Early Colonial Wars
This law required that a stamp be placed on all paper goods in the colonies, beginning the calls for taxation without representation.
What was the Stamp Act
This group of legislators appointed George Washington as commander of the Continental Army and carried out the war effort
What was the Second Continental Congress
The Great Compromise came out of a dispute between these two groups over this specific issue
large states and small states; representation
It was intended to eliminate the illegal sugar trade between the Spanish and French West Indies and the British colonies.
The Sugar Act of 1764
This group of colonists sided with the views of Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson during the war.
Patriots
"Give me Liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
British troops led by Howe took the Hill but at great cost of life. This led King George III to issue the “Proclamation of Rebellion” that this uprising must be treated as a foreign war.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Which city did the strongest feelings of Revolution take hold the earliest?
Boston
Parliament Passes these Acts proclaiming they can tax the colonists at will.
Declaratory Act
Considered the turning point of the war, the American victory at Saratoga had this major effect
convinced France to enter war on American side
This compromise resolved the issue of slavery as it pertains to representation
What was the 3/5th Compromise
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
offered toleration to French Catholics
Quebec Act
Leader of the colonial army
George Washington
The invisible enemy fought during the revolutionary war
Small Pox
How did the British retaliate after the Boston Tea Party
They closed harbor
This economic response on the part of the colonies led to the repeal of the Townshend Acts
What were boycotts
The Battle of Yorktown may have had a very different result without the aid of this foreign nation
What is France
The branch of government that enforces the law
Executive
This man wrote many of the Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
Taxes imposed in 1767 on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass & tea.
Townshend Acts
I led a group of farmers to rebel over taxes owed in Massachusetts
After this battle, the French decided to join the war effort on the side of the colonists
Saratoga
Who fired the first shot at Lexington and Concord
We don't know
Identify two measures passed by Britain under the Intolerable Acts
closed the Port of Boston, reduced power of Massachusetts state legislature, people accused of crimes could now be tried in British courts, troops must quartered in any home in the colonies
This pamphlet was influential in convincing many Americans that the colonies should declare their independence from Britain
What was Common Sense
Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item
What was the Bill of Rights
Washington's nighttime crossing of the Delaware River surprised the British and their Hessian mercenaries and the Americans won an inspiration victory.
Battle of Trenton
Largely ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies is called
Salutatory neglect
I am the place where a joint meeting of all states was called in 1786
Annapolis
I am the last battle fought during the Revolutionary War
What did most colonists want at the first Continental Congress?
Peace with Britian
Acts passed by Parliament in March 1766 that stated the British government had complete legislative power over the colonies.
Declaratory Acts
The first in 1774 and the second is 1775
Continental Congress
Small state proposal put forth during the Philadelphia convention proposing equal representation by state, regardless of population in a unicameral legislature.
New Jersey Plan
Indian chief who led post-war flare up in the Ohio Valley region. His actions led to the Proclamation of 1763
Chief Pontiac
sentiment that revered women as homemakers, the cultivators of good republican values in young citizens
Republican Motherhood
I am the leader of the new British army of 8,000 soldiers who left Canada:
General Burgoyne
Who did colonists target in war that was shocking to the British?
What fueled the global economy during this time period largely due to sailing ships?
Timber industry