Historical Foundations
This agreement amongst the Pilgrims headed to Massachusetts was meant to establish self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This group organized the Boston Tea Party to protest
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This early group Represented wealthy, urban interests arguing that centralized government protected trade, debts, and the stability of the young country.
Who are the Federalists?
The name of the nation's first attempt at a constitution.
He is considered to be the "Father of our Country" and was unanimously elected as our first chief executive.
Who is George Washington?
Its publishing most directly inspire the writing of Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
This required colonists to house soldiers in their homes and provide them with supplies.
What is the quartering act?
This created a bicameral legislature in which representation in the House of Representatives was based proportionally on the number of people who lived in each state, while representation in the Senate was distributed equally among all states.
What is the Connecticut Compromise/Great Compromise?
This event demonstrated directly that Articles of Confederation were too weak to govern the Colonies.
What is Shays Rebellion?
This Document said that citizens have the ability to abolish or rebel against an abusive government.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This the first legislative assembly in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This caused the British Government to have massive debts, which they levied taxes on the Colonists to cover.
What is the French & Indian War?
This concept stops any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What are Checks & Balances?
the BIGGEST fear of the founding fathers when they set up the Articles of Confederation.
What is tyrannical (or too powerful) government?
These are the first three words of the Constitution's Preamble.
What is "We The People"?
This was the biggest driver of the Sons of Liberty's colonial attitudes prior to the Revolutionary.
What is British tax policy/"Taxation without Representation"?
This 18th century movement questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change, greatly influencing Colonists to push for self-government.
What is the Enlightenment?
Federalists argued this was NOT needed with the US Constitution, as their proposed government could still look out for citizens. They ultimately relented & it was ratified a few years later.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This list would represent some of their concerns about the country's new governing document:
Worried a strong central government would not respect individual and local rights
Bill of Rights: list of guaranteed individual and local freedoms; made ratification of the constitution possible
Didn't want to lose slavery or be beholden to cities or big states
Thought states could take better care of their needs than Federal gov't because a smaller gov can be more responsive
Afraid of high taxes and felt a strong central government is a threat to our liberties
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
2 Answers: This figure was the most influential Federalist leader who did NOT go on to serve as a United States President. This Enlightenment thinker influenced the Idea of Life, Liberty, & Property, which heavily influenced the Declaration of Independence.
Who are Alexander Hamilton & John Locke?
This was issued after the British Empire drove the French out of nearly all of North America with its victory in the Seven Years′ War, 1756–1763, also known as the French and Indian
War. Tt was known for forbidding the settlement of British colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
(THREE answers) These tactics were used by Colonists to show their displeasure with British Rule.
(Answers Vary) What are boycotts, Committees of Correspondence, protests, the Declaration of Independence, Continental Congress, etc?
(At least 2 Answers) These states were added to the US via the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a successful aspect of the Articles of Confederation.
(Varies) What are Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio?
The ONE THING the Articles of Confederation did effectively in the early years of the United States?
What is allowing new states to be added/settled/Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
(2 Answers) Through the ___________, all colonies except ______ acted & organized against British rule together for 1st time starting.
What is the 1st Continental Congress/Georgia?