1. Memory Devices

2. Never Point Silver Sharpies Toward Bodies that Take Insulin Large Blueberries Taste Salty Versus Yams (Lexington/Concord; Bunker Hill; Trenton; Saratoga; Valley Forge; Yorktown) I Like Fried Rice Potatoes Steak & Chicken Large Eagles Just Sit Amazed at Silly Rats (Legislative; Executive; Judicial; State relations; Amending the Constitution; Supremacy of the national government; Ratification) Very Many Foolish Dudes Ate Cheese Free Men Vote (13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments) Full Big Smiles Are Very Good Always (Fort Sumter; Bull Run; Shiloh; Antietam; Vicksburg; Gettysburg; Appomattox Courthouse)

3. NeverPoint Silver Sharpies Toward Bodies that Take Insulin

4. Navigation Acts Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act Stamp Act Townshend Acts Boston Massacre Tea Act Intolerable Acts

5. Large Blueberries Taste Salty Versus Yams

6. Lexington/ Concord Bunker Hill Trenton Saratoga Valley Forge Yorktown

7. I Like Fried Rice Potatoes Steak and Chicken

8. Individual Rights Limited Government Federalism Republicanism Popular Sovereignty Separation of powers Checks and Balances

9. Large Eagles Just Sit Amazed by Silly Rats

10. Legislative Executive Judicial State relations Amending the Constitution Supremacy of the national government Ratification

11. Very Many Foolish Dudes Ate Cheese

12. V irginia House of Burgesses M ayflower Compact F undamental Orders of Connecticut D eclaration of Independence A rticles of Confederation C onstitution

13. Free Men Vote

14. Free – 13 th Amendment (made slavery illegal) Men – 14 th Amendment (gave former slaves citizenship) Vote – 15 th Amendment (gave former slaves the right to vote)

15. F ull B ig S miles A re V ery G ood A lways

16. F ort Sumter B ull Run (Manassas) S hiloh A ntietam V icksburg G ettysburg A ppomattox Courthouse