13 Colonies
Massachusetts Bay Colony was established primarily for this religious reason.
What is Puritan religious freedom?
This 1620 agreement was signed by the Pilgrims and established the idea of self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This principle limits government power by ensuring it only has the powers granted by the Constitution.
What is limited government?
This compromise counted enslaved people as this fraction for representation and taxation.
What is three-fifths?
This French nobleman helped train American troops and fought alongside George Washington.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
The rocky soil and harsh winters in New England led colonists to focus on these economic activities instead of farming.
What are fishing, shipbuilding, and trade?
Established in 1619, this was the first representative assembly in colonial America.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
This principle divides power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This compromise created a two-house legislature to satisfy both large and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
This document listed complaints against King George III and justified the colonies’ break from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
England's exploration of North America was motivated by the desire for these three things: wealth, land, and this type of freedom.
What is religious freedom?
This 1639 Connecticut document is considered the first written constitution in America.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
These rights are guaranteed to individuals and protected from government interference.
What are individual rights?
Under the Articles, the national government lacked the power to do this with money.
What is collect taxes?
These "first shots" of the American Revolution were fired in April 1775.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The fertile soil and warm climate of the Southern colonies made this type of agriculture very profitable.
What is plantation agriculture? or Cash Crops
The Virginia House of Burgesses was significant because it gave colonists the right to do this for the first time in America.
What is elect representatives to make laws?
This principle means the people hold the ultimate power and elect representatives to govern on their behalf.
What is republicanism?
This rebellion in Massachusetts showed the weakness of the Articles in maintaining order.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolution in 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
What colony was founded in 1607? Also, what was the time when people began to eat anything they could to serve themselves?
Jamestown/Starving times
All three documents - the Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders, and Virginia House of Burgesses - helped establish this type of government.
What is representative government?
This phrase means that government derives its power from the consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
This is the number of states required to ratify the Constitution for it to take effect, and the number of representatives needed from each state at the ratifying conventions.
What is nine states, with delegates representing each state?
This 1777 battle was a turning point that convinced France to support the American cause
What is the Battle of Saratoga?