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Colonists
The War
Government
Rights
100
The British became more involved in the day-to-day running of the colonies.
Why did the colonists become angry with the British?
100
The Battle Against Britain
Which is NOT another name for the war fought between the colonists and Britain?
100
The Bill of Rights
What document protects the basic rights of the people?
100
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly.
What is the 1st Amendment?
200
A meeting where a group of men protested the British taxes.
What was the First Continental Congress?
200
The British surrendered after the Battle of Yorktown.
How did the American Revolutionary War end?
200
The delegates approved the Declaration of Independence.
What happened on July 4, 1776?
200
Right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
300
King George the III
Who was the king of England?
300
The Boston Massacre
What is one thing the colonists did to tell the British they felt.
300
Executive, legislative and judicial.
What are the three branches of government?
300
Right to not have soldiers in your home during peacetime.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
400
The Boston Tea Party.
What did the colonists do to tell the British they were upset?
400
NH leaders write a state constitution.
What did NH do when the Declaration of Independence was sign.
400
The constitution
What is the highest law of the land?
400
Freedom from imporper search and seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment?
500
Attack on fort William and Mary.
What did the colonists do to tell the British they were upset?
500
The Revolutionary War
What war did the colonists fight to gain their freedom?
500
Right to a speedy trial and trial by jury.
What are the 5th, 6th and 7th Amendments?