Who am I?
Wanted a strong national government and a national bank.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
A tax paid for the manufacture or sale of certain goods and services.
What is an excise tax?
The location of the first capital of the United States after the Constitution was ratified.
Where was New York City?
This colony was attacked and one word was left written on a tree: " Croatoan"
Where is Roanoke?
Ordered colonists to house the troops in barracks, stables, taverns, and empty buildings to provide them with firewood, salt, and drinks without being paid.
What is the Quartering Act?
Italian explorer who proved that Columbus had discovered a "new world"
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The name for the formal ceremony that started President Washington's term in office.
What is the inauguration?
The location of Jamestown.
Where is Virginia?
The series of acts designed to punish Massachusetts; they closed the Boston port.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Wrote the Federalist Papers along with Hamilton and Madison.
Who was John Jay?
A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives.
What is deism?
The site of the British surrender of the War for Independence.
Where was Yorktown?
Oldest permanent European city in the US founded in 1565.
Where is St. Augustine?
Passed by Parliament in 1767, placed new duties on such items as glass, paper, lead, and tea. Colonists boycotted British goods in protest.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This explorer sailed for Spain and explored Florida searching for the Fountain of Youth.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
General search warrants; to search for smuggled goods anywhere, even homes.
What are Writs of Assistance?
Where Anthony Wayne defeated a band of Native Americans in order to put a stop to Native American attacks.
Where is Fallen Timbers?
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
What are the New England Colonies?
The night of March 5, 1770; 5 people died in Boston becoming known as Patriot "Martyrs."
What is the Boston Massacre?
A troublesome French diplomat.
Who is Edmund Charles Genet?
Economic idea that the colonies existed for the good of the mother country.
What is Mercantilism?
Was rich in furs and located near the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.
Where was New France?
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
What are the southern colonies?
The government was weak under the Articles of Confederation and could not pay soldier’s at the time which sparked this rebellion.
What is Shay's Rebellion?