| A | B |
|---|
| First Amendment | Amendment that protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition |
| Bill of Rights | Name given to the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution |
| Executive Branch of Government | Enforces the law;signs bills into law |
| One thing that the Preamble of the Constitution states is.. | The power of government comes from the PEOPLE |
| Branches of the US Government | Executive Branch; Judical Branch; Legislative Branch |
| Articles of Confederation differs from Constitution because.. | The powers of the National Government INCREASED under the Constiion |
| This dispute (argument) settled by creating a two-house legislature-Senate and House of Representatives | Argument between large and small states over number of representatives each state would have in Congress |
| Articles of Confederation | The FIRST written plan of government used to govern the 13 states- adopted after Revolutionary War |
| Mississsipi River | This formed the WESTERN border of the United Statess at the end of the American Revolution |
| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | Ended the Revolutionary War; Britain recognized American independence |
| Battle of Yorktown | General Cornwallis surrendered to the Continental Army at this battle. Ended the Rev. War |
| Valley Forge | The Continental Army spent the "cold and hopeless" winter of 1777-1778 here |
| Battle of Saratoga considered "turning point" of Revolutionary War because | ..it looked like the Americans could win the war and the FRENCH joined the war to fight for America |
| Common Sense | The pamplet written by Thomas Paine to convince the colonists tht independence from Britain was the BEST CHOICE) |
| Midnight ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes | ..to warn the colonists of the approaching redcoats-Battles of Lexingtion and Concord followed |
| Boston Massacre | In 1770 British soldiers fired on five Boston colonists who were killed |
| Intolerable Acts | Were passed to punish Boston for dumping tea into the harbor |
| Guerillas | small bands of fighters who used hit-and-run tactics |
| Declaration of Independence written in.. | 1776 |
| Battle of Saratoga considered "turning point" of Revolutionary War because | ..it looked like the Americans could win the war and the FRENCH joined the war to fight for America |
| Common Sense | The pamplet written by Thomas Paine to convince the colonists tht independence from Britain was the BEST CHOICE) |
| George Washington | The Second Continental Congress appointed him as Commander-in-Chief |
| Patriots | supported independence |
| Sons of Liberty | established by Sam Adams to protest British taxation without representation |
| Colonists complaint against The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Etc. | They didn't fell they should pay these taxes because they had no representation in Parliment |
| Proclamation of 1763 | This law restricted American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mts. |
| British government experienced this after fighting the French and Indian War | They were left with a large war debt-they had spent a great deal of money on the war |
| Boycotts | not buying goods from someone or a country -method Americans used to hurt British trade |
| Propaganda | any writing, picture, etc. that tries to get you to think a certain way or to get you to do something |
| Loyalists | did not support independence |
