Colonization
Reason for Massachusetts settlements?
Religion!
Conflict BEFORE the American Revolution that LEADS us into the Revolution
French and Indian War
Who was our lead general?
George Washington
First form of American government
AOC
Which state claimed representation in the new government should be completely equal?
NJ
First English colony
Jamestown, VA
Taxation without representation
Shot heard round the world
Lexington and Concord
Rebellion that shows weaknesses of AOC
Shays
Which state proposed that representation should be based on population?
VA
Which European power had the BEST relationship with the natives?
French
Area that the French and English were fighting over in the French and Indian War?
Ohio River Valley
Turning point battle
Saratoga
What type of federal government is created by the AOC?
Weak or none
What kind of legislative branch was created with the Great Compromise?
Bicameral, lower house based on representation and upper house equal representation
VA First Representatives Body
VA House of Burgesses
Protest group that led the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
Final battle?
Yorktown
Following Shay's what do we decide to do with the AOC?
Get rid of it
What do we call people who DID NOT support the Constitution?
Antifederalists
Rebellion that showed the effects of Salutary Neglect
Bacon's Rebellion
First limit to colonial life the British implemented following the French and Indian War?
Proclamation Line of 1763
British lead general
Cornwallis
What intellectual movement served as the framework for our Constitution?
Enlightenment
What had to be added to the Constitution for Anti-federalists to ratify or approve the document
Bill of Rights