document declared that all men are created equal and have unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The opening phrase of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution that establishes popular sovereignty.
What is "We the People"?
This law forced colonists to provide housing, barracks, and provisions for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
In December 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor in response to this act.
What is the Tea Act?
The Revolutionary War officially began with the "shot heard 'round the world" in this colony
What is Massachusetts (or Lexington and Concord)?
Enlightenment thinker whose ideas on natural rights and social contract theory heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson.
Who was John Locke?
The system that divides power between national, state, and local governments (like deciding who sets up a local stoplight)
What is Federalism?
The British government imposed taxes on the colonies primarily to pay off massive national debts following this conflict.
What is the Seven Years' War (or French and Indian War)?
He authored the influential 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, urging colonists to break away from British rule.
Who was Thomas Paine?
This European country joined the war as an official ally to help the Americans beat Great Britain.
Who is France?
America's first frame of government was called this, but it proved too weak because Congress could not tax or enforce laws.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The power of the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress or the President unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
To publicly humiliate tax collectors, angry colonial mobs would do this specific action
This March 5, 1770 event resulted in 5 colonial deaths, including Crispus Attucks, and was used as Patriot propaganda.
What is the Boston Massacre?
What major problem with food and supplies did Continental Army soldiers face while serving in the war?
What is starvation / supply shortages?
This group supported ratifying the new Constitution and wanted a strong central government to maintain national order.
Who were the Federalists?
When President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives, it demonstrated that no leader is above the law, illustrating this principle.
What is the Rule of Law (or Checks and Balances)?
Name 1 of the four primary themes that the 27 grievances in the Declaration of Independence were grouped into
Rule of Law, Welfare of the People, Functioning of Government, or Economics/Taxes?
Fired on April 19, 1775, at Lexington and Concord, this event marked the official opening battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the "shot heard 'round the world"?
Name one group of people besides white colonial men who participated in or were affected by the Revolutionary War
Who were Black Americans/enslaved people, Women, or Loyalists?
Anti-Federalists refused to support the new Constitution unless this was added to safeguard individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The 22nd Amendment limited presidents to two terms in office after FDR served four terms, demonstrating this key quality of the Constitution
What is Flexibility