French & Indian War
The primary combatants of the French and Indian War
France & Britain
This idea represents the reality that the British Government rarely enforced their mercantilist policies on the American colonies prior to the French & Indian War
What is Salutary Neglect
This act required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers at an officer's request
What is the Quartering Act
This rebellion directly exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shays's Rebellion
What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion?
This rebellion was the first test of the strength of the new Constitutional Federal Government. The speed in which this rebellion was put down solidified the government's legitimacy and efficacy.
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Although we call it the French & Indian War, this is the name for the more global perspective of the war fought around the world especially in Europe.
What is the Seven Year's War
At this convention, delegates made the decision to support the Suffolk Resolves which called for the boycotting of British goods and to build a stockpile of arms
What is the First Continental Congress
Though existing well before any calls for revolution, this act forced all goods in and out of the American colonies to be transported on British ships and to make port at some point in Britain.
What are the Navigation Acts
What was the first engagement of the American Revolution, often called "the shot heard round the world?"
What is Lexington and Concord
During the creation of the Constitution, this faction feared that the Constitution's strengthening of the federal government would enable the rise of a tyrannical autocracy in the United States
Who are the Anti-Federalists
Describe Jay's Treaty.
The British promised to abandon their forts in the Northwest but continued impressment of American ships and sailors and also secured a favorable trade deal with the Americans.
The British Monarch who presided over the American Revolution
Who is King George III
Identify one of the three wars that led up to the final French & Indian War (100 points for each identified)
1. King William's War
2. Queen Anne's War
3. King George's War
This group of patriotic women participated in American boycotts by trying to supplant the British textile industry in the American colonies
Who are the Daughters of the Revolution
In response to the Boston Tea Party, British Parliament enacted these laws punishing the colonists
What are the Intolerable or Coercive Acts
The name of the treaty that formally ends the American Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris
This Federalist Paper supported the creation of a strong representational democracy called a Republic for the purposes of muting the potential hazards of majority rule against the minority
Identify a goal of Alexander Hamilton's economic policy during the Washington Presidency (100 points for each one)
1. Assume state debt and pay it off to increase credit and faith from other countries.
2. Impose high tariffs to help create a domestic manufacturing industry.
3. Create a national bank to help stimulate the economy and invest in new start-ups.
The author of Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine
Define and explain the significance of the Albany Plan of Union
It was an attempt at created a unified colonial government serving under the British Crown for the purposes of mutual defense and better planning. This is significant because it was the first real plan that proposed relative unification of the American colonies
Define Virtual Representation
The political theory that the British Parliament represents the needs and will of its people. Given that the American colonists are the people of Britain, their needs are already well represented in Parliament
What was the Declaratory Act?
To affirm British Parliaments right to enact and enforce laws and taxes on the American colonies
Describe Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
Any slave who fled to British lines and aided the British would secure their freedom at the end of the conflict.
Describe TWO weakness of the Articles of Confederation
1. The requirement for a super majority for laws and unanimity for amendments meant little could actually be done.
2. The federal government's inability to secure funding through taxation or field a military
3. The governments inability to coordinate basic economic policies or mediate disagreements between states
4. The governments inability to pay off debts and secure loans from foreign governments
What did the Alien and Sedition Acts do?
1. Prompt Jefferson and Madison to pass the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions in effect nullifying the laws
2. Empower the president to deport "dangerous" foreigners
3. Persecute anyone who criticized the president or the government, create constitutional backlash
This French Diplomat to the United States caused controversy by inciting Americans against the British
Who is Citoyen Edmond-Charles Genet (Citizen Genet)
State one big picture cause of the French & Indian War (Washington's Attack on Fort Duquesne does not count)
1. The encroachment of French forts like Fort Duquesne in British American colonial claims.
2. The unresolved conflict from previous wars with France
3. Competition over the Fur Trade
4. Rapidly accelerating westward expansion of American colonists
Describe one decision made by the Second Continental Congress in response to the initial fighting between colonists and British soldiers
1. Appoint George Washington as Commander of the Continental Army
2. Send an Olive Branch Petition to King George III requesting an immediate end to fighting if solid action was taken to resolve the angers of the colonists
3. Eventually, but not right away, instruct the composition of a formal Declaration of Independence from the British Crown.
Why did the Tea Act reduce the tax on British Tea?
In order to be cheaper and more competitive with the Dutch tea smuggled in by American Colonists
France’s support for the colonies during the American Revolutionary War was motivated primarily by what?
A desire to weaken its rival, Great Britain
Describe the idea and arguments of Federalist Paper #51
The United States Government must have separate branches that are as independent of one another as is practically possible. Notably, the Legislative Branch should be broken down even more. Separation of Powers
Describe the supporting base for both the Democratic-Republican Party and the Federalist Party
Federalists: Merchants and wealthy elite primarily in the North
This half-Black half-American Indian man was the first casualty of the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks
Create a steel man argument for and against the Proclamation of 1763 from both the British and American perspectives respectively.
British: Though we won these lands, they are occupied by dangerous and hostile Native forces which would exact state crippling war expenses on an already greatly indebted empire.
What is the significance of Common Sense
Common Sense called for immediate separation from the British Crown. It was also written in vernacular and could be widely circulated for the masses to understand.
The Townshend Act placed a tax on all tea, glass, and paper goods in order to
Directly pay crown officials stationed in the American colonies to exert more direct control over them.
Identify an advantage that the British had and one advantage that the Americans had during the Revolutionary War
Britain
1. Larger and more disciplined navy and army
2. More economic resources and a larger population to fund the war
America
1. Home field advantage and knowledge of the land
2. Ideological and moral motivations of freedom and greater representation
3. George Frickin' Washington
Why were the Bill of Rights created?
The Federalists needed to concede this feature to the Anti-Federalists in order to push through the ratification of reluctant states.
Identify two points from Washington's Farewell Address
1. No political parties
2. No sectionalism
3. Don't get involved in European affairs
4. Don't get into permanent military alliances
This Native American led a coordinated attack on the American Colonists directly as a response to the end of the French & Indian Wars and attempted American westward expansion.
Who is Chief Pontiac