This and that
The Hessians' main reason for fighting the American Revolution was?
What is money?
What did groups of merchants obtain from the British king in order to start settlements in America?
What are charters?
Which act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies?
What is the Stamp Act?
Due to George Washington's strategy, Charles Cornwallis was defeated at the Battle of _____________?
What is Yorktown
The movement that influenced the Constitution's architects (Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Banneker, etc.) was the
a. Reason Era b. Enlightenment c. Age of Science
What is Enlightenment?
Who was hired by the Dutch to find a passage through the Americas?
Who is Henry Hudson?
Which Patriot's famous words were "I have not yet begun to fight"?
a. Paul Revere b. Sam Adams c. John Paul Jones
Who is John Paul Jones?
Which act taxed colonists without their consent?
What is Stamp Act?
Justices of the Supreme Court listen to legal arguments about a case and then present and explain a decision called
a. The Final Rule b. the Court's opinion c. the Last Decree
What is the Court's opinion?
The Supreme Court has the power of __________ if something is believed to be unconstitutional.
a. fiibuster b. veto c. judicial review
What is judicial review?
One of the new developments that made exploration possible was a navigation tool called the
a. caravel b. astrolabe c. depth finder
What is b. astrolabe?
Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?
Who is John Locke?
Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?
a. Stamp Act b. Declaratory Act c. Tea Act
What is Tea Act?
The Continental Congress issued this document to King George III on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Constitution is based on how many key principles?
a. 7 b. 3 c. 9 d. 5
What is seven?
Who was nickname "Molly Pitcher and fought in a battle against the British?
Who is Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley?
Who provided labor for the Southern rice fields?
Who are enslaved Africans?
Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings amoung the colonists?
What is the Boston Massacre?
Which of these colonies was established as a place for debtors to make a fresh start?
What is Georgia?
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Protestants who left the Anglican Church of England and established their own churches were called?
What is separatists?
Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called Loyalists or
a. Patriots b. Tories c. Separatists
What is Tories?
Boycotting British goods, the Boston Tea Party, and this were all ways that the colonists retaliated against the British.
What is creating the Continental Congress and issuing the Declaration of Independence?
Pacifists are people who
What is refuse to fight in wars?
Which of the following protected the original thirteen states' independence but did not create a strong national government?
a. Articles of Confederation b. Declaration of Indepenence c. Bill of Rights
What is the Articles of Confederation?