1. The Revolutionary War and our new Government

2. His pamphlet challenged the rule of the colonies by the king of England?

3. Thomas Paine

4. The pamphlet,_____, contributed to a growing sentiment for independence?

5. Common Sense

6. The Declaration of Independence was authored by?

7. Thomas Jefferson

8. Unalienable rights granted by the constitution are?

9. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

10. If our government becomes destructive, who has the right to abolish it and start anew?

11. The People

12. This legislation kept the colonists east of the Appalachian Mountains and easier to protect?

13. Proclamation of 1763

14. This act levied a tax on sugar, legal documents, tea, and paper products.

15. Sugar Act

16. What was the purpose of the Sugar Act?

17. To pay for the French and Indian War and colonial protection.

18. This form of Colonial resistance helped lead to the Revolutionary War?

19. Boston Tea Party

20. This colony did not attend the first meeting of the First Continental Congress?

21. Georgia

22. This incident erupted because of frustration by British soldiers in Boston?

23. The Boston Massacre

24. Fighting at these two places started the Revolutionary War?

25. Lexington and Concord

26. What three groups were the colonists divided into?

27. Patriots, Loyalists, and Neutrals

28. These people supported England during the war?

29. Loyalists

30. These colonists believed in complete independence from England?

31. The Patriots

32. They supported taxation by England to provide protection from the Indians?

33. The Loyalists

34. “Give me liberty or give me death.”

35. Patrick Henry

36. Had cultural and economic ties with England?

37. The Loyalists

38. Provided troops for the colonial armies?

39. The Patriots

40. The colonial or American armies were led by?

41. George Washington

42. What problem in England caused the British to lose the war?

43. The British people got tired of fighting the war.

44. This European country’s financial assistance and military aid helped the American colonists defeat the British?

45. France

46. Two factors that greatly contributed to the colonial victory?

47. Washington’s command of the colonial army and Franklin’s foreign diplomacy

48. With the aid of France the colonists defeated the British at?

49. Yorktown

50. Our first form of government was the?

51. Articles of Confederation

52. The biggest problem with the Articles of Confederation was?

53. Weak national government

54. A big financial weakness of the new government was?

55. No power to tax

56. Congress also could not _____ commerce.

57. Regulate

58. Regardless of the size of the state, each state only had ____vote?

59. One

60. The Articles lacked what two branches of the government?

61. Executive and Judicial

62. IN our new government the___and the ____were to share power.

63. State and Federal Governments

64. The Articles provided for no common______?

65. Currency

66. Our Constitution can be changed through passing_____?

67. Amendments

68. How did the delegates to the convention balance competing interests?

69. Great Compromise

70. 3/5’s Compromise

71. Made the Federal Government the law of the land.

72. Balanced power, Equal representation in Senate population in House.

73. We avoided making a too strong Federal Government by making a_____house government.

74. Three

75. What kept each branch in line?

76. A system of checks and balances

77. The Constitution limited the power of the _____Government?

78. Federal

79. Two key leaders of the Constitutional Convention were?

80. George Washington and James Madison

81. He was elected chairman of the convention?

82. George Washington

83. He was the Father of the constitution?

84. James Madison

85. People who favored the constitution as it was written were called?

86. Federalists

87. The Federalists favored a strong _______Government?

88. Federal

89. The Anti-Federalists wanted a _______of______added to the constitution before they would sign it.

90. Bill of Rights

91. The anti-federalists also wanted the Federal Government to have less?

92. POWER

93. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, by George Mason, said?

94. Our basic rights granted by the constitution cannot be violated by the Federal Government.

95. The Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom stated?

96. The Government could not support a particular church.

97. The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom was written by?

98. Thomas Jefferson

99. James Madison used these two things when drafting his Bill of Rights?

100. Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom