People of the A.R.
Who was the first American colonist killed in the Boston Massacre (1770)?
Who is Crispus Attucks?
List the 3 branches of government.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
What were the names of the competing plans for representation at the Constitutional Convention?
What were the New Jersey Plan (small state) and the Virginia Plan (large state)?
What is the population requirement for statehood under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What is 60,000?
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775) known as?
What was "The Shot 'Heard Round the World?"
Who wrote plays and poems supporting the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary period?
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?
What French philosopher proposed the ideas of 3 branches and the separation of powers?
Who was Montesquieu?
What was the result of the Great Compromise proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut?
Two houses of Congress: One based on population (HOR) and one based on equal representation (the Senate)?
Under the A.O.C, what level of government held the most power?
What are state governments.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence (1776)?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
What Revolutionary leader is considered to be the "Father of the U.S. Navy?"
Who is John Paul Jones?
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution known as?
What are the Bill of Rights (1791)?
What was the main reason that the Anti-Federalists would not support the US Constitution during the Convention?
What was the lack of specific protection for personal freedoms? No Bill of Rights!
True or False?
The Articles of Confederation allowed the national government to tax its citizens.
What is FALSE.
What battle was the "Turning Point" of the American Revolution? Why is this considered the turning point?
What was the Battle of Saratoga (1777)?
The French joined the colonists as an ally against the British.
During the American Revolutionary period, what were colonists loyal to King George III known as?
What is a Loyalist?
In what year was the Constitution written?
What is 1787?
What was the goal of the 3/5's Compromise?
What was to establish a method of counting the slave population for representation in Congress?
Which event clearly demonstrated the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is Shay's Rebellion?
What battle ended the Revolutionary War?
What was Yorktown (1781)?
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Who was Samuel Adams?
What branch of government is covered in Article 1 of the US Constitution?
What is the Legislative branch?
What were the Federalist Papers?
What was a collection of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to gain support for ratification of the Constitution?
List two strengths of the A.O.C.
What is...
Make treaties
Build an Army/Navy
Establish a post office
NW Ordinance
Who was Commander of the Continental Army?
Who was George Washington?