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Don't throw rocks in a protest!
Battles
Bill of Rights
More Amendments
100
Known for yelling "THE REDCOATS ARE COMING"
Paul Revere
100
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date
July 4, 1776
100
At this battle was "the shot heard around the world"
Lexington and Concord
100
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition
1st Amendment
100
Right to bear arms
2nd Amendment
200
This man led the Continental Army (colonists) in war
George Washington
200
To protest the Tea Tax, colonists did this
threw tea into the Boston Harbor
200
Where Washington showed his good leadership by remaining with his soldiers despite the harsh conditions
Valley Forge
200
Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
4th Amendment
200
Right to a trial by jury
7th Amendment
300
This man wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson Make Ms. Nardin happy by saying who helped him....
300
At the Boston Massacre, people were protesting _____
the loss of jobs.
300
After winning this battle France decided to become an ally for the colonists
Battle of Saratoga
300
Right to a public and speedy trial
6th Amendment
300
Cannot be punished cruelly or unusually for a crime.
8th Amendment
400
Leader of England during the war
King George III
400
The British began taxing the colonists because of this
to pay for the French and Indian War
400
This battle is most famously known for Washington crossing the Delaware River
Battle of Trenton
400
The government cannot force citizens to house the military
3rd Amendment
400
Due process
5th Amendment
500
Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, which made people become supportive of being independent from England
Thomas Paine
500
Taxation without representation is
the idea that colonists were not rightfully represented in Parliament, therefore, they should not be taxed by England.
500
After this battle the British surrendered and the colonies won the war
Battle of Yorktown
500
Civil Rights not specified within the Constitution but still given to Americans Ex. Right to privacy
9th Amendment
500
Powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution are given to the states
10th Amendment