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July 4th 1776 began_____ for the American colonies

freedom

Years of_____ followed as the new nation attempted to establish itself

Struggle

During this time American literature was mainly____ written by the_____

Political, founders of the republic

While Britain was still in charge Americans became better at____

Self government

Most colonist were not concerned with ______

The idea of freedom until the 1760s

King ____ and parliament imposed rules that threatened their freedom

Gorge the 3rd

Each new rule increased the colonists___ eventually erupting into____

Anger and war

The 18th century is known as the___ or the _____

Age of reason, enlightenment

Thinkers like Galileo and newton valued___ over ____

Reason, faith

People are naturally ___

Good

Not __

Evil

Four enlightened thinkers

Voltaire, Jean Jacques Roussean, John lock, David Hume

American conributors include

Thomas pairs, Thomas Jefferson, Ben pralcid

Before the revolution England and France fought the

Control of North America

After it ended in____ France surrendered its claim to North America

1763

Britain passed the ___ in in 1765 to pay war debt

Stamp act

Reaction was negative but no bloodshed occurred and the act was eventually ____

Repealed

These acts taxed items such as ____

Paper, paint, glass,lead and tea

Colonist responded with ____

Boycott

British troops fired into a mob in Boston in _____ killing ____ people

1770, 5

The tea act gave an English company ____

Monopoly

Bostonians disguised as ____ dumped tea into the harbor

Mohawks

This led colonial leaders to meet for the ______ in Philadelphia

First continental congress

On April 18 1775 general _____ sent 700 troops to destroy colonial supplies in ____

Gage , concord

Before it ended ____ Americans died

8

Lexington and concord became known as_____

The shot heard round the world

The secound continental congress met two days before ____

Bunker hill

They named _____ as commander in chief

Washington

Another ____ passed before independence was declared

Year

At ___ British forces surrender more than ____ men

Saratoga ,5000

After the victory _____ recognized u.s. independence and sent troops

Government of France

The articles of confederation established a_____

League of friendship

This arrangement failed and was replaced by the ____

Federal constitution

A___ was added to calm fears of centralized power

Bill of rights

The first three presidents

Washington , John Adams , Tomas Jefferson

By the war ____ newspapers existed

50

By Washington’s election ___ magazines existed

40

Most important writing was __\

Political

James Otis said ____

Taxation without representation is tyranny

Patrick Henry speech against the ____ brought cries of treason

Stamp act

Thomas Paine wrote_____ in January 1776

Common sense

John Adams wrote____

Thoughts on government

Drafter first by ____ in june_____

Thomas Jefferson ,1776

It became the most influential ___[ ever written

Political statement

Written in ____ by a committee

1787

Hamilton called it a ____

Week and worthless fabric

Franklin supported it because ____

I expected no better

____ was the first state to ratify the constitution

Delaware

Ratification required ____ states

9

Essays called ____ were written by Hamilton Madison and Jay

Entitled the federalist

New York ratified by a vote ____ to ___

30 to 27

Poet ____ wrote the wild honeysuckle

Philip freneau

Another poet _____ wrote the hasty pudding

Joel Barlow

Phil is Wheatley’s poem were published in ___

England

Ben Franklin wrote ___ and his _____

Poor Richard’s almanac , autobiography