Battles
Colonists dressed as American Indians and threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest high Taxes.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 - was a list of grievances the colonists had against Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A response to the Boston Tea Party in 1774. Boston Harbor was closed and eliminated the council elected by the colonists. Also known as the Coercive Acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness
What are unalienable rights?
The last battle of the American Revolution. The Colonists received help from the French. Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. Washington.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
It meant that the British Acknowledged the independence of the colonies.
What is the Treaty of 1783?
Act saying all paper must have a stamp to be sold.
What is the Stamp Act?
A right to a fair and speedy trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
The process of agreeing or approving
What is Ratification?
1777 A HUGE turning point in the war for the colonists. The largest British army regiment was defeated by people they thought were poor, ignorant Farmers.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
US delegates met to fit the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation. As a result, a new constitution was drafted in 1787.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Money that is collected by a government to pay to run the Government
What is Taxation?
Protects against illegal search & seizure
What is the 4th Amendment?
A group of people who did not support the new constitutions. These people feared that a strong national government would get in the way of State's rights.
These people refused to ratify the constitution with out a bill of rights
What is an Anti-Federalist?
The first battle of the Revolutionary War..."The shot heard round the world."
What is the Battle of Lexington & Concord?
King George III's order that forbid colonists from expanding to the west.
The colonists were not happy.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
A compromise made during the constitutional Convention. Agreement that 3 out of 5 (3/5) of the slave population would count toward property and Tax purposes.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
Protection against excessive fine or bail and from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Supported a new constitution that would replace the Articles of Confederation.
They supported a strong national government.
What is a Federalist?
Colonists felt they were not being fairly represented from across the sea. Independence was declared in 1776 and sparked this event.
What is the American Revolution?
The first constitution of the of the US. It had many weaknesses.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Breaking a law ON PURPOSE be cause you think it is a BAD law. USING ONLY NON-VIOLENT ACTIONS!
Example: The Boston Tea Party
What is Civil Disobedience?
Included and protected in the 4th 5th 6th and 8th amendments
Includes protection from illegal search and seizure, testifying against yourself, speedy trial by a jury of your peers, and no excessive bail.
What is Due Process?
Began because different points were being made regarding the new nation's banking system.
The Federalists and Democratic-Republicans were the first two.
What are Political Parties?