What minimum age must you be to serve as a member of the House of Representatives?
What is 25 years old
100
This 1764 tax became the first act of many to place high taxes on goods.
What is the Sugar Act
100
This first skirmish in the spring of 1775, occured in Massachusetts and is said to have fired the "shot heard round the world."
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
100
Under the Articles of Confederation, each state gets this many votes in Congress.
What is one vote
100
This recent immigrant to America was most known for his work The Crisis and Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine
200
Who wrote the Virginia Plan?
Who is James Madison
200
This act required the colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act
200
This is oftentimes considered the first REAL battle of the American Revolution.
What is Bunker Hill (or Breeds Hill)
200
Under the Articles, the power to wage war is held with this group of govenrment
What is the Confederation Congress
200
This is a system where individuals elect representatives who speak for them, create laws for them and advocate for their needs to the government.
What is Republicanism
300
The power to create all tax bills rests with this portion of our government.
What is the House of Representatives
300
This act was the first to be passed by Parliament and then repealed.
What is the Stamp Act
300
He was chosen as Commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington
300
The Articles of Confederation were written in this year.
What is 1777
300
These rights, not given by the government, are given to individuals because they are born.
What are natural rights
400
The trial for impeachment occurs in this part of government.
What is the Senate
400
These 1774 acts are named for a series of acts that closed the port of Boston, required all trials to take place in another colony or in England, and pulled the charter of Massachusetts.
What are the Coercive Acts
400
This battle is known as the "turning point" of the war because after it, the French became allies in the colonial war effort.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
400
Under the Confederation, this act established that there would be NO slavery permitted in the territories of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
400
This is the argument used by the British that all members of Parliament represent the desires of all British subjects.
What is "virtual representation"
500
The New Jersey Plan was written by this man.
Who is John Dickinson
500
These 1767 acts created an indirect tax on tea, paper, paint, glass and lead.
What are the Townshend Acts.
500
This British general, surrender himself and his 8000 troops at what is considered the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
Who is Cornwallis
500
This rebellion, created as a result of poor taxation methods established under the Articles of Confederation, ended in 1786 in Massachusetts.
What is Shays Rebellion
500
This era in history is known for its encouragement of representative government and recognition that individuals have rights.