Life in the Colonies
The first global war that gave the British more territory
What is the French and Indian War?
5 colonial protestors were killed by British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre?
The "shot heard 'round the world"
What is the start of the Revolution?
Document written to explain why America was separating from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
All slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
The trade between Africa, America, and Europe
What is the Triangle Trade?
50 Sons of Liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A last effort petition to make peace with King George
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
The Declaration states all people are born with these rights
What is the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Split Congress into the House of Representatives (based on population) and the Senate (equal reps)
What is the Great Compromise?
The Acts that paid the debts from the French and Indian War
What are the Townshend Acts?
Slogan colonists yelled because of the unfair British taxes
What is taxation without representation?
Colonists who supported the revolution
What are Patriots?
The Declaration of Independence describes these people as "merciless savages"
Who are Native Americans?
The document that originally made the laws for the country BEFORE the Constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Document that said colonists could not go west of Appalachian Mountains
What is the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
Patrick Henry quote about liberty
What is "give me liberty or give me death?"
The man chosen to command the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
The document that officially ended the revolution
The Treaty of Paris
The event that forced the Framers to call the Constitutional Convention
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Law that forced colonists to house British soldiers
What is the the Quartering Act?
Acts in which King George sent more troops, closed Boston harbor, and gave British control to the Massachusetts government
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Pamphlet that persuaded colonists to join the revolution
Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
General challenge of the Constitutional Convention
What is big states versus small states?