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Lead up to the American Revolution
Colonial Grievences
Declaration of Independence
Founding Era (1777-1787)
Founding Era 1787-1800
100

This tax was an attempt to try to get the colonists to buy more of a sweet British good

What was the Sugar Act?

100

Colonists were mad that they were being forced to pay the British government money without having any say. What rhyme captures this idea and became a colonial rallying cry?

Taxation with Representation

100
What are the unalienable rights laid out in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
100
What was the first Constitution of the United States?
Articles of Confederation
100

How many rights are listed in the Bill of Rights?

10

200

British soldiers fired their weapons at protesting Bostonians in what was called by the Sons of Liberty as:

The Boston Massacre (1770)

200

The colonists were mad that they had to pay a tax on all printed items. This tax was known as the: 

Stamp Act

200

What was the main purpose of the Declaration?

To declare the U.S. an independent country.

200
This event of farmers rioting in western Massachusetts highlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
Shays' Rebellion
200

Name at least 2 rights guaranteed in the 1st Amendment

Freedoms of: Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition

300

This was a protest response to the tax on tea. Sons of Liberty members dumped tons of tea into Boston Harbor.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

300
The British required colonists to take care of their soldiers in this 1765 law which greatly angered some.

What is the Quartering Act?

300

Where does the Declaration say that people's rights come from?

Their creator or God

300

This group attacked U.S. ships in the Mediterranean Sea, forcing ransom payments and showing the flaws of the Articles.

Who were the Barbary Pirates?

300

Name 2 changes in the 1787 Constitution to enhance the power of the Federal Government.

Power to tax, raise an army and navy, control the money supply, MANY more possible answers.

400
Boston harbor closed, repay for damages, new governor appointed by King, Quartering Act, closing of all town meetings, and lose of charter were a result of what Act(s)
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
400

This silversmith and engraver spread what some called propaganda with his depiction of what happened during the Boston Massacre.

Who was Paul Revere?

400
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
400

During the Articles period, states were free to print their own money which created this economic problem.

What is inflation?

400

Name the two houses of Congress. They are responsible for writing Federal laws.

The House of Representatives and the Senate.

500
British soldiers marches to Lexington and Concord with this mission...
To confiscate the militia's weapons and supplies
500

Most of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence were directed at this British King.

Who was George III?

500
What does it mean that the right to rule comes from consent of the governed?

Power comes from the people

500

A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the Federal Government was broke due to not having this power.

What is the power to tax?

500

The fact that power is SHARED between the national government and state governments is this key Constitutional concept.

What is Federalism?