American Revolution
Colonists who supported independence from Britain.
What are Patriots?
This act placed a tax on newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
He is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
This branch creates the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This political party was led by Alexander Hamilton.
What is the Federalist Party?
Volunteer army made up of colonists
What is a militia?
This event turned deadly when five colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The Constitutional Convention was led by this president.
Who is George Washington?
The President leads this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
George Washington warned against these in his Farewell Address.
What are political parties and foreign alliances?
A refusal to buy goods as a protest.
What is a boycott?
This act allowed British troops to stay in colonists’ homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
This compromise created a two-house Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
This branch determines whether laws are unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This system rewarded political supporters with government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here.
What are Lexington and Concord?
He was known as the “Father of the American Revolution.”
Who is Samuel Adams?
This compromise determined how enslaved persons were counted for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Congress can do this to remove the president from office.
What is impeach?
This act forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This battle was the final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Supreme Court can declare executive actions unconstitutional. This is an example of what principle?
What are checks and balances?
Andrew Jackson earned this nickname because of his toughness in war.
What is “Old Hickory”?