front 1 William Pit was able to convince the colonies to fight int he Seven Years' War by | back 1 putting the recruiting of troops in the colonies totally in the hands of the colonies themselves. |
front 2 The Stamp Act created great fury in the colonies because | back 2 this was the first time that Parliament imposed a direct tax on the colonies. |
front 3 The statement "taxation without representation is tyranny" was first proclaimed by | back 3 Patrick Henry |
front 4 Most delegates at the First Continental Congress of 1774 | back 4 felt that the colonies should firmly resist measures to tax them without their consent. |
front 5 The purpose of the Olive Branch Petition was to | back 5 ask the king to craft a solution to end the tensions between Great Briain and the Colonies. |
front 6 Women were important to in the war effort because they | back 6 maintained economic stability in the colonies by managing households across the colonies while men were off fighting the British. |
front 7 The weakness of the national government created by the Articles of Confederation was demonstrated by the fact that it was not given the power to | back 7 raise an army. |
front 8 The Connecticut Plan presented to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a | back 8 proposal for a two-house legislature, with one house based on proportional representation. |
front 9 The Kentucky and Virginia Resolves | back 9 stated that individual states do not have to enforce laws the states consider unconstitutional. |
front 10 Under the Electoral College system | back 10 voters approve electors, who elect the president of the U.S. and it is possible to with the popular vote and lose the Electoral College. |