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Enlightenment
Its purpose was to reform society using reason, to challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith -
The grievances of British subjects in the American colonies
The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congresswas a statement adopted by the First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774, in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament. The Declaration outlined colonial objections to the Intolerable Acts, listed a colonial bill of rights, and provided a detailed list of grievances. -
The Founding Fathers of the United States
political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the United States Constitution. -
REVOLUTION
The American Revolution was a political disruption that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which the Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed an independent nation, the United States of America. -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. In this document, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. -
Articels of confederation and the problems that led to the need for the consitution
was a document signed amongst the 13 original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Federalist and anti Federalist
a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution -
North west ordinance
The ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British Canada and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south. -
Constitution
The Constitution was made so that all people knew that they where equal and that they where protected. -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights.Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power.
