The big concern over this issue was POLITICS & representation in the HOUSE! reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.The solution was to count three out of every five slaves as people for this purpose.

Mainly argued about the power of the national government & over the ratification of the Constitution.

belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe. The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind

first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Considered the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington alongside a French army.

it outlined the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies.It required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies

was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776, when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. Afterward, he returned home to Virginia and vigorously campaigned for democratic reforms and religious freedoms in the new state government

He served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783), which officially ended the American Revolutionary War

Ended the American Revolution with terms agreed upon by King George III and American diplomats.

the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.

is an 18th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution.

a secret club during the American Revolution that had many rituals. They had secret code words, medals, and symbols. Originally formed in response to the Stamp Act, their activities were far more than ceremonial & radical during much of the time period leading up to the American Revolution.

American colonists who stayed loyal to the Crown during the American Revolutionary War,

chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.

was the governing body of the American colonies from 1775 to 1781. It was founded when the British failed to address the grievances of the First Continental Congress and it organized a Continental Army to fight with George Washington named its leader.

Was the first written constitution of the US that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.

the first serious challenge to federal authority.uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government. Washington did use the uprising as show of power of the federal government without death, just threat.

enables Congress to make the laws required for the exercise of its other powers established by the Constitution.

each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful.- hypothetically making each branch equal in political power.

What was protestant Reformation?

The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?

The idea that God has already decided who was saved from the beginning

The Normans introduced primogeniture. What is primogeniture?

combined Massachusetts with the rest of New England, and later New Jersey and New York

slave voyage from Africa to the Americas; many died on the ship because of horrific conditions

the belief that economy of the colonies should benefit the mother country; the system of state-assisted manufacturing and trade

Who was popularized for the belief in the rights "life, liberty, and property"

What was mainly transported to North America from EUROPE?

Who benefits most from slavery?

Which of the following was an outcome of the Navigation Acts in the mid-seventeenth century?

Which region was dominated by the Puritans?

Which colony would've relied heavily on the plantation system?

Pennsylvania was a safe haven for

Define Boycott

Civilians trained as soldiers but not members of the army.

Tax on imported goods

Where did the Stono Rebellion happen?

By 1760, what European country dominates policy in the New World

Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries?

Which was NOT a reason for why the Sugar Act was created?

Those who supported Independence from England were called?

Played a strategic role in the struggle between the British and French for supremacy over Colonial America.

The treatment of the Native Americans by the Spanish conquistadors can be described as

The Christian crusaders were indirectly responsible for the discovery of America because they