This person was an influential writer and scientist, and is known for his experiments with electricity?
Benjamin Franklin
100
Parliaments tax on refined sugar and many other colonial products.
The Sugar Act
100
This war occurred in 1782 and was ended by the treaty of Paris.
The American Revolution
100
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
27 amendments
100
The principle or system of vesting in separate branches the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of a government.
Separation of Powers
200
This person was the second president of the United States. This person was also the first vice president of the U.S?
John Adams
200
Parliament required that revenue stamps be affixed to all colonial printed matter, documents, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
200
This massacre wasn't really a massacre, but helped to convince many colonists to separate from Britain.
The Boston Massacre
200
A plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
New Jersey Plan
200
A war between citizens of the same country.
Civil War
300
This Man lost more battles than he won, yet he became an American Hero?
George Washington
300
Is passed by the English Parliament, limiting the growth of the iron industry in the American colonies to protect the English Iron industry.
The Iron Act
300
A written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states. The document was limited because states held most of the power.
Articles of Confederation
300
People who opposed the Constitution are known as _____.
Anti-Federalists
300
Condition in which one human being is owned by another.
Slavery
400
This person was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his signature is the biggest and most easily recognized?
John Hancock
400
Parliament of Great Britain. Its principal over objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
The Tea Act
400
The movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
The Enlightenment
400
What are the three branches of government named in the Constitution?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
400
A system of constitutional government which guards against absolute power by providing for separate executive, judicial, and legislative bodies who share powers.
Checks and Balances
500
He was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Paine
500
Act passed by British Parliament restricting colonial settlement to land east of the Appalachian Mountains. The act was passed in response to clashes with Indians (notably Pontiac’s War) as colonists moved west into land acquired from France after the French and Indian War.
The Proclamation of 1763
500
The war began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Civil War
500
For his contributions to the drafting of the Constitution, as well as its ratification, _____ became known as “Father of the Constitution.”
James Madison
500
To cast doubt on; especially : to challenge the credibility or validity of
Hint:Congress will vote on whether or not to ______ the President.