American Revolution
The slogan associated with the American Revolution and the reason the colonists fought against the British
"No taxation without representation"
Written by Thomas Jefferson, this document officially declared America as its own territory
Declaration of Independence
The explorer who "discovered" America in 1492
Christopher Columbus
The fight against Britain in an attempt to gain independence
The American Revolutionary War
The name of the first settlement in America
Jamestown
As an act of rebellion, the colonists dumped barrels full of a certain taxed good off of boats into the ocean and protested against Britains unfair Acts
Boston Tea Party
Established a federal government based on separation of powers into branches and is deemed the most significant document in the U.S.
The United States Constitution
Treasurer of State under George Washington and advocate for the first national bank as a way to stabilize the post-Revolutionary War economy
Alexander Hamilton/Lin-Manuel Miranda
Boston Massacre
Protestant
Name 3 Acts enacted before the First Continental Congress and explain what they did/taxed
Sugar Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Act, Intolerable Acts
Made up of the first 10 Amendments in the U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Author of Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Caused by a hatred in the colonies of Governor William Berkeley, this conflict attacked Native tribes to gain land and was the first armed insurrection in the American colonies
Bacon's Rebellion
A system of labor in the colonies where poor settlers signed contracts to work for 4-7 years in exchange for passage, food, and shelter
Indentured servitude
The first and last battle concluding the American Revolutionary War, often put together to make one important event
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, this document defended the new Constitution in an attempt to save it from having the same fate as the Articles of Confederation (RIP)
The Federalist Papers
He was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Rhode Island
Roger Williams
The XYZ Affair
The given name of the settlers who disappeared in 1590 on Roanoke Island
Forbid colonial settlements from taking territory past the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Declared only a fraction of the slave population would count towards representation and empowered the Southern states
3/5th Compromise
Negotiated the Franco-American Alliance and was a key contributor to the Great Awakening
Ben Franklin
The difference between the French-Indian War and the Seven Years War
The Seven Years War was global conflict and the bigger picture, the French-Indian War was the North American part of the Seven Years War
Name one of the two preachers that were most influential during the First Great Awakening
George Whitefield & Jonathan Edwards