Winning the War
This American victory in 1777 convinced France to form an alliance with the United States.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This was the first written plan of government for the United States, approved by Congress in 1777.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Many Americans feared this kind of powerful central authority after their experience with Britain.
What is tyranny. OR what is a strong central goverment?
In 1787, delegates met in this city to revise the Articles but ended up writing a new Constitution.
What is Philadelphia?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution are known by this collective name.
What is the Bill of Rights?
During the winter of 1777–1778, Washington’s army endured terrible hardship but gained discipline at this Pennsylvania camp.
What is Valley Forge?
Under the Articles, most power stayed with these rather than the national government.
What are the States?
DAILY DOUBLE
Economic problems and high taxes in Massachusetts led to this 1786–1787 farmers’ uprising.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention is often called the “Father of His Country.”
Who is George Washington?
People who worried the Constitution gave too much power to the national government were called this.
Who were the Anti- Federalists?
This foreign volunteer from Prussia helped train Washington’s troops at Valley Forge
Who is Baron von Steuben?
One major weakness of the Articles was that Congress could not directly collect these from citizens
What are taxes?
This key compromise promised that personal freedoms would be added as amendments, helping several states agree to ratify the Constitution.
What is the promise to add a Bill of Rights (or the ratification‑with‑amendments compromise)?
This Virginian took detailed notes at the Convention and is often called the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
The First Amendment protects freedoms of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and this.
What is petition (the government)?
This 1781 battle in Virginia effectively ended major fighting when General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This 1785 law set up a system for surveying and selling land in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Land of Ordinance of 1785?
Under the Articles, there was no separate one of these to enforce national laws.
What is the executive branch?
The Great Compromise created a two‑house Congress, one house based on population and the other with equal representation; name BOTH houses.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
These amendments (the Fourth through Eighth) protect people accused of crimes against unfair searches, trials, and punishments.
What are the rights of the accused ?
This 1783 agreement ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This 1787 law created a process for new territories to become states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Disputes between states over these two issues showed the need for a stronger national government.
What are trade and borders?
To settle disputes over counting enslaved people for representation and taxes, delegates created this compromise.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The Tenth Amendment says that powers not given to the national government and not denied to the states belong to these.
What are the states or the people?