The Proclamation Line of 1763 followed which geographic feature?
The Appalachian Mountains
Name ONE tax
Tea Act, Stamp Act, Sugar Act
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The 3 branches
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
This argued in favor of independence from Great Britain
Common Sense
John Locke's 3 rights
Life, Liberty, Land (Property)
Britain ended THIS informal policy of ignoring the colonies when they began to tax colonists
Salutary Neglect
This group FAVORED ratification of the Constitution
Federalists
The Senate has _____ representation while the House has _______ representation
Equal, Proportional
Federalists wrote this to defend the US Constitution
The Federalist Papers
Colonial representative governments borrowed ideas from this European movement
The Enlightenment
The name of the organization that Paul Revere founded
Sons of Liberty
This group DID NOT want the Constitution to be ratified, wanted a Bill of Rights added
Antifederalists
This rebellion led to the Constitutional Convention & the writing of the U.S. Constitution
Shays' Rebellion
This government was unicameral and did not have a president or the power to tax
The Articles of Confederation
This is the name of colonial Virginia's representative government (Washington & Jefferson were members)
Virginia House of Burgesses
This man wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense, which argued FOR independence
Thomas Paine
General of the Continental Army, member of the House of Burgesses, and presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention
George Washington
This allowed slaves to count towards state representation
3/5 Compromise
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
List TWO examples of early colonial governments
House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, New England Town Hall Meetings, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This Act shut down Boston Harbor, placed Boston under martial law, and stopped colonial governments from meeting
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Wrote a letter to her husband, John, asking him to "Remember the Ladies"
What did the delegates create in order to deal with the issue of popular elections of the president?
The Electoral College
List ONE Enlightenment document that inspired the American Revolution
Magna Carta, Two Treatises of Government