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Vocabulary
Restless American Colonies
The Break From Britain
The War For Independence
Making Of A New Government
100
A system that prevents any one branch from gaining too much power
What is checks and balances?
100
This act placed a tax on printed matter
What is the Stamp Act?
100
The battles that produced the, "One shot heard round the world."
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
100
No steady flow of supplies, he never knew how big his army would be
What were Washington's two major problems?
100
The first draft of the United States' government
What were the Articles Of Confederation?
200
This is known as the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution
What is the Bill Of Rights?
200
An event that occurred in 1773
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
The British soldiers' goal during the Lexington and Concord battles
What is the destruction of weapons and gunpowder that the colonists had stockpiled?
200
3,000 miles between the battlefield and the source of supplies.
What was an disadvantage that the British had?
200
A meeting where twelve delegates met to find ways of strengthening the government
What was the Constitutional Convention?
300
This document is known as the "Law of the land"
What is the Constitution?
300
Laws that regulated colonial trade to Britain's advantage
What are the Navigation Acts?
300
A meeting that appointed George Washington head of the army
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
The victory at Saratoga, New York
What was a major turning point of the war?
300
America's new plan of government
What is the Constitution?
400
The war in which Britain's American colonies won their independence
What is the American Revolution?
400
An event that occured in 1770, it involved the deaths of five colonists, and national outrage
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
A document that supported Locke's beliefs
What is the Declaration Of Independence?
400
A country that aided the colonists in their revolution
Who was France?
400
A system where power is shared between the central government and state governments
What is a federal system?
500
This document broke ties between Britain and the American Colonies
What is the Declaration Of Independence?
500
A meeting called after the Intolerable Acts were passed. One main idea was the boycott British goods.
What is the First Continental Congress?
500
This will cause a new government to have to be formed
What if Britian rules without the consent of the people?
500
The document that officially ended the American Revolution
What is the Treaty Of Paris?
500
The first amendment to the Constitution
The freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly