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100
He became the second president of the U.S.
Who is John Adams?
100
He became the third president of the U.S.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
100
In this event, Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S. after negotiating with Napoleon.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
This man shot and killed Alexander Hamilton after tying Jefferson in the electoral college in 1800.
Who is Aaron Burr?
100
He was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
100
These were essays written in support of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
200
In this event, French diplomats demanded bribes from the U.S. government before negotiating.
What is the XYZ Affair?
200
This is the nickname for the election of Thomas Jefferson.
What was the Revolution of 1800?
200
These two men were sent to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who were Lewis and Clark?
200
The put down of this event demonstrated the new military power of the U.S. government under the Constitution.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
200
These were the first two official political parties in U.S. history.
What are the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
200
This agreement led to the creation of a bicameral congress with a House and a Senate.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
This agreement between the U.S. and Great Britain drew criticism for failing to address the impressment of sailors.
What is Jays Treaty?
300
These Federalist laws forbid people from writing or saying criticisms of the government.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
300
Jefferson signed this into law to forbid all trade with Europe to try and incentivize peace.
What was the Embargo Act?
300
In this, Washington asks Americans not to make political parties, to not fall into sectionalism, and to not get involved in European affairs.
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
300
He is considered the father of the U.S. Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
300
These were essays written against the ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Brutus essays?
400
Jefferson and Madison wrote these arguing states could ignore overbearing federal laws.
What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
400
This man's ruling in Marbury v. Madison established judicial review.
Who was John Marshall?
400
Jefferson resigned from the cabinet after Washington issued this in regards to the U.S. and the French Revolution.
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
400
This established a clear process for governing and admitting new western states while disallowing slavery.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
400
This plea for recognition by the Second Continental Congress to King George III was not even read by the monarch.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
400
This refers to the "hands-off" approach that the British applied on the colonies up to the French and Indian War.
What is salutary neglect?
500
These mercantilist laws forced the colonies to only trade with Britain, with British ships, manned by British sailors.
What were the Navigation Acts?
500
The French and British fought over the fur trade in this region of North America.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
500
This was a systematic method for surveying and dividing up western lands.
What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
500
Native attacks led by this Indigenous leader caused the issuing of the Proclamation of 1763.
Who is Pontiac?
500
This was the first meeting where representatives from different colonies met to discuss their grievances.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
500
In this event, Washington caused the beginning of the French and Indian War as a French diplomat is killed by his British battalion.
What is the Jumonville Affair?
600
This British ship attacked the American ship, The Chesapeake, starting a diplomatic crisis.
What is The Leopard?
600
Washington met with this French diplomat who asked for military re-enforcements during the French Revolution.
Who is Citizen Genet?
600
This act was part of the Townshend Acts and it placed import duties on glass, paint, paper, lead and tea in the colonies.
What is the Revenue Act?
600
In this meeting, delegates from five states met and realized that a larger meeting for a new national government had to take place.
What is the Annapolis Convention?
600
In this written work, John Lock argues for what he deems to be "natural rights."
What is the "Two Treatises of Government?"
600
In this event, the U.S. and France engaged in naval battles after the XYZ Affair.
What is the Quasi-War?