French & Indian War
This territory was the main focus of tension between the French and the British.
What is Ohio?
This Enlightenment philosopher inspired Thomas Jefferson with his ideas on natural rights and "Life, Liberty and Property".
Who is John Locke?
This was the first national government of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This event showed that the Articles of Confederation were ineffective and needed to be amended or replaced.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This Founding Father got his first military experience leading British colonial troops at the Battle of Jumonville Glen.
Who is George Washington?
This author wrote the wildly popular pamphlet "Common Sense" which urged colonists to separate from Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This group, led by Thomas Jefferson, pushed against the ratification of the US Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added to the document.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
This event showed that the new Constitution was stronger and much more effective than its predecessor.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This is ONE of the British taxes levied on the colonies after the French and Indian War.
What is the Stamp Act, Tea Act, Townshend Acts and/or Intolerable Acts?
This was the term for an American colonist who did NOT wish to separate from Britain.
What is a Loyalist?
This was the ONE example of successful legislation passed by the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
These were the two primary topics of Washington's Farewell Address to the nation.
What are political parties and foreign alliances?
This law passed by the British after the French and Indian War blocked colonial access to territories West of the Appalachians.
The Treaty of Paris signed between Britain and the USA expanded America's Western border to this geographic feature.
What is the Mississippi River?
This was the idea that women should receive an adequate education in order to instruct their sons in the ideals of the young United States.
What is Republican Motherhood?
These were the first two political parties in American political history.
What are the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
This meeting at the beginning of the French and Indian War was the first example of colonial cooperation.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
This pivotal victory in the Revolutionary War brought crucial French support to the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This is ONE of the compromises instituted to help create the US Constitution despite regional disputes between states.
What are the Connecticut Compromise (aka the Great Compromise), the 3/5ths Compromise, the Electoral College, the Bill of Rights etc?
This African American woman successfully sued for her freedom in Massachusetts Supreme Court, leading to the abolition of slavery in the state.
Who is Elizabeth Freeman, aka Mum Bet?