Seven Years War --> Rebellion
This treaty ended the Seven Years War.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1763?
The First Continental Congress was held in this city.
Where is, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
A weak central government, lack of ability to tax, and no executive branch were problems in this document.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The three branches of government as established by the constitution
What are the judicial, executive, and legislative branches?
A tax imposed on all printed material in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
These acts led the colonists to write the Declarations & Resolves.
What are The Intolerable Acts?
This disgruntled farmer formed a militia in the wake of the Revolutionary War.
Who is Daniel Shays?
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What is the preamble?
This created a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This founding father wrote the majority of the Federalist Papers
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This sentence is the roadmap of any essay.
What is a thesis statement?
A deadly snowball fight between the colonists and the British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre?
Life, Liberty, and Property are known as...
What is the natural rights doctrine?
This group wanted states and local governments to have individual power and didn’t support the ratification of the Constitution
Who are the anti-federalists?
In the US, the electoral college decides the presidency. A candidate must win this many electors to become president.
What is 270?
The Sons of Liberty dumped tea imported by this company into the harbor on December 16, 1773.
What is the British East India Company?
The founding fathers actively decided to leave this subject out of the Declaration of Independence.
What is slavery?
One anti-federalist said, “It is radical in this transition; our rights and privileges are endangered, and the sovereignty of the states will be relinquished: And cannot we plainly see that this is actually the case? The rights of conscience, trial by jury, liberty of the press, all your immunities and franchises, all pretensions to human rights and privileges, are rendered insecure, if not lost, by this change.”
Who is Patrick Henry?
According to this economist, "It is a characteristic of man that no item or object is produced to his liking. He finds that there is need for improvement in everything. The whole industry of human life is not employed to obtain the supply of our three most basic needs, which are food, clothes and lodging."