Vocabulary
Grab Bag
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Road to Revolution
100
The group of people who supported Constitution and the idea of a strong central government
Who is the Federalist?
100
The war which caused tension between Great Britain and the American colonies because Great Britain wanted the colonies to pay for the war.
What is French and Indian War?
100
The Declaration of Independence established the United States as a
What is an independent country
100
The first form of government in the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
The colonist felt that taxes should be by
Who is the people who are being taxed?
200
The group of people who feared the strong central government and demanded a Bill of Rights
Who were the Anti-Federalists
200
The country that provided the colonies with military assistance during the American Revolution.
What is France?
200
According to the Declaration of Independence the people have the right to abolish the government if the at government violates.
What is natural rights?
200
The Federalist Papers were written to gain support for which event in the United States history
What is the ratification of the Constitution?
200
Sending petitions to King George, refusing to pay new taxes, destroying British property and goods, and boycotting British goods
What is ways of colonial resistance to British policies?
300
The power people have to get rid of the government when it violates natural rights.
What is abolish?
300
The major drawbacks of the Articles of Confederation
Weak central government, states had too much power, Congress could not collect taxes
300
The document that persuaded individuals who were undecided support the independence movement.
What is Common Sense?
300
Freedom of speech, religion and press are guaranteed in which part of the Constitution.
What is the First Amendment?
300
Paul Revere created his engraving to
What was create anti-British feelings?
400
The system developed under the Articles of Confederation in order to provide an orderly system of development in the Northwest Territory.
What is Land Ordinance of 1785?
400
The type of government created after the American Revolution.
What is a representative democracy?
400
The Declaration of Independence defines natural rights as
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
400
The purpose of the 10th amendment.
What is what is limit the power of the Federal Government?
400
The following three major events the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and Battles of Lexington and Concord all convinced American colonists to
What is support the independence movement?
500
The British system that placed restrictions on trade in the American colonies
What is mercantilism?
500
The rebellion that took part to stop the courts from foreclosing properties in Massachusetts
What is Shay's Rebellion
500
The following political idea, if the government denies its people certain basic rights, the government can be overthrown, is expressed in which document?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
The following Representation, Slave trade, Taxation and Election of the president were all compromises discussed at.
What is the Constitutional Convention
500
The Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, The Townshend Act all led to
What is the Boston Massacre?