First battles of the American Revolution

Lexington and Concord

This is someone that did not want to go to war with England This is someone that did not want to go to war with England. They wanted to stay loyal to the king.

Loyalist

This was the document signed on July 4th, 1776

Declaration of Independence

These are the years that we fought the Civil War

1861-1865

This ended the American Revolution

Treaty of Paris

Failed Government directly before the constitution

Articles of Confederation

They wanted to fight against England and become their own country They wanted to fight against England and become their own country. The opposite of a loyalist.

Patriot

This provided a way to admit new states into the union.

Northwest Ordinance

This is the document signed in 1787

Constitution

Supporters of the Constitution were called what?

Federalists

This war helped the thirteen colonies gain independence from England

American Revolution or Revolutionary War

This person wrote a book called Common Sense about how the 13 colonies didn’t owe England anything and how we didn’t need a king.

Thomas Paine

What crop helped the first Virginia colonists to get on their feet?

Tobacco

Why did groups like the Pilgrims and Puritans come to the new world?

Religious Freedom or To Escape Persecution

England believed its colonies should benefit the home country and kept strict control over trade in the colonies. This is part of the economic system called what?

Mercantilism

Who was the French and Indian War between?

The French and the Indians Vs. England

As a result of the Tea Act, Sam Adams and a group of Bostonians stormed English ships and dumped the taxed tea into Boston harbor. This was called what?

Boston Tea Party

Why didn’t colonists want to pay taxes like the Tea Act and the Stamp Act?

They didn’t have representatives in parliament

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

To protect individual liberties

What is the Bill of Rights?

First ten amendments to the constitution.

This is what we call the safeguards against abuses of power in the Constitution.

Checks and Balances

These are the two houses in congress.

Senate and the House of Representatives

This is the house in congress that is based on population

House of Representatives

This doubled the size of the United States in 1803

Louisiana Purchase

Time period when factory system and industry took hold in the United States and Europe.

Industrial Revolution

This invention revolutionized river travel and later was adapted to un trains and factories.

Steam Engine

Both Massachusetts and Virginia have this in common.

Both had elected assemblies