People
Father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison
American colonists who wanted complete independence from the British
Patriots
America's 1st Weak Government that created a loose alliance of 13 states.
What is the Articles of Confederation
The Northwest Ordinance banned what practice in any new state created there?
Slavery
Which European Country had the best relationship with the Native Americans
France
Only Person trusted to Preside over the Convention
Who is George Washington
Anger over British policy led to this Sons of Liberty riot in which a large amount of British property was destroyed. Leads to the Intolerable Acts
What is the Boston Tea Party
1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
What group demanded a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution?
Who were the Anti-Federalists
Thomas Paine's pamphlet that convinced many Americans to support independence.
Common Sense
People who were for the Constitution
Who were the Federalists
"Shot Heard 'Round the World," Location where Colonial minutemen fire upon British troops for the 1st time.
Where is Lexington & Concord
This influenced the 1st Amendment by outlawing a government supported church in the state of Virginia.
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Agreement between the Northern and Southern states about who would be counted in a states population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
Route b/w Africa and America in which slaves were transported
Author of The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Massachusetts Farmers/Veterans burn courthouses and banks in protest. Reveals how broken our young country is
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Madison's idea like by Big States - 3 Branches of Gov't, 2 Houses both based on Population
What is the Virginia Plan
Agreement b/w the Big States and Little States where we will have 3 Branches, 2 Houses, 1 based on population & the other will have 2 votes per state
What is the Great Compromise
Turning Point of the Revolutionary War. US victory convinced France to become our ally.
Saratoga
Author of The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Who is George Mason
Event where PA farmers protested against a tax they saw as unfair. It was disbanded by President Washington.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Created a system for new territories with at least 60,000 people to become states, states = to existing states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance
To get them to go along with Hamiltion's plan to assume state debts, what was given to the South?
The Nation's Capitol (They'd build it in Virginia)
British law prohibiting colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763