American Revolution

Question 0

Who revolted against who?

Answer 0

Colonists against their British king, King George III

Question 1

American Revolution

Answer 1

1775 - 1783

Question 2

Why were colonists unhappy?

Answer 2

Because they payed high taxes and had a little say in the parliament

Question 3

George III

Answer 3

King of England; Held colonies in the Eastern Shore of North America

Question 4

Colonies in the mid-1700

Answer 4

Their government differed from England’s, yet expected to follow their laws

Question 5

Navigation Act

Answer 5

Trade law that prevented the colonists to sell their most valuable goods to any other country but England

Question 6

French and Indian War

Answer 6

England vs France (& Indians);

England wins and seizes all French colonies in N. America

Question 7

Stamp Act

Answer 7

Must pay to have a stamp on printed materials; established mainly because the British wanted to pay their debt from the war

Question 8

Boston Tea Party

Answer 8

1773; Dumping British tea into Boston Harbor as a protest

Question 9

First Continental Congress

Answer 9

1774; King paid little attention to the protest

Question 10

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Answer 10

1775; First fire exchanged!

Question 11

Second Continental Congress

Answer 11

1776; Decided to have an army under George Washington and issued the Declaration of Independence

Question 12

George Washington

Answer 12

Commanded the army in the American Revolution

Question 13

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 13

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Question 14

Why could America win independence? (3 Reasons)

Answer 14

1. Defending their homeland
2. British made some mistakes
3. War was expensive for the British

Question 15

Cornwallis

Answer 15

Army commanded by Lord Cornwallis gets trapped by the American and French army in Yorktown

Question 16

Articles of Confederation

Answer 16

Created a weak national government with only one body of government: Congress

Question 17

Constitutional Convention

Answer 17

1787; Shared enlightenment ideas for stronger national government

Question 18

What are the 3 branches?

Answer 18

Executive, legislative, and judicial

Question 19

Federal System

Answer 19

Power separated between national and state government

Question 20

Federalist

Answer 20

Supports the new constitution

Question 21

Antifederalist

Answer 21

Feared that constitution gave government too much power

Question 22

Bill of Rights

Answer 22

Ten amendments added in the new constitution, such as freedom of speech, press, and religion etc…