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These are roads that people pay tolls to use.
Turnpikes.
Change something in hopes of making it better.
Reform.
Signed on the fourth of July in 1776 and listed colonists' complaints against King George III.
Declaration of Independence.
Of Virginia, called the "Father of the Constitution".
James Madison.
First 13 states.
13 Colonies.
People who wanted to end slavery.
Abolitionists.
This said that people who helped escaped enslaved people could be jailed or fined.
Fugitive Slave Act.
Former slave, conductor in the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman.
Government ran by one person or a small group of people.
Authoritarian Government.
From Virginia, wrote the Declaration of Indepence.
Thomas Jefferson.
Betrayal of one's own country or ruler.
Treason.
Colonists attempt to separate from Britain is called this.
American Revolution.
First president of the U.S. and commander-in-chief.
George Washington.
Taxes to Britain on regularly used goods.
Stamp/Townshend Acts.
These people sided with the colonies and these people sided with the British.
Patriots and Loyalists.
First constitution of the United States.
Articles of Confederation.
Britain agreed the colonies were free and independent when they signed this.
Treaty of Paris.
Elected group of officials.
Legislature.
Explain the Boston Tea Party.
Colonists were angered with taxes and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor.
Not a real railroad but instead a network of conductors, stations, and stationmasters to help enslaved people escape.
Underground Railroad.
First 10 amendments to the constitution.
Bill of Rights.
Leader of the Union army during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant.
A system that events one branch from having too much power.
Checks and Balances.
Government ran by the people.
Democracy.
This a British law-making body.
Parliament.