The Revolutionary War and our
new Government
His pamphlet challenged the
rule of the colonies by the
king of England?
The pamphlet,_____,con
tributed to a growing sentiment for independence?
The Declaration of Independence
was authored by?
Unalienable rights granted by the
constitution are?
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
If our government becomes destructive who has the right to abolish it and start
anew?
This legislation kept the colonists east of the App.
Mts. And easier to protect?
Proclamation of 1763
This Act levied a tax on sugar ,legal
documents ,tea and paper products.
What was the purpose of the
Sugar Act?
To pay for the French and
Indian War and colonial
protection.
This form of Colonial resistance helped lead to the
Revolutionary War?
This colony did not attend the first
meeting of the First Continental Congress?
This incident irrupted because of
frustration by British soldiers in
Boston?
The Boston Massacre
Fighting at these two places started the Revolutionary
War?
Lexington and Concord
What three groups were the
colonists divided into?
Patriots, Loyalists, and
Neutrals
These people Supported
England during the war?
These colonists believed in complete
independence from England?
They supported taxation by England
to provide protection from the
Indians?
“Give me liberty or give
me death.”
Had cultural and economic
ties with England?
Provided troops for the
colonial armies?
The colonial or American
armies were led by?
George Washington
What problem in England caused
the British to lose the war?
Got tired of fighting the
war.
This European countries financial
assistance and military aid helped the
American colonists defeat the British?
Two factors that greatly
contributed to the colonial
victory?
Washington’s command of the
colonial army and Franklin’s foreign
diplomacy
With the aid of France the colonists defeated the British
at?
Our first form of government was
the?
Articles of Confederation
The biggest problem with the
Articles of Confederation
was?
Weak National Government
A big financial weakness of the new government
was?
Congress also could not
_____ commerce.
Regardless of the size of the
state ,each state only had
____vote?
Regardless of the size of the
state ,each state only had
____vote?
The Articles lacked what two branches of the government?
Executive and Legislative
IN our new government the___and the ____were to share
power.
State and Federal
Governments
The Articles provided for no
common______?
Our Constitution can be changed
through passing_____?
How did the delegates to the
convention balance competing interests?
Made the Federal Government the law of the land.
Balanced power, Equal representation in Senate population
in House.
We avoided making a too strong Federal
Government by making a_____house
government.
What kept each branch in line?
A system of checks and balances
The Constitution limited the power of
the _____Government?
Two key leaders of the
Constitutional Convention
were?
George Washington and James Madison
He was elected chairman of the
convention?
George Washington
He was the Father of the constitution?
He was the Father of the constitution?
People who favored the
constitution as it was written were
called?
The Federalists favored a strong _______Govern
ment?
The Anti-Federalists wanted a
_______of______added to the constitution
before they would sign it.
The anti-federalists also wanted the
Federal Government to have less?
The Virginia Declaration of
Rights, by George Mason said?
Our basic rights granted by the
constitution can not be violated by the
Federal Government.
The Virginia Statue of Religious
Freedom stated?
The Government could not support
a particular church.
The Virginia Statue for Religious
Freedom was written by?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison used these two things when drafting his
Bill of Rights?
Virginia Declaration of Rights and the
Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom