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Road to Revolution
The American Revolution
Micscellaneous
Conventions and Compromise
The Constitution
100
This line made by Britain, prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains
What is the proclamation line (of 1763)
100
Americans lost this early Battle in Boston, but showed the British that they should be taken seriously
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
100
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are all what kind of rights according to the Declaration of Independence
What is inalienable rights
100
The Constitutional Convention was originally held to revise or improve this, America's original plan of government
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
The idea that one part of the constitution/government has power or control over another part is called
What is Checks and balances
200
This bloody event caused the deaths of 5 settlers including Crispus Attucks, a man of mixed races.
What is the Boston Massacre
200
This battle in the North was a turning point of the war for it inspired the French to join the rebels
What is Saratoga
200

The combination of the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan is known as

What is the Great Compromise

200
This plan by James Madison for the new constitution proposed proportional representation for congress
What is the Virginia Plan
200
The idea that we have both a national government and state governments is called this
What is federalism
300
These Acts, passed by the British, punished Boston for its role in the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts (AKA Coercive Acts)
300
Washington and his troops spent a rough winter here after retreating from Philadelphia
What is Valley Forge
300
The anti federalists argued that they didn't want the constitution because it didn't originally have this
What is a Bill of Rights
300
The New Jersey plan called for this kind of representation in which each state got one vote
What is equal representation
300
The first ten amendments to the constitution is called this
What is the Bill of Rights
400
This meeting was the first time the colonies acted unanimously and could be considered as the first American government
What is the Continental Congress
400
Cornwalis surrendering after his defeat here marked the end of the war
What is Yorktown
400
Given their experiences with England, people were suspicious of central government and therefore originally used this weak form of government
What is the Articles of Confederation
400

The Great Compromise gave us equal and proportional representation in this kind of legislature where there are 2 houses

What is a bicameral legislature

400
"We the people" is evidence that the constitution's powers come from the people. This is an example of what big idea of the Constitution
What is popular soverignty
500
The shot heard round the world took at place at this early battle
What is Lexington (and Concord)
500
This treaty, signed by the British, recognized America as a new nation for the first time
What is Treaty of Paris, 1783
500
This compromise settled the dispute of the North and South on how to solve the problem of counting slaves for representation and taxation
What is the 3/5 compromise
500
The people who didn't want to ratify the new constitution were called this
What is Anti-Federalists
500
This amendment provides us with the freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and a free press
What is the first amendment