Vocabulary
Term meaning political power comes from the people.
Popular Sovereignty
Author of Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
A war that left Britain with heavy debts and led to new taxes on colonists.
French and Indian War (Seven Years' War)
America's first national government.
Continental Congress/Articles of Confederation
A country that became America's key ally during the Revolution.
France
The practice of refusing to buy goods to protest British policies.
Boycott
First Secretary of the Treasury who promoted a national bank.
Alexander Hamilton
British policy that taxed printed materials.
Stamp Act
Group that supported the ratification of the Constitution.
Federalists
Washington warned against these in his Farewell Address.
Permanent Alliances
A government in which citizens elect representatives.
Republic
Leader of the Continental Army.
George Washington
British declaration limiting settlement west of the Appalachians.
Proclamation of 1763
Group that feared a powerful national government.
Anti-Federalists
An agreement that improved relations between the U.S. and Great Britain in 1794.
Jay's Treaty
The idea that government powers should be limited by law.
Limited Government
Anti-Federalist who believed the Constitution needed a Bill of Rights.
Elbridge Gerry
Colonial slogan protesting parliamentary taxation.
"No Taxation Without Representation"
A rebellion that exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Shays' Rebellion
A treaty that gave Americans navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
Pinckney's Treaty
A system dividing power between national and state governments.
Federalism
Diplomat whose treaty with Spain opened the Mississippi River to Americans.
Thomas Pinckney
Parliament's statement that it could make laws binding the colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
Declaratory Act
First ten amendments added to the Constitution to protect individual rights.
Bill of Rights
European nation that controlled Louisiana before the Louisiana Purchase.
Spain (during much of the late 1700s)