The Articles of Confederation and Why They "Suck"
"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death"
Who was Patrick Henry
Taxed items included, legal documents, court records, wills, land deeds, academic diplomas, newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, playing cards, and dice.
What was the Stamp Act
The number of original British colonies that sent delegates to participate in the Continental Congress.
What was 13?
A system of government in which power is divided between a central national government and smaller regional governments like the states.
What if federalism
"I will be proud to serve as the commander of the Continental Army."
Who was George Washington?
Tax placed on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea, and other everyday goods imported into the colonies
What was the Townshend Act?
The document drafted and adopted by this Congress on July 4, 1776, proclaiming freedom from British rule.
What was The Declaration of Independence?
The "Shot Heard Round the World" was here.
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This made buying and selling between the states a very difficult task.
What was each state had its own money?
"Come on boys, let's dress up like Indians."
Who were the Sons of Liberty
A law passed by the British Parliament on May 10, 1773, that gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the tea trade in the American colonies.
What was The Tea Act?
The national military force created by the Congress to fight the British.
What was The Continental Army?
Crispus Attucks and 5 others were killed here.
What was the Boston Massacre?
"Ethan Allen and I just took Fort Ticonderoga, however, later on I will betray this country."
Who was Benedict Arnold?
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party. It closed Boston Harbor and restricted local government.
What were The Intolerable Acts?
The King of Great Britain who rejected the Olive Branch Petition and declared the colonies to be in open rebellion.
Who was King George III?
The one event that caused the Congress to do away with the AoC and begin writing the U.S. Constitution.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
"The 13 colonies should have already raised a navy and taken British officials as prisoners."
Who was John Adams?
This act affirmed that Parliament held full power and authority to make laws binding the colonies "in all cases whatsoever".
What was The Declaratory Act?
The President of the Second Continental Congress who famously placed a large signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Hancock?