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| 7845963981 | John Locke | Enlightenment thinker that promoted natural rights and the social contract | 0 | |
| 7845963982 | Natural Rights | Life, liberty, and property | 1 | |
| 7845963983 | Social Contract | Agreement between the people and their government; government makes laws to protect rights and people follow those laws | 2 | |
| 7845963987 | Guerilla Warfare | Style of warfare where you ambush and quick attack (Native Style) | 3 | |
| 7845963988 | Gentleman's Warfare | Fighting in organized, straight lines (British style) | 4 | |
| 7845964014 | George Washington | Chosen as the commander of the Continental Army | 5 | |
| 7845964016 | Olive Branch Petition | Sent to King George III by the Second Continental Congress as a last plea for peace; king refuses | 6 | |
| 7845964018 | Articles of Confederation | Established as the first constitution of the U.S.; loose association of the 13 states | 7 | |
| 7845964019 | Lexington | Site of the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" | 8 | |
| 7845964020 | Thomas Paine | Author of the pamphlet "Common Sense," encouraging American independence | 9 | |
| 7845964022 | Trenton and Princeton | Site of Washington's first two decisive victories in the American Revolution; boosted Patriot morale | 10 | |
| 7845964023 | Saratoga | Turning point battle of the American Revolution; French begin openly assisting America | 11 | |
| 7845964024 | Valley Forge | Site of Washington's Army's winter campsite; Continental Army received training | 12 | |
| 7845964026 | Yorktown | Site where the British general Cornwallis surrendered to the Patriots | 13 | |
| 7845964027 | Treaty of Paris of 1783 | Officially ended the American Revolution and granted American independence | 14 | |
| 7845964028 | Patriot | Colonist from American who wants to fight for independence | 15 | |
| 7845964029 | Thomas Jefferson | Author of the majority of the Declaration of Independence | 16 | |
| 7845964030 | July 4, 1776 | Date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence | 17 | |
| 7845964036 | King George III | King who America claims independence from | 18 | |
| 7845964037 | Loyalist or Tory | American who stays loyal to king George III | 19 | |
| 11535395537 | Second Continental Congress | Political authority that directed the struggle for independence beginning in 1775. | 20 | |
| 11535404535 | Bunker Hill | Battle that implied that Americans could fight the British if they had sufficient supplies; bloodiest battle of the Revolution | 21 | |
| 11535432838 | Flaws of the Articles of Confederation | No executive; no judicial; 9/13 states to pass; 13 to amend; power rested in the states; no ability to tax | 22 | |
| 11535439274 | Continental Currency | financed the American Revolution but caused high inflation | 23 | |
| 11535491433 | Strengths of the Continental Army | Used guerrilla warfare; fighting for their rights, liberty, home and family; French and Spanish assistance. | 24 | |
| 11535507963 | Weaknesses of the Continental Army | Lacked training, experience and supplies, and men | 25 | |
| 11535527401 | Frederich von Steuben | Prussian Captain who helped Washington train his troops during the winter of 1778 | 26 | |
| 11535540354 | Marquis de Lafayette | French soldier who joined General Washington's staff and became a general in the Continental Army. | 27 | |
| 11535544969 | Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Battle near present day Greensboro, North Carolina which ended with a British victory but at a huge cost to the British army; led to Yorktown | 28 | |
| 11535562970 | Effects of the American Revolution | political and legal equality for white men of property, American independence, gradual emancipation begins, increased education for women, sparked other revolutions | 29 | |
| 11535576047 | Republican Motherhood | The idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate "civic virtue" in their children; led to increased education for women | 30 | |
| 11535590869 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers; allowed for public schools | 31 | |
| 11535597376 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | a law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union; banned slavery in the territory | 32 | |
| 11535601288 | Shay's Rebellion | Rebellion led by farmers in western Massachusetts, protesting high taxes. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out. | 33 | |
| 11535613892 | Constitutional Convention | Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States. | 34 | |
| 11535617563 | Virginia Plan | "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. | 35 | |
| 11535620719 | New Jersey Plan | A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress | 36 | |
| 11535624446 | Great Compromise | Resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate. | 37 | |
| 11535634614 | Electoral College | A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president | 38 | |
| 11535638136 | 3/5 Compromise | the decision at the Constitutional convention to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of deciding the population and determining how many seats each state would have in Congress | 39 | |
| 11535642102 | Slave Trade Compromise | Congress could not regulate or outlaw slavery or slave trade until 1808 | 40 | |
| 11535648555 | Fugitive Slave Clause | Part of the Constitution that sanctioned the capture and return of runaway slaves. | 41 | |
| 11535652921 | Federalists | A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures. | 42 | |
| 11535656562 | Antifederalists | Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government | 43 | |
| 11535664405 | Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution; added to gain support for the Constitution | 44 | |
| 11535673591 | Federalism | A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments | 45 | |
| 11535673592 | Necessary and Proper Clause | Clause of the Constitution setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress, in addition to its express powers, has the right to make all laws needed to carry out all powers the Constitution vests in the national government | 46 | |
| 11535681041 | 10th Amendment | Powers not given to federal government go to people and States | 47 | |
| 11535683835 | Strict Interpretation of the Constitution | Believe people should follow exactly what was stated and allowed in the document | 48 | |
| 11535695580 | Loose Interpretation of the Constitution | Believed that the document permitted everything that it did not expressly forbid | 49 | |
| 11535699122 | original intent | A view that the Constitution should be interpreted according to the original intent of the framers. | 50 |
