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2. The colonists formed these organizations to aid in quickly exchanging written communications between the colonies

3. Committees of Correspondence

4. The pamphlet Common Sense, written by this man, moved many Americans to support independence

5. Thomas Paine

6. Signed on July 4, 1776, this document declared that the colonies were free and independent

7. Declaration of Independence

8. Thomas Jefferson borrowed from the writings of this English philosopher when he drafted the Declaration of Independence

9. John Locke

10. This head of the Continental Army would go on to serve as the first President of the United States of America

11. George Washington

12. On Christmas night 1776, Washington led his troops across this river and launched a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries fighting for the British

13. Delaware River

14. Almost 4,000 Continental soldiers were too weak or ill to fight after spending the winter of 1777-1778 in this winter camp

15. Valley Forge

16. This Frenchman fought for America and was instrumental in securing France’s continued support for the war

17. Marquis de Lafayette

18. This British general developed the southern strategy, but would ultimately surrender his army after his defeat at Yorktown

19. General Charles Cornwallis

20. This treaty ended the Revolutionary War and acknowledged the independence of the colonies

21. 1783 Treaty of Paris

22. This document, written during the Revolution, created a government that lacked the power to tax or regulate commerce

23. The Articles of Confederation

24. This protest by debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers illuminated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

25. Shays’s Rebellion

26. This agreement at the Constitutional Convention solved the dispute between large and small states by establishing a bicameral legislature with each state having equal representation in the Senate

27. The Great Compromise

28. The Three-Fifths Compromise allowed the states to count three- fifths of these people when calculating their entire populations for representation

29. Slaves

30. The fear of a strong central government led the framers of the Constitution to create a government with a separation of

31. powers

32. The concept of checks and balances within government was first proposed by the French political thinker Charles de

33. Montesquieu

34. To reassure people that the new government would not be too powerful, the framers of the Constitution created this type of government with divided powers

35. limited

36. These are the three branches of government created at the Constitutional Convention

37. Executive Legislative Judicial

38. These people advocated a strong central government with power over the states

39. The Federalists

40. These people opposed the Federalists, advocating a weaker central government

41. Anti-Federalists

42. In his farewell address, President Washington warned of the danger of political parties also known as these

43. factions

44. The election of 1796 was a bitter contest between Thomas Jefferson and this man who would have his administration plagued by bitter conflicts with France and Great Britain

45. John Adams

46. This law encouraged westward expansion and outlined the procedure for the admittance of new states to the Union

47. Northwest Ordinance

48. President Washington himself led a large militia force that put down this rebellion of farmers protesting taxes. His actions showed the power of the Federal Government to enforce the law.

49. The Whiskey Rebellion

50. A co-author of the Federalist papers, this man would serve as the first Secretary of the Treasury

51. Alexander Hamilton