GREAT COMPROMISE
VIRGINIA PLAN
NEW JERSEY PLAN
Compare and Contrast. In what ways are the Senate and the House of
Representatives similar and different? Give specific details
.
How did the actions of the First Continental
Congress reflect the intense debate of the delegates? You must mention the specific reasons for
both sides of the delegates.
Why do you think retaking Boston was
important to the Patriots? Give at least
2 supporting details.
Colonist had to choose sides when
independence was declared. What was the
significance of the Declaration of Independence? What were the three main
arguments in the Declaration of Independence?
The British and the Americans official ended
the war by signing the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
What was the Treaty of Paris? What were the terms of the treaty?
VOCABULARY AND NOTES
What best describe the newly independent nation in the 1780s?
Under the articles of Confederation, the greatest amount
of power was in the hands of the-
Who was the French nobleman who helped the Patriots fight the British?
What was the nation’s most widespread problems under the Articles of Confederation
The main objective of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
What was the name of the battle in which the Patriots finally defeated the British?
Virginia Plan Great Compromise New Jersey Plan Three-fifths
Compromise
Whigs Loyalists Royalists .
Democrats
Battle of Saratoga Battle of New Jersey Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Valley Forge mercenaries Redcoats
Hessians Continental Army
The Declaration of Independence The Second Continental
Congress
The battles at Lexington and Concord occurred The Battle of Bunker Hill took
place
