Who?
German mercenaries hired to fight for England.
Who are the Hessians?
President of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
After winning this turning point battle, America formed an alliance with France.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
According to the Connecticut Compromise, each state would have _____ senators.
What is 2?
This was considered the southern border of the United States.
What is Georgia's southern border/Spanish Florida?
This British general surrendered in Virginia, which ended the war.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
He is known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This law led to the creation of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan & Wisconsin.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This plan for the new government would have given power to the larger, more populous states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This word means "a two-house legislature."
What is bicameral?
This American inventor forged the alliance between France & America.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Leader of the farmers' revolt against courts foreclosing on their farms in Massachusetts.
Who is Daniel Shays?
After losing this battle, England was forced to surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The number of states needed to ratify the Constitution.
What is 9 (3/4 of 13 states)?
Washington's surprise attack on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day on a Hessian outpost.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
Name one of the three authors of the Federalist Papers.
Who are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, & John Jay?
This American general captured a large portion of the British army in upstate New York.
Who is Horatio Gates?
The peace treaty that ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris (of 1783)?
Southern states could count 60% of their slave populations and the international slave trade would be abolished in 1808.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This word means "to approve" of a document by the states.
What is ratify?
Name one primary Anti-federalist.
Who are Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Sam Adams & John Hancock?
Known as the "Swamp Fox," this American officer used guerrilla tactics to harass the British in the Carolinas.
Who is Francis Marion?
According to this document, any slave who fought for England would be granted their freedom and receive land in England.
What is the Philipsburg Proclamation?
The date the Constitution was signed by the convention. (Month/day/year)
What is September 17, 1787?
The first government of the new United States was known as.......
What is The Articles of Confederation?