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American Revolution: Key Events and Documents

Explore the causes, pivotal moments, and influential documents of the American Revolution, including the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. Learn about important figures and policies that shaped this transformative period in history.

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American Revolution: Key Events and Documents

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  1. Causes of RevolutionaryWar Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Baker’s Choice Unit 2 Vocab 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  2. Row 1---100 Question - What document limited the power of the king for the first time in world history?

  3. Row 1---100 Answer - Magna Carta

  4. Row 1---200 Question - This act guaranteed freedom of religion for all Christians – the first of its kind in the colonies

  5. Row 1---200 Answer - Maryland Toleration Act

  6. Row 1---300 Question - What was the name of the first written COLONIAL constitution?

  7. Row 1---300 Answer - Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  8. Row 1---400 Question - What was the name of the series of essays written to gain support for the ratification of the Constitution?

  9. Row 1---400 Answer - Federalist Papers

  10. Row 1---500 Question - A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing

  11. Row 1---500 Answer - Bill of Attainder

  12. Row 2---100 Question - What are considered the first “battles” of the American Revolution?

  13. Row 2---100 Answer - Lexington and Concord

  14. Row 2---200 Question - Why was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense important to the American Revolution movement?

  15. Row 2---200 Answer - Pamphlet convinced common America to support the revolution

  16. Row 2---300 Question - What was the name of the economic policy that caused England to pass trade restrictions on the colonists to acquire wealth?

  17. Row 2---300 Answer - Mercantilism

  18. Row 2---400 Question - What act required that all imports to America be on English ships?

  19. Row 2---400 Answer - Navigation Acts

  20. Row 2---500 Question - What act passed by Britain restricted the use of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains?

  21. Row 2---500 Answer - Navigation Acts

  22. Row 3---100 Question - Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and what date was it passed?

  23. Row 3---100 Answer - Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1776

  24. Row 3---200 Question - What did Thomas Jefferson label as the ‘unalienable rights’ in the Declaration of Independence?

  25. Row 3---200 Answer - Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness

  26. Row 3---300 Question - What British philosopher did Thomas Jefferson rely on when writing the Declaration of Independence?

  27. Row 3---300 Answer - John Locke

  28. Row 3---400 Question - What does the phrase “consent of the governed” mean from the D.O.I?

  29. Row 3---400 Answer - People are the source of power in the government

  30. Row 3---500 Question - When writing the Declaration of Independence who was referred to as ‘He’ throughout the document?

  31. Row 3---500 Answer - King George III

  32. Row 4---100 Question - What group created the Articles of Confederation?

  33. Row 4---100 Answer - 2nd Continental Congress

  34. Row 4---200 Question - What was the biggest or most significant weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

  35. Row 4---200 Answer - No power to tax

  36. Row 4---300 Question - According to the A.O.C, how many states had to agree in order to make an amendment to the document?

  37. Row 4---300 Answer - All 13 states had to agree

  38. Row 4---400 Question - What branch of government was the only branch created by the A.O.C?

  39. Row 4---400 Answer - Legislative

  40. Row 4---500 Question - One strength of the A.O.C. was that it created the _______ ________, which provided a way to survey and divide the land West of the Appalachian Mountains.

  41. Row 4---500 Answer - Land Ordinance of 1785

  42. Row 5---100 Question - Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

  43. Row 5---100 Answer - Mount Everest (it was still there, it just had not been found yet)

  44. Row 5---200 Question - How much dirt is in a 6 foot hole?

  45. Row 5---200 Answer - There is no dirt in a six foot hole

  46. Row 5---300 Question - If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

  47. Row 5---300 Answer - NINE (4+5=9)

  48. Row 5---400 Question - What did the fish say when he hit a wall?

  49. Row 5---400 Answer - Ahhh, dam.

  50. Row 5---500 Question - Who is this?

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