Colonial Discontent
This war caused the British to levy more taxes on their colonists after 1763.
What is the French and Indian War?
What was the battle of Lexington and Concord?
The first governing document of the United States. This document established a framework of government in which the states had more power than the central government.
The third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, belonged to this political party.
What was the Democratic-Republican Party?
This line was drawn to prevent conflicts with Native Americans west of the Appalachian
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This armed uprising in Massachusetts between 1786 and 1787 convinced the Founders that the Articles of Confederation did not provide a stable form of government.
What was Shays Rebellion?
This was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleonic France for $15 million.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This act required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops stationed in the colonies.
What was the Quartering Act?
This act, passed by Parliament, was a tax on various of forms of papers, including newspapers, documents, and playing cards.
What was the Stamp Act?
This plan at the Constitutional Convention argued that states with more people should have more representation in a bicameral legislature. In addition that the national government should be divided between three branches.
What was the Virginia Plan?
This laws were created by Federalists in Congress, and signed into law by John Adams. They were criticized for infringing on first amendment rights.
What was the Alien and Sedition Acts?
These Enlightenment philosopher argued that people have a social contract with their government(two possible answers).
Who is John Locke?
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This battle convinced the French to ally with the Atlantic colonies, and aid them in securing their independence.
What was the battle of Saratoga?
Anti-Federalists argued they wouldn't ratify the Constitution until this was added, for the protection of people's personal liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This landmark case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review. Thus the Court had the power to deem a law, or action by the President, constitutional or unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Thomas Paine wrote this, arguing that the colonies should be independent of Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This was the final major battle of the American Revolution.
What was the battle of Yorktown.
This was an agreement at the Convention creating a bicameral legislature in which the lower house would have an amount of representatives per state, proportional to their population, and the upper house would be allotted an equal amount of Senators per state.
What the Great Compromise(or Connecticut Compromise)?
This was a diplomatic crisis between the United States and France(1797-1798) in which France demanded $250K.
What was the XYZ Affair?