Causes of Revolution
What phrase summarized colonists' anger over being taxed by Britain?
What is "No taxation without representation?"
What document explains why the colonies wanted independence?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Who was the king of Britain during the American Revolution?
Who is King George III?
What was America's first national government?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What document replaced the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Constitution?
What event involved colonists throwing tea into Boston Harbor?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
What major power did the government lack under the Articles?
What is the power to tax?
What group wanted a strong state government and feared a strong central government?
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
Which law required colonists to house British soldiers?
What is the Quartering Act?
What are the three "unalienable rights" listed in the Declaration?
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
What country became an American ally after 1778?
What is France?
What is Shays' Rebellion?
What series of essays supported ratification of the Constitution?
What are the Federalist Papers?
What was Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party, meant to punish Massachusetts?
What idea argues that the government gets its power from the consent of the governed?
What is popular sovereignty?
What winter camp tested the strength of Washington's army but also helped train it?
What is Valley Forge?
What plan proposed two houses of Congress based on population?
What is the Virginia Plan?
Who was the third president of the United States?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Which Congress met in 1774 to coordinate a colonial response to British actions?
What is the First Continental Congress?
What idea did Enlightenment thinkers promote that helped justify the revolution?
What is the social contract?
What treaty officially recognized American independence?
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
What compromise led to a two-house Congress, one by population, one equal?
What is the Great Compromise?
What term refers to the growing sense of being "American" after independence?
What is American identity?