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- A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. It was drafted by the Constitutional Convention and later supplemented by the Bill of Rights and other amendments
- Formal statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress indicating that the 13 colonies would become independent of the British Crown
- Ended the Revolutionary War, recognized the independence of what would become the United States, removed British troops from America, returned Florida to Spain, and more
- An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786. Shays's followers protested the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system. Although the rebellion was easily overcome, it persuaded conservatives of the need for a strong national government and contributed to the movement to draft the Constitution
- War between the French and the British over the control of colonies with the Natives taking sides in the War. Left the British in massive debt
- Colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the Revolutionary War
- Meeting in 1774 among delegates from the 12 of the 13 colonies, in response to the Intolerable Acts imposed by the British Crown
- Colonists from the 13 Colonies that rejected British rule
- Met in 1775. They organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. Would later help draft the Constitution
- Policy of the British Crown with colonies were largely left to themselves and permitted to operate as they saw fit, as long as they remained loyal to the British Crown and helped benefit Britain from an economic standpoint
- Before the Agricultural Revolution, much of England's farmland was .
- The production of _____________________was profitable throughout western Europe.
- Which of these developments helped launch the Industrial Revolution? Check all that apply.
- The building of _______________________ helped transport goods throughout Europe.
- most industrialization in Europe occurred in the
- San Francisco grew from a backwater settlement to a major city of the American West due to which of the following?
- Which of the following European powers first settled Manhattan, New York?
- The majority of American colonial settlers were members of which religious tradition?
- Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from:
- Prior to the arrival of Europeans, how did the Inca civilization use its geographical situation to facilitate transportation and defense?