The Revolutionary War and our

new Government

His pamphlet challenged the

rule of the colonies by the

king of England?

Thomas Paine

The pamphlet,_____,con

tributed to a growing sentiment for independence?

Common Sense

The Declaration of Independence

was authored by?

Thomas Jefferson

Unalienable rights granted by the

constitution are?

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

If our government becomes destructive who has the right to abolish it and start

anew?

The People

This legislation kept the colonists east of the App.

Mts. And easier to protect?

Proclamation of 1763

This Act levied a tax on sugar ,legal

documents ,tea and paper products.

Sugar Act

What was the purpose of the

Sugar Act?

To pay for the French and

Indian War and colonial

protection.

This form of Colonial resistance helped lead to the

Revolutionary War?

Boston Tea Party

This colony did not attend the first

meeting of the First Continental Congress?

Georgia

This incident irrupted because of

frustration by British soldiers in

Boston?

The Boston Massacre

Fighting at these two places started the Revolutionary

War?

Lexington and Concord

What three groups were the

colonists divided into?

Patriots, Loyalists, and

Neutrals

These people Supported

England during the war?

Loyalists

These colonists believed in complete

independence from England?

The Patriots

They supported taxation by England

to provide protection from the

Indians?

The Loyalists

“Give me liberty or give

me death.”

Patrick Henry

Had cultural and economic

ties with England?

The Loyalists

Provided troops for the

colonial armies?

The Patriots

The colonial or American

armies were led by?

George Washington

What problem in England caused

the British to lose the war?

Got tired of fighting the

war.

This European countries financial

assistance and military aid helped the

American colonists defeat the British?

France

Two factors that greatly

contributed to the colonial

victory?

Washington’s command of the

colonial army and Franklin’s foreign

diplomacy

With the aid of France the colonists defeated the British

at?

Yorktown

Our first form of government was

the?

Articles of Confederation

The biggest problem with the

Articles of Confederation

was?

Weak National Government

A big financial weakness of the new government

was?

No power to tax

Congress also could not

_____ commerce.

Regulate

Regardless of the size of the

state ,each state only had

____vote?

Regardless of the size of the

state ,each state only had

____vote?

One

The Articles lacked what two branches of the government?

Executive and Legislative

IN our new government the___and the ____were to share

power.

State and Federal

Governments

The Articles provided for no

common______?

Currency

Our Constitution can be changed

through passing_____?

Amendments

How did the delegates to the

convention balance competing interests?

Great Compromise

3/5’s Compromise

Made the Federal Government the law of the land.

Balanced power, Equal representation in Senate population

in House.

We avoided making a too strong Federal

Government by making a_____house

government.

Three

What kept each branch in line?

A system of checks and balances

The Constitution limited the power of

the _____Government?

Federal

Two key leaders of the

Constitutional Convention

were?

George Washington and James Madison

He was elected chairman of the

convention?

George Washington

He was the Father of the constitution?

He was the Father of the constitution?

James Madison

People who favored the

constitution as it was written were

called?

Federalists

The Federalists favored a strong _______Govern

ment?

Federal

The Anti-Federalists wanted a

_______of______added to the constitution

before they would sign it.

Bill of Rights

The anti-federalists also wanted the

Federal Government to have less?

POWER

The Virginia Declaration of

Rights, by George Mason said?

Our basic rights granted by the

constitution can not be violated by the

Federal Government.

The Virginia Statue of Religious

Freedom stated?

The Government could not support

a particular church.

The Virginia Statue for Religious

Freedom was written by?

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison used these two things when drafting his

Bill of Rights?

Virginia Declaration of Rights and the

Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom