British Policies
THIS was a tax that colonists had to pay on all paper goods. It inspired fierce resistance from colonists and the popular catch phrase "no taxation without representation".
What was the STAMP ACT?
The Boston Tea Party was an organized colonial resistance to THIS British policy.
What is the TEA ACT?
THIS was an armed rebellion of former veterans and farmers that showed the Americans that the current form of government wasn't strong enough.
What is SHAY'S REBELLION?
These documents were written to encourage Americans to approve/ratify the new U.S. Constitution. Alexander Hamilton wrote the majority of them.
Washington proclaimed U.S. neutrality in April 1793 as a response to THIS EVENT?
What was the FRENCH REVOLUTION?
THIS event spurred Great Britain to start taxing colonists.
What was the SEVEN YEARS WAR?
American independence was a direct result of THIS: (choose from list)
- economic concerns of colonists
- tensions with Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley
- Impact of the religious revivals and evangelical ideas
What was ECONOMIC CONCERNS OF COLONISTS?
Great Britain abandoned THIS TWO-WORD policy and started constraining colonial rights. This led to more colonial resistance.
What is SALUTARY NEGLECT?
Southern Federalists such as Madison and Jefferson focused on an economy based on THIS.
What is AGRICULTURE?
THIS political party formed as a response to Hamilton's economic policies, Washington's assault on the whiskey rebels, and Jay's Treaty. They were led by Jefferson.
Who were the DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS?
THIS act restricted the supply of money in the North American colonies.
What is the CURRENCY ACT?
THIS governmental body declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
What was the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS?
THIS level of government was predominant throughout the Revolutionary War. This would lead to issues of enforcing laws.
THIS championed the ideas that women were custodians of virtue and that to teach history, government and civic virtue, young women needed better schooling. Women would also be better mothers and wives and be anchored in the private, domestic realm.
What is REPUBLICAN MOTHERHOOD?
From the list below, THIS was the most significant challenge facing American Indians in the late 1700s.
-Difficult travel on the Mississippi River
- Wars with neighboring tribes in the Pacific Northwest
- Treaty disputes and seizure of land
- Acting as translators for the French and Spanish
What is TREATY DISPUTES AND SEIZURE OF LAND?
After the Stamp Act, colonies complained they didn't have representation. The British said that wasn't true, they had THIS (type of representation)that meant they already represented the interested of all citizens, including colonial subjects.
What is VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION?
The late 1700s saw a rise in political activism by THIS group (choose from the following):
- Native Americans and Indentured servants
- Slaves and anti-slavery activists
- Laborers, artisans, and women
Who are LABORERS, ARTISANS, AND WOMEN?
THIS 1787 act of the confederation congress DID provide for the survey, sale and division of newly acquired territories, but it did NOT resolve the status of American Indian group's land claims.
What was the NORTHWEST ORDINANCE?
All of the following were principles in the Constitution EXCEPT THIS:
- freedom of religion
- Enlightenment thinking
- hereditary privilege
- natural rights
What is HEREDITARY PRIVILEGE?
Alexander Hamilton focused on establishing THIS when he served as secretary of the treasury.
What is establish the nation's credit (through National Bank)?
The victory of the Seven Years War signified an end to THIS British "policy". This greatly angered colonists who had been used to lax oversight.
What is SALUTARY NEGLECT?
New England colonies held a widespread belief in the superiority of THIS type of government (HINT: it is a little more specific than just "democratic")
After the American Revolution, THIS state established the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to promote American literature and science.
THIS Act was passed in 1798 to suppress political dissent and political attacks by the press during the unofficial war with France.
What was the SEDITION ACT?
THIS 1798 act was passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress and it raised the residency requirement for citizenship from five to fourteen years. It was an example of political partisanship that Washington warned against.
What was the NATURALIZATION ACT?