Pre-Revolution
This conflict in 1754-1763 between Britain and France left Britain deep in debt, sparking the American Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
These were the two groups of colonists who disagreed about independence, with one supporting the Revolution and one staying loyal to Britain
What are Patriots and Loyalists?
This was the first US government was a deliberately weak national government that left most of the power with the states.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This was the city where delegates met in 1787 to write the new U.S Constitution
What is Philadelphia?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Passes in 1764 and 1765, these two British laws taxed sugar products and printed materials.
What are the Sugar and the Stamp Act?
This winter camp in Pennsylvania tested the Continental Army with freezing temperatures, disease, and starvation—but ultimately strengthened them.
What is Valley Forge?
This Massachusetts uprising of farmers, led by a former Revolutionary War captain, convinced many leaders that the National government needed to be stronger.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This plan at the Constitutional Convention favored small states by proposing a legislature with equal representation for every state, regardless of population.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This branch has the power to negotiate treaties, although they must later be approved by the Senate.
What is the Executive Branch?
Both Britain and France wanted control of this major river valley for trade and settlement.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
He was the British General who surrendered over 5,000 troops at Saratoga.
Who is General John Burgoyne?
Under the Articles of Confederation, this many states out of thirteen had to agree in order to pass a law, making it extremely hard for Congress to get anything done.
What is 9 states?
The New Constitution created this system that divides the national government into three branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is the separation of powers?
This part of the Government has 9 members.
What is the Supreme Court?
This rebellion by Native Americans convinced British colonists east of the Mountains that they needed to change.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
This British commander surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is Lord Charles Cornwallis?
The one strength of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
These supporters of the new Constitution believed in a stronger national government and wrote papers to convince Americans to ratify it.
What are federalists?
This part of the government is made up of number of electorates + number of senators.
What is the House of Representatives?
These four laws—passed in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party—closed Boston Harbor, limited town meetings, allowed British officials to be tried elsewhere, and required colonists to house soldiers.
What are the Coercive Acts?
Besides ending the war, the treaty granted America these valuable resources near Newfoundland.
What are fishing rights?
Because the Articles of Confederation did not give Congress this key power, the national government struggled to respond to Shays' Rebellion.
What is the Power to tax?
The three-fifths compromise solved a significant debate over the representation and taxation of ensalved people. This gave the Southern states more political power in the House of Congress.
What is The House of Representatives?
This process allows Congress to charge a sitting president, federal judge, or other federal official with wrongdoing, potentially removing them from office.
What is impeachment?