Pre-Revolution
Quartering Act
Forced soldiers to live in civilian homes
Commander and Chief
George Washington
Three main Rights of the Declaration?
Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness
Legislative Branch
Congress: Senate & House of Representatives
Amendment 2
Right to Bare Arms
Proclamation of 1763
settlers couldn't go past the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
Traitor who helped win the Battle of Saratoga
Benedict Arnold
Unique Right of the people in relation to the government
to abolish a tyrannical government
Executive Branch
President and the Vice President
Amendment 1
Right to speak, believe, write, and gather
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and threw millions of dollars of tea in the Boston Harbor
Who trained the colonists to become soldiers in Valley Forge?
Baron Von Steuben
Tyrannical
terrible/horrible
Judicial Branch
Supreme Court
Amendment 3
Soldiers aren't able to be forced to live in civilian homes
Stamp Act
All printed material was taxed
King's Mountain
Key battle between Loyalists and Patriots in the south causing Lord Cornwallis to retreat to Virginia
Usurpation
seizing power/position illegally
Supreme Court's job?
Make sure laws are legal/interpret the law
Amendment 10
Powers not given in the Constitution to the Federal government is to be resolved by the States
Court system issues
Judges appointed by the king, local government abolished, trials held in England
Battle of Yorktown
The last battle in which Cornwallis became trapped by George Washington and the French
What is the Delcaration of Independence?
a break up letter/letter telling everyone why the colonies were breaking away from Great Britain
Who is voted in for 6 years?
Senators
Amendment 5
right to not self-incriminate, right to fair trial by jury, not able to be tried second time