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- 5. Laws passed in 1798 that limited free speech and made it harder for immigrants to become citizens.
- 8. An agreement during the Constitutional Convention that created a two-house legislature with equal and proportional representation.
- 10. An agreement that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes.
- 11. The brutal sea journey enslaved Africans were forced to endure across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
- 14. The first battles of the Revolutionary War in 1775 that marked the start of armed conflict between Britain and the colonies.
- 15. A farm product grown mainly to be sold for profit, such as tobacco in the Southern colonies.
- 16. A religious group that settled in New England to reform the Church of England and created communities based on strict religious beliefs.
- 17. A group of English settlers who traveled to America on the Mayflower in 1620 seeking religious freedom and established Plymouth Colony.
- 20. A colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain and opposed independence during the Revolutionary War.
- 21. The lawmaking body of Great Britain that imposed taxes and laws on the American colonies.
- 22. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that encouraged colonists to support independence from Britain.
- 23. A conflict between the United States and Great Britain caused by trade issues and interference with American shipping.
- 24. The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia, which struggled at first but survived through tobacco farming.
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- 1. Colonial militia members who were ready to fight at a minute’s notice during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
- 2. A religious revival in the 1700s that encouraged personal faith, emotional preaching, and challenged traditional church authority.
- 3. An uprising of farmers in Massachusetts (1786–1787) that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
- 4. The agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
- 6. A system used to elect the president in which electors cast votes based on each state’s population.
- 7. A period of rapid industrial growth where machines and factories replaced hand production, changing how goods were made.
- 9. A policy stating that European nations should not colonize or interfere in the Americas.
- 11. A 1215 English document that limited the king’s power and established the idea that everyone must follow the law.
- 12. The idea that states can reject or ignore federal laws they believe are unconstitutional.
- 13. The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional, established by the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison.
- 18. Compact An agreement signed by Pilgrims in 1620 to create a self-governing colony based on majority rule.
- 19. An American colonist who supported independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War.