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The U.S. Constitution was ratified by voters in 1788, but only because of the promise that new amendments to the Constitution would be adopted in order to guarantee rights of individual citizens. These first ten constitutional amendments, added by Congress and ratified by the states in 1789, are known as the

This 1794 treaty, negotiated by the former Supreme Court Chief Justice, was one in which the U.S. promised friendship with England (while they were at war with our former ally, France), despite the fact that the British interfered (often) with our foreign trade.

The Boston merchant who became the leader of the Sons of Liberty was:

George Whitefield’s introduction of an evangelical style of religion into the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s is known as the

Both the First and the Second Continental Congresses convened in the city of:

The Union general who left his supply lines and marched overland destroying everything in his path (from Atlanta to Savannah on the coast) was

The economic system known as mercantilism was intended to primarily benefit

The dispute over federal taxes in western Pennsylvania in 1794 was known as:

The five members of the committee appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776 were Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and

The Union general who left his supply lines and marched overland destroying everything in his path (from Atlanta to Savannah on the coast) was