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This person is MOST known for contributing to the final form of the Constitution.
James Madison
Battles where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.
Lexington and Concord
If a woman wanted to help during the American Revolution, she would MOST LIKELY
cook for soldiers.
In the early 1800s, women, American Indians, and African Americans ALL
experienced a general lack of voting rights in the United States.
In the Antebellum period, what was the most common way in which an enslaved person would rebel against his or her owner?
by breaking tools and working slowly
Thomas Jefferson was important in the Revolutionary era because
he wrote much of the Declaration of Independence.
Alexander Hamilton, the 1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, believed that in order to create a strong, capitalistic economy
the wealthiest classes needed to have an interest in keeping the American economy healthy.
In which case did the Supreme Court FIRST exercise its right of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
Which political party was founded by a "Founding Father?"
Democratic-Republican
The city of New Orleans was an important factor in Thomas Jefferson's desire to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France. What is the primary reason for Jefferson's desire?
New Orleans was key to accessing and controlling trade on the Mississippi River.
All of these are describing what "Founding Father" of the United States?
James Madison
This statement BEST explains why George Washington, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin were known as the “Founding Fathers?”
They helped create the United States government.
This was a battle which marked the turning point in the American Revolution.
Saratoga
Which of these was a precedent set by the first President of the United States?
the tradition of only serving two terms
Which statement BEST explains the lack of political participation by American Indians in the United States during the Federalist period?
American Indians were denied United States citizenship.
All of these are describing the actions of what personality of the American Revolution?
George Washington
He was a French military officer who was a key general during both the French and American Revolutionary Wars.
Marquis de Lafayette
With regard to the American Revolution, what do these people have in common?
They were American military leaders.
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803
almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River.
According to the Declaration, everyone has the right to these things.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Believed Parliament had no power in the American Colonies
· Virginia Representative at Second Continental Congress
· Chosen to write the Declaration of Independence
· Served in Virginia House of Delegates
All of these describe the American Revolutionary era actions of
Thomas Jefferson
The central point, or main idea, of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was that it
pointed out the absurdity of continued loyalty to King George III.
When Common Sense was published in 1776, many American colonists became convinced that they should
form a new kind of nation independent from the rule of Britain’s “cruel” courts.
In reference to the American Revolution, what do these terms have in terms have in common?
Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, hessians
They all are examples of foreign involvement in the war.
With regards to the American Revolution, what do these people have in common?
Lord Cornwallis, William Howe, John Burgoyne, Henry Clinton
They were British military leaders.