French & Indian Wars
Which 1765 act imposed a direct tax on all paper goods in the American colonies, leading to widespread outrage and the popular colonial cry of "no taxation without representation"?
The Stamp Act
How was legislative voting apportioned in Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
Each state received exactly one vote regardless of its geographic size or population.
3: Legislative, Executive, Judicial
This movement started in Europe and stated that humans have natural rights and are endowed by their creator as equal?
The Enlightenment
Which region was the primary focal point of territorial dispute between Great Britain and France that sparked the French and Indian War?
The Ohio River Valley
In response to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the British Parliament passed a series of harsh punitive laws in 1774 designed to reassert imperial control over Massachusetts. What were these acts called by the colonists?
The Intolerable Acts
This person caused the framers to question the effectiveness of the AOC?
Daniel Shays
Legislative
This movement saw a religious revival that presented colonists with a personalized pathway towards religious salvation
The Great Awekening
Why did many Native American tribes initially choose to ally themselves with the French rather than the British?
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, heavily drawing upon Enlightenment ideas of natural rights and the social contract popularized by John Locke?
Thomas Jefferson
What was a primary reason the national government struggled profoundly to pay off Revolutionary War debts under the Articles of Confederation?
The National Gov couldn't collect taxes from the newly established states
This group of people (one becomes the other) opposed the Constitution. Which person is widely known to take up this cause?
Anti-Federalists who became the Democratic-Republicans. Thomas Jefferson
After the French and Indian war, the British reversed salutary neglect because of why?
To recoup lost revenue from the war. Wars are expensive and you couldn't print money back then.
What British decree in 1763 aimed to prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, creating significant colonial resentment?
The Proclamation Line of 1763
Who wrote Common Sense and what was its main message?
Thomas Paine (Rejection of Monarchy)
Under the Articles of Confederation, this was passed which helps territories become states
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This clause was established in the Constitution in order to bring souther states into the fold
3/5ths Compromise
This city was a hotbed of revolutionary activity. So much so that the British occupied the city long before the revolution started
Boston
Under the Treaty of Paris (1763), what major territorial change occurred in North America?
France lost all its mainland North American possessions, ceding Canada to Britain and Louisiana to Spain.
Which 1777 American victory in upstate New York is widely considered the major turning point of the Revolutionary War because it convinced France to officially enter the conflict as a U.S. ally?
Battle of Saratoga
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The electoral college count is the combination of these numbers/representatives
A states senate count (2) plus however many representatives they receive based on population
Place these events in chronological order:
Boston Massacre
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
1: Tea Act
2: Boston Massacre
3: Boston Tea Party