The Articles of Confederation
What was the biggest question asked during the Continental Congress?
Who will be in charge?
Who passed it?
The Congress under the AOC (Articles Of Confederation)
What was the first battle in the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Who becomes an ally with the U.S during the American Revolution? During which event?
France. Saratoga
Who was the first casualty of the American Revolution?
Crispus Attucks
Which government had majority power during the Articles of Confederation?
State government
What did the NWO forbid?
It prohibited slavery for any new states entering the country
Which battle was considered the turning point in the war?
Battle of Saratoga
How exactly does France help the U.S?
Training, ships, ammo, food, clothing, medicine, weapons.
Which groups were mostly effected during Shay's Rebellion?
Farmers in debt
Which state did not attend the Continental Convention?
Rhode Island
What else did it do?
Helped the U.S in expanding their territory
How did King George III finally acknowledge the colonies as an independent country?
The signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1783
Who helped train the American soldiers? What was this event called?
Marquis de Lafayette. The Winter at Valley Forge
Who wrote Common Sense, and what is it about?
Thomas Pain wrote Common Sense, talking negatively about King George III and the English control they held over the colonies
How many votes did each state have?
One Vote
According to the NWO, what would happen to a state once they reached a population of 60,000?
They could be admitted in the U.S
What was considered the final battle of the American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown
Under the Articles of Confederation, what government is in charge of handling foreign affairs?
Who created the concept of Unalienable Rights? Explain what are unalienable rights.
John Locke created the concept of unalienable rights
Rights that you are born with and cannot be taken away. God given rights.
How many votes (of the states) were required to change laws?
all states had to vote in support of changing a law
What impact did the Northwest Ordinance have on Native Americans?
Native Americans began losing more and more land, ultimately being forced to live in designated pieces of land, known as reservations.
Strategically speaking, how did the Americans force the English to surrender the American Revolution?
The English were surrounded on all fronts. French and American troops surrounded the entire perimeter while French ships surrounded the ports. Leaving the English completely surrounded.
After signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783, what body of water marked the territorial boundary line for the U.S in their recent expansion?
The Mississippi River
Explain Shay's Rebellion
Farmers took out a loan to purchase grain, to provide food for soldiers in the war. The war ended, and the farmers were left with all this grain. Farmers were not able to sell their grain, which meant they could not pay their debts, on top of state taxes. Failure to make payments resulted in imprisonment.