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| 13769179056 | Constitutional Monarchy | Glorious Revolution of 1688 had given England a this system of government, various laws limited the power of the English king. | 0 | |
| 13769202904 | George III of England | Became king of Great Britain in 1760, |  | 1 |
| 13769209221 | North American Colonies | Combined population soared from about 250,000 in 1700 to 2,150,000 in 1770, they thrived on trade with the nations of Europe, a new sense of identity was growing in the colonists' minds for nearly 150 years. |  | 2 |
| 13769256344 | Navigation Act of 1651 | Prevented colonists from selling their most valuable products to any country except Britain, colonists had to pay high taxes on imported French and Dutch goods. |  | 3 |
| 13769292046 | French and Indian War (1754-1763) | War between the English and the French, the French enlisted numerous Native American tribes to fight on their side, Britain emerged victorious—and seized nearly all French land in North America. It led to huge debt. |  | 4 |
| 13769325184 | Stamp Act of 1765 | Colonists had to pay a tax to have an official stamp put on wills, deeds, newspapers, and other printed material. |  | 5 |
| 13769347413 | Boston Tea Party (1773) | In protest an import tax on tea, a group of colonists dumped a large load of British tea into Boston Harbor, George III ordered the British navy to close the port of Boston. |  | 6 |
| 13769366669 | First and Second Continental Congress | On September 1774, representatives from every colony except Georgia gathered in Philadelphia to protested the treatment of Boston, since the king paid little attention to their complaints, the colonies decided to form the next one to debate their next move. |  | 7 |
| 13769398531 | Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) | British soldiers and American militiamen exchanged gunfire on the village green in Lexington, Massachusetts, it spread to nearby Concord, The American Revolution had begun. | 8 | |
| 13769489791 | Declaration of Independence (1776) | Written by Thomas Jefferson, firmly based on the ideas of John Locke and the Enlightenment, included a long list of George III's abuses and it ended by declaring the colonies' separation from Britain. |  | 9 |
| 13769501975 | Thomas Jefferson | Political leader, who wrote the Declaration of Independence |  | 10 |
| 13769548643 | Reasons for American Success | 1. Americans' motivation for fighting was much stronger than that of the British, since their army was defending their homeland, 2. Overconfident British generals made several mistakes. 3. Time itself was on the side of the Americans. 4. Fighting an overseas war, 3,000 miles from London, was expensive. 5. Americans did not fight alone. | 11 | |
| 13769594765 | Lord Cornwallis | British general who surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia (1781). Combined forces of about 9,500 Americans and 7,800 French trapped his army. |  | 12 |
| 13769632491 | Articles of Confederation | Ratified in 1781, established the United States as a republic, a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives, states held most of the power, and no executive or judicial branches, only the Congress. Each state, regardless of size, had one vote in Congress. Congress could declare war, enter into treaties, and coin money, it had no power, however, to collect taxes or regulate trade. Passing new laws needed the approval of 9 of the 13 states. |  | 13 |
| 13769707948 | Constitutional Convention (1787) | 55 delegates were experienced statesmen who were familiar with political theories using the political ideas of the Enlightenment, the delegates created a new system of government. | 14 | |
| 13769727693 | Checks and Balances | Each branch checks the actions of the other two, the president received the power to veto legislation passed by Congress, however, the Congress could override a presidential veto with the approval of two-thirds of its members |  | 15 |
| 13769744147 | Federal System | Power was divided between national and state governments. |  | 16 |
| 13769764822 | Federalists | Supporters of the Constitution. | 17 | |
| 13769771291 | Federalist Papers | Argued that the new government would provide a better balance between national and state powers. |  | 18 |
| 13769782986 | Anti-Federalists | Opposed the Constitution, feared that the Constitution gave the central government too much power, wanted a bill of rights to protect the rights of individual citizens. | 19 | |
| 13769817428 | Bill of Rights | Ten amendments to the Constitution, protected basic rights like freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion. |  | 20 |
