Events
Was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their trades.
What is Shays Rebellion?
Happened in July 1775
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston?
What group was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Who were the First Continental Congress?
What reading or writing made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Was signed on September 3rd and it was a treaty between Great Britain and the American colonies and it ended the American revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Happened in Sep 19, 1777 – Oct 7, 1777
What is Saratoga?
Who is John Dickinson?
Who were the conservatives—headed by John Jay of New York and John Dickinson of Pennsylvania—and the radicals, led by John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.
Who was the Second Continental Congress?
What reading or writing states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west.
What is Land Ordinance?
Happened in May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Wrote Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Who is a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
Who is electoral college?
What reading and writing were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect.
What is the Articles of Confederation?