Bacon's Rebellion
The governor at the time of the rebellion
Who was Gov. Berkeley?
This contest for territory between England and France started in 1750
What was the French and Indian War?
The document that formally stated the intention of the colonies to form a new government
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The name of the first constitutional agreement created for the United States
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The word used for a volunteer army of the kind formed by the rebels
What is a militia?
The Act that required colonists to pay extra for paper goods
What was the Stamp Act?
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
What are the places where the first battles against the British were fought?
The word used for the kind of power that the states had, in the first constitution
What is "sovereign?"
What were indentured servants?
A deadly showdown between British soldiers and protesting colonists became known as this
What was the Boston Massacre?
An alliance with this country helped the United States to turn the tide and eventually win the war
What is France?
The 3 branches of government, in the Constitution that was written in 1787
What are the legislative, the executive, and the judicial?
Year of the rebellion
What was 1676?
One type of protest organized by colonists, who agreed not to purchase certain goods like tea
What is a boycott?
The site where British troops under General Cornwallis surrendered the last major battle of the war
What is Yorktown?
The name for the 1st ten amendments to the Constitution, insisted upon by the Anti-Federalists
What are the Bill of Rights?
Who were enslaved workers?
One "intolerable" action taken by the British government, in response to the Boston Tea Party?
What is closing Boston harbor OR taking over local colonial governments OR sending more soldiers to the colonies?
According to the Declaration of Independence, this is the foundation of government's authority, not God or inheritance or Nature
What is "the consent of the governed" (or that idea in different words)?
Number of the original 13 states that were required to ratify the Constitution originally, and also to ratify constitutional amendments
What is 9?