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Constitutional Things
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LIFE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES
THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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No unlawful search and seizure.

4th Amendment

100

Wife of John Adams, known for her stance on women’s rights in letters to her husband.

Abigail Adams

100

This was the first permanent, surviving English colony in the Americas.

What is Jamestown?

100
This protest against the unpopular Tea Act was organized and carried out by the Sons of Liberty on the night December 16th, 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
He was the lead commander of the Continental Army.
Who was General George Washington?
200

Freedom of speech, religion and press; right to assemble; right to petition

1st

200

Patriot writer that supported independence and convinced others to join the cause. First woman historian of the American Revolution, published plays, books and poetry.

Mercy Otis Warren

200

This colonial region was settled by people seeking economic opportunities.

What is the Southern colonies?

200
This is why the British started taxing the colonies.
What is to pay for the debt that they incurred during the French & Indian War?
200
This is the battle that served as a major turning point in the war and that convinced the Spanish and French to ally with the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300

First form of government established by the 13 states. Replaced by the US Constitution because it created a weak form of central government.

Articles of Confederation

300

Founder of the U.S. Navy. Led raids on British ships and famous for yelling “I have not yet begun to fight”

John Paul Jones

300
This is the trade route between Britain, west Africa, and the Americas, which was responsible for bringing over a quarter of a million African slaves during the colonial era.
What is the triangular trade?
300
At this meeting, delegates from nearly all of the colonies voted to boycott ALL British goods AND endorsed the Suffolk Resolves, which stated that the Coercive Acts were illegal.
What is the First Continental Congress?
300

Spaniard who held off British in New Orleans, but allowed Americans use of the port.

Galvez

400

Power is shared between the states and national government.

Federalism

400

Founder of the state of Connecticut, “Father of American Democracy. Connecticut adopted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut sometimes called the “First written Constitution.”

Thomas Hooker

400

This was the popular economic theory during colonial times that benefited the "Mother Country"

What is mercantilism?

400

Who wrote Common Sense and American Crisis, He urged Americans to support the Patriot cause during the American Revolution.

Thomas Paine

400

French Noble who helped Americans during the Revolutionary War

Marquis de Lafayette

500

Compromise between northern and southern states over how slaves would be counted in determining a state’s population. Three out of every five slaves would be counted.

Three Fifths Compromise

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American colonists who stayed loyal to Great Britain.

Loyalist

500

This was a period of religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. 

What is the Great Awakening

500

First battle of the American Revolution

Lexington and Concord

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Where Washington camped during the winter of 1777. Thousands of troops died during the because they lacked food and clothing.

Valley Forge