2.4 Independence and it's Challenges
American Revolution - correct answera revolution between 1765 and 1783 where
colonists n the 13 American colonies overthrew the authority of GB and founded the
USofA
Articles of Confederation - correct answerthe original constitution of the Us, ratifed in
1781 and replaced by the Us constitution in 1789
Confederation Congress - correct answerthe governing body of the USofA that existed
from March 1st 1781 to March 4th 1789
Continental currency - correct answerthe paper money issued by the Continental
Congress during the American Revolution
Counterfeit - correct answermade in exact imitation of something valueable with the
intent to decieve or defraud
Declaration of Independence - correct answerthe formal statement written by Thoms
Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great britain
depreciation - correct answera decrease in the value of a curreny as compared with
other currencies
Disarmament - correct answerthe reduction or withdrawl of military forces and weapons
federalism - correct answera system of government in which power is divided between a
central government and various regional governments
inflation - correct answera general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of
money
loan certificates - correct answerdebt certificates issued by the OG 13 states during and
after the revolutionary war, circulated like paper money
Millitia - correct answera military force raised from the civil opulation to supplement a
regular army in an emergency
neutralists - correct answertried to stay out of the conflict entirely
pacifist - correct answera person who believes war and violence are immoral and/or
unjustifiable
pension - correct answermoney paid under certain conditions to a person following
retirement or to surviving dependents
