This battle, the second of the Revolutionary War, was immortalized by Ralph Waldo Emerson's words, "...and fired the shot heard round the world."

"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

The branch that has the power to veto laws.

This creates a unique system of checks and balances that divides government power into three branches.

A 1773 protest against unfair taxation where chests of this substance were thrown into Boston Harbor.

In 1781, French ships blocked the British escape by sea while Washington and the Continental army surrounded General Cornwalis on land to seal the victory by the American forces in the Chesapeake Bay.

"These are the times that try men's souls."

The branch of government that can levy taxes.

In this document, a bicameral or "two house" system is put in place to check the power to make laws.

This event in Boston 1770 ended in five dead colonists and was immortalized (somewhat incorrectly) in an engraving by Paul Revere

Known as a Pyrrhic victory, the British won this battle in 1775 despite sustaining 1000 casualties compared to the American's 400.

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."

The governing body that most directly represents the people.

Ammendments (changes) require a unanimous vote of 13 out of 13 colonies.

The first act passed by Parliament in 1765 attempting to tax goods used by the colonists.

A surprise change of army and cannon position by George Washington that caused the British evacuation of Boston.

"I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country."

This branch of government decides if laws follow the Constitution.

This document allows Congress to ask states to pay taxes.

In the book "Johnny Tremain", James Otis gives this statement as the reason for the revolution.

A series of American Victories in upper New York that provided a desperately needed boost in morale and convinced the French to join and aid the newly formed American Government.

"If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Pilosophers, we should have learned women."

This branch is responsible for declaring war.

A document that protects justice by providing a plan for a judicial system.

Acts passed by Parliament to punish the Colonists that closed the Port of Boston, closed Massachussets' Colonial government, allowed crimes to be judged in Britain rather than in the Colonies, and caused colonists to support and house British soldiers.