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Question 1

Battle of bunker hill

Answer 1

1st major battle of the war; “not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes” ; 3rd time British take over the will; fought on Breed’s Hill

Question 2

Thomas Paine

Answer 2

Wrote common sense

Question 3

Wrote the Declaration of Independence/ got ideas from John Locke

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

56 signers in all, took out a paragraph concerning slavery

Answer 4

Declaration of Independence

Question 5

What are the four sections of the declaration of independence

Answer 5

1) preamble
2) basic rights
3) British abuses
4) declaring independence

Question 6

Battle of Trenton

Answer 6

Washington and army cross the Delaware, captured 900 hessians with a surprise attack

Question 7

Turning point of the war; led by an injured Benedict Arnold; patriots played Yankee Doodle

Answer 7

Victory at Saratoga

Question 8

Valley forge

Answer 8

Extremely cold winter-washington’s hideout in Pennsylvania; around 2,000 men die from disease and starvation

Question 9

Americas greatest traitor

Answer 9

Benedict Arnold

Question 10

Last major battle of the war; Cornwallis and 8,000 Brits surrender

Answer 10

Battle of Yorktown

Question 11

Treaty of Paris

Answer 11

Sept 3, 1783

Question 12

Articles of confederation

Answer 12

Established in 1777, known as the first government of the 13 colonies; each state only had one vote

Question 13

2 powers of congress

Answer 13

borrow money, issue currency

Question 14

2 weaknesses of congress

Answer 14

no power to tax, no executive or judicial branch

Question 15

Passed by congress to create new states northwest of the Ohio River

Answer 15

Northwest land ordinance

Question 16

What did the northwest land ordinance guarantee

Answer 16

Religious freedom, trial by jury, and prohibited slavery

Question 17

Shays rebellion

Answer 17

Farmers who couldn’t pay their debts had their land taken away from them by local judges; Daniel shay led a rebellion to close the courts

Question 18

Independence hall

Answer 18

Constitutional convention was held here, including many other important events

Question 19

James Madison

Answer 19

Father of the constitution

Question 20

Wrote the preamble and helped write its rite and edit much of the constitution; wrote the final draft

Answer 20

Gouvernor Morris

Question 21

Proportional; representation based by state population

Answer 21

Virginia Plan

Question 22

Equal representation from each state

Answer 22

New Jersey plan

Question 23

The great compromise was presented by

Answer 23

Roger Sherman

Question 24

The great comprimise

Answer 24

House of Reps: based off population of the state

Senate: 2 reps from each state

Question 25

3/5 comprimise

Answer 25

Every 5 states counts as 3 people

Question 26

Govt couldn’t regulate slave trade until 1808

Answer 26

Slave trade comprimise

Question 27

Federalists

Answer 27

Approved of the constitution and wanted a strong federal government

Question 28

Feared a strong central govt and thought the powers should be distributed to the states

Answer 28

Anti-Federalists

Question 29

Series of papers arguing for the new federal system

Answer 29

Federalist papers

Question 30

Bill of rights

Answer 30

The first ten amendments to the constitution

Question 31

Which branch makes the laws

Answer 31

Legislative branch

Question 32

Judicial branch

Answer 32

Interpret the laws and punish the law breakers

Question 33

Executive branch

Answer 33

Enforce and carry out the laws

Question 34

April 19,1775

Answer 34

Battle of Lexington; shot heard around the world; taxation without representation