Founding Conflicts
This 1754-1763 war between Britain and France gave Britain control of North America
What is the French and Indian War?
This patriot group, including Sam Adams, organized protests against British policies like the Stamp Act.
What are the Sons of Liberty?
This was the first, weak central government that followed the American Revolution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This compromise resolved the dispute between large and small states over representation in Congress by creating a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This is the primary reason the Bill of Rights (First 10 Amendments) was added to the Constitution.
What is to protect individual liberties?
Following the French and Indian War, this law restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763 (or Proclamation of 1763)?
This Enlightenment thinker believed people have natural rights to "life, liberty, and property."
Who is John Locke?
One major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was its inability to effectively do this.
What is collecting taxes?
This compromise settled the debate over whether and how slaves would be counted for representation and taxation
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Taxation without representation was a major one of these, or complaint, against British rule.
What is a colonial grievance?
This protest against the Tea Act in 1773 led directly to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, urged immediate American independence.
What is Common Sense?
True or False: The Articles of Confederation granted the federal government strong power
What is False? (It granted a weak central government.)
The Executive Branch consists of the President and their cabinet; this branch is responsible for making laws.
What is the Legislative Branch (or Congress)?
The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans were the two main ones of these to emerge during the First Party System.
What are political parties?
This event involved British troops firing on a crowd of colonists in 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The Declaration of Independence primarily justified separation by doing this.
What is listing grievances against British rule (or asserting the natural rights of all people)?
This document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress, declared the colonies "Free and Independent States."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The concept of federalism divides power between a central (national) government and these.
What are state governments?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Iroquois Nation allied with this European power during the French and Indian War.
What is the British?
He was the British monarch during the American Revolution, known for his stubbornness.
Who is King George III?
As a Federalist, Alexander Hamilton advocated for this type of national government.
What is a strong central government with limited state power?
This group of essays was written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay in support of ratifying the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
True or False: The Federalist Papers were written in support of the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
What is False? (They supported the ratification of the Constitution.)