This was the only branch of government under the Articles
What is the congress?
100
These are the three natural rights listed in the Declaration of Independence
What are "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"?
100
This compromise was created to end the debate over slave representation
What is the 3/5 compromise?
100
George Washington liberated Boston with cannons captured from this British Fort
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
200
This is the agreement between people and their government to give up rights for protection
What is the "social contract"?
200
Under the Articles, we were too weak to make this nation remove their troops from its forts in America
What is Great Britain?
200
British soldiers fired on a crowd of rowdy colonists in this historic event
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
This plan called for a congress with two seperate houses, both based on proportional representation
What is the "Virginia Plan"?
200
In 1767, these acts placed duties on imported glass, lead, paint, paper and tea. British tax collectors were also given the right to search for smuggled goods.
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
According to Hobbes, life in this is "nasty, brutish and short"
What is the "state of nature"?
300
He led a group of farmers in their rebellion against the government.
Who was (Daniel) Shays?
300
The opening shots of the American Revolution occurred at this battle on April 19, 1775
What is "Lexington and Concord"?
300
These were the three branches of government created by the Constitution
What are the "executive, legislative, and judicial branches"? Also acceptable: What are the "President, Congress, and Supreme Court"?
300
In this building, both the Declaration and Constitution were signed.
What is Independence Hall?
400
This is the belief that a rulers' power comes from God
What is "divine right"?
400
We owed war debts to this country after their assistance in the Revolutionary War.
What is France
400
These set of British laws closed Boston Harbor, replaced the governor of Massachusetts, and forced colonists to house British troops.
What were the "coercive" or "intolerable acts"?
400
This party wrote a series of 85 essays convincing Americans to support the Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
400
This was the first state to ratify the Constitution
What is Delaware?
500
This latin phrase translates to "blank slate" in English
What is "tabula rasa"?
500
Under the Articles, it took this number of states to vote in favor of a law for it to pass
What is "9" out of 13?
500
In this first version of the Declaration, Jefferson blamed the King for allowing this injustice to occur in America. However, certain colonies eventually forced Jefferson to remove any mention of this injustice from the document.
What is slavery?
500
This delegate from Connecticut proposed the Great Compromise
Who is Roger Sherman?
500
This was created to "uphold and defend the Constitution"