Colonial America
Causes of the Revolution
People to Know
The U.S. Constitution
Documents
100

The Proclamation Line of 1763 followed which geographic feature?

The Appalachian Mountains

100

Name ONE tax

Tea Act, Stamp Act, Sugar Act

100

Writer of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

100

The 3 branches

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

100

This argued in favor of independence from Great Britain

Common Sense

200

John Locke's 3 rights

Life, Liberty, Land (Property)

200

Britain ended THIS informal policy of ignoring the colonies when they began to tax colonists

Salutary Neglect

200

This group FAVORED ratification of the Constitution

Federalists

200

The Senate has _____ representation while the House has _______ representation

Equal, Proportional

200

Federalists wrote this to defend the US Constitution

The Federalist Papers

300

Colonial representative governments borrowed ideas from this European movement

The Enlightenment

300

The name of the organization that Paul Revere founded

Sons of Liberty

300

This group DID NOT want the Constitution to be ratified, wanted a Bill of Rights added

Antifederalists

300

This rebellion led to the Constitutional Convention & the writing of the U.S. Constitution

Shays' Rebellion

300

This government was unicameral and did not have a president or the power to tax

The Articles of Confederation

400

This is the name of colonial Virginia's representative government (Washington & Jefferson were members)

Virginia House of Burgesses

400

This man wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense, which argued FOR independence

Thomas Paine

400

General of the Continental Army, member of the House of Burgesses, and presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention

George Washington

400

This allowed slaves to count towards state representation

3/5 Compromise

400

What is this document? "We the people, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." 

The Preamble to the US Constitution

500

List TWO examples of early colonial governments

House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, New England Town Hall Meetings, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

500

This Act shut down Boston Harbor, placed Boston under martial law, and stopped colonial governments from meeting

Coercive/Intolerable Acts

500

Wrote a letter to her husband, John, asking him to "Remember the Ladies"

Abigail Adams
500

What did the delegates create in order to deal with the issue of popular elections of the president?

The Electoral College

500

List ONE Enlightenment document that inspired the American Revolution

Magna Carta, Two Treatises of Government

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