U.S. History I Vocab

4. An incident where British soldiers fired on colonists protesting against them
5. An agreement that made 3 out of every 5 slaves in the South count toward state populations
6. To cancel a law
9. A British law passed giving the East India Company a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies
10. Colonists who were trained to be ready to fight on a minute's notice
11. The banning of trade with another country
12. A system in which different branches of government have powers over the others to prevent tyranny
14. Official change, correction, or addition to the Constitution
17. People who opposed ratification of the Constitution
18. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
19. Trade networks that connected Europe, Africa, and the Colonies
20. Colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain in the American Revolution
21. A European movement that sought to improve society using logic and reason
22. Harsh British laws that closed Boston Harbor and banned town meetings in the colonies

1. The last major battle of the Revolution where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington
2. The first document creating a new government in the United States
3. A system in which power is distributed between the states and the central government
7. The agreement that led to two chambers in Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate
8. A crop grown to be sold for a profit
13. British "hands-off" policy when it came to colonial governance
15. A tax on imported goods
16. Colonists who sided with the British during the American Revolution