Lead Up to the Revolution
Because the British had just fought a long and expensive war, they began to make Americans pay more ____, which angered many Americans
taxes
The American protest against the British govt that saw Americans dump $2 million worth of tea into the ocean and led to a huge backlash by the British was known as
The Boston Tea Party
* This document declared that all men are created equal, explained why the colonies were separating from England, and said that the US was its own country
Declaration of Independence
slaves
Many Americans fought in the Revolution because they were fighting for liberty, meaning they were fighting for _____
Freedom
The Boston Massacre
* This book convinced lots of Americans that independence from Britain was necessary and that Americans had to fight for their freedoms
Common Sense
* This document created a new and stronger national govt for the US so that it could have the power to actually fix problems the country was facing
US Constitution
* This group of people during the Constitutional debates were scared of and did NOT want a stronger federal government, they instead wanted stronger state govts
Anti-Federalists
The name for the part of the British government that passes laws
Parliament
* This war was fought by two European powers for total control over North America and led to Americans getting taxed to pay off war debt
French and Indian War
* The main thing that Americans were upset at the British about was not just taxes, but that they were being taxed without ______ in the British govt
* This document listed the freedoms that Americans had to protect them from the federal govt
Bill of Rights
* This group of people during the Constitutional debates wanted a stronger federal government and believed it would make the country stronger
Federalists
* An American slogan and rallying cry for the Revolution that explained the reason why the Americans were angry at the British for taxing them
No Taxation without Representation
The law that England passed on the American colonies that said Americans could NOT take any more land out West because they were giving that land to Native Americans (right after Americans had just fought and won a war against Natives to get that land)
Proclamation Line of 1763
Name any one of the laws that England passed on American colonies in the lead up to the Revolution that angered Americans
Proclamation Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts,
* This document created the first government of the US, but gave most of the power to the states instead of the federal govt because people wanted their states to have more power than a national govt
Articles of Confederation
* Federalists got Anti-Federalists to support the Constitution by agreeing to create a list of legal protections of the freedoms of Americans from the new govt. That list of Americans liberties became known as _______
The Bill of Rights
* The battle in the Revolutionary War that got the French to become an ally of the US
Saratoga
The name of the meetings where representatives of the 13 colonies got together to talk about what they should do against England's unfair treatment and which later became the temporary govt of the US during the revolution
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
* King George the Third's rejection of this peace deal changed many Americans attitude from wanting to fix things with the British to instead demanding independence from them
Olive Branch Petition
* American's fear of a strong federal govt made them create a very weak govt with the _________. But the govt was too weak so they replaced it with the _______
Articles of Confederation, US Constitution
The ____ plan was in favor of giving states with more people more power in govt and was supported by big states. But the ________ plan was in favor of giving every state equal power in govt and was supported by small states
Virginia, New Jersey
* The event that showed Americans that the national govt under the Articles of Confederation was way too weak was
Shay's Rebellion