1. First battles of the American Revolution

2. Lexington and Concord

3. 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.

4. Loyalist

5. This was the document signed on July 4th, 1776

6. Declaration of Independence

7. These are the years that we fought the Civil War

9. This ended the American Revolution

10. Treaty of Paris

11. Failed Government directly before the constitution

12. Articles of Confederation

13. 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.

14. Patriot

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

16. Northwest Ordinance

17. This is the document signed in 1787

18. Constitution

19. Supporters of the Constitution were called what?

20. Federalists

21. This war helped the thirteen colonies gain independence from England

22. American Revolution or Revolutionary War

23. 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.

24. Thomas Paine

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

26. Tobacco

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

28. Religious Freedom or To Escape Persecution

29. 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?

30. Mercantilism

31. Who was the French and Indian War between?

32. The French and the Indians Vs. England

33. 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?

34. Boston Tea Party

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

36. They didn’t have representatives in parliament

37. Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

38. To protect individual liberties

39. What is the Bill of Rights?

40. First ten amendments to the constitution.

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

42. Checks and Balances

43. These are the two houses in congress.

44. Senate and the House of Representatives

45. This is the house in congress that is based on population

46. House of Representatives

47. This doubled the size of the United States in 1803

48. Louisiana Purchase

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

50. Industrial Revolution

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

52. Steam Engine

53. Both Massachusetts and Virginia have this in common.

54. Both had elected assemblies