The States United
Name one of the documents created by the Continental Congress after Lexington and Concord to explain their position.
Olive Branch Petition - or - Declaration of Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms
THIS guy claimed that “They cannot defeat an idea with an army.”
Thomas Paine
The other “losers” of the American Revolution, some 100,000 of THESE fled the colonies, most never to return.
Loyalists - or - Tories
*WAR OF INDEPENDENCE*
George Washington trapped the British and won the final victory of the Revolution HERE (though they did not know it was the last battle).
Yorktown
Articles of Confederation said, “no executive,” and the presiding officer at the sessions of Congress was technically _____.
President of the United States
Thomas Paine said it was Common Sense that the colonists saw the root of their problem not as the King or Parliament, but ____.
The English Constitution - or - the system that permitted the king to rule
Although not a victory since the British army chose to leave, “Evacuation Day” is still celebrated in what city?
Boston
Early signs of division between northern and southern “states” during the Revolution can be seen in opinions of what issue?
slavery
If colonists agreed on nothing else while designing new governments, colonists agreed that the power would rest with the people, making America a ____.
Republic
After much argument, the Articles of Confederation were adopted by all 13 “states” and became effective when?
1781
After “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness,” the Declaration of Independence made what claim in its second part?
The King’s alleged crimes - or - King violated his “contract” with the colonists
Evidenced by actions in the second phase of the war, it seems General Howe did not want to win against the Americans. Why?
*multiple options*
Why did colonial sentiment toward Native Americans become worse during and after the Revolution?
due to most siding with the British
(half credit - attacks/raids)
All states to some degree established property ownership in connection with this fundamental right.
voting
Name a requirement of England according to the Treaty of Paris (1783), though none happened.
British evacuate forts along the Great Lakes / Restitution to slaveholders for slaves taken by Britain / Boundary disputes
Initially, THIS was merely the coordinating mechanism and the states as they began calling themselves held individual centers of authority.
The Continental Congress
America was receiving supplies through a secret company from the French, but what they most wanted was:
Diplomatic recognition - or - recognized as an independent nation
Despite complaints about “camp followers,” women performed valued tasks to a newly developing army. Others, like _____, did so much more!
Molly Pitcher
Most states established weak or no ______ (due to their hatred of King George III), however found it necessary by the late 1780s to rewrite their constitutions.
governor - or - executive
As part of the Northwest Ordinances (the land north of the Ohio River), when could a territory become a state?
When its population equaled the number of free inhabitants of the smallest existing state.
Who does Brinkley credit with holding the new nation together despite all the growing pains and struggle?
George Washington
During peace talks with France and Britain, what did the American ambassadors fear, leading them to negotiate secretly with the British?
The alliance with France would keep them at war indefinitely
Originally, it was the British who invested in THESE against the Spanish, but during the Revolution, Yankees began to prey on British commerce by the hundreds.
Privateers
“Holding a wolf by the ears” is how HE described the issue of slavery which survived in southern and border states.
Thomas Jefferson
After successfully stalling American settlement in the Northwest Territory, the Natives suffered a major defeat HERE which led to peace negotiations.
Battle of Fallen Timbers