William Pit was able to convince the colonies to fight int he Seven Years' War by

putting the recruiting of troops in the colonies totally in the hands of the colonies themselves.

The Stamp Act created great fury in the colonies because

this was the first time that Parliament imposed a direct tax on the colonies.

The statement "taxation without representation is tyranny" was first proclaimed by

Patrick Henry

Most delegates at the First Continental Congress of 1774

felt that the colonies should firmly resist measures to tax them without their consent.

The purpose of the Olive Branch Petition was to

ask the king to craft a solution to end the tensions between Great Briain and the Colonies.

Women were important to in the war effort because they

maintained economic stability in the colonies by managing households across the colonies while men were off fighting the British.

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

raise an army.

The Connecticut Plan presented to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a

proposal for a two-house legislature, with one house based on proportional representation.

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolves

stated that individual states do not have to enforce laws the states consider unconstitutional.

Under the Electoral College system

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.