The American Revolution
A Black man named Crispus Attucks was a casualty at this event that contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution.
What was the Boston Massacre?
One strength of the Articles of Confederation which created a system for dividing land into townships to be sold to citizens and set aside land for public education.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
The Anti-Federalists pushed for these ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect citizens personal liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
During his time as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, Washington led his men through a grueling winter at this encampment outside of Philadelphia, where he trained them to become better soldiers.
What is Valley Forge?
John Adams was the first person in U.S. history to hold this political office.
What is Vice-President of the United States?
Two Answers: "The Shot Heard Around the World" refers to the first skirmishes that occurred in these two Massachusetts towns that sparked the American Revolution.
What are Lexington & Concord?
The Constitution of the United States created three branches of government, however the Articles of Confederation only consisted of this one branch that gave each state one vote.
What is the Legislative Branch or Congress?
Two Answers: The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, was a combination of these two plans, one that favored states with larger populations and one that favored states with smaller populations.
What is the Virginia Plan & New Jersey Plan?
This precedent set by George Washington was a collection of advisors to the president. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were among the first employed for the job.
What is the cabinet?
John Adams was a part of the Committee of Five, along with Thomas Jefferson, who drafted this document that broke colonial ties with Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Continental Army's victory at this battle was the turning point of the American Revolution and convinced France to ally themselves with the United States.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This compromise between the delegates of the Constitutional Convention allowed for enslaved people to be counted towards the population, which determined seats in the House of Representatives.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
A formal announcement issued President George Washington on that declared the U.S. would not involve itself in the conflict between France and Great Britain, and remained a long standing American precedent.
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
A diplomatic scandal during the Adams administration involving three U.S. diplomats and three French diplomats who tried to bribe the U.S.
What is the XYZ affair?
A concept derived from the notion that women should serve as educators of young men in order to teach them to become productive American citizens following the end of the American Revolution.
What is Republican Motherhood?
Name one weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is No Executive Branch, No Judicial Branch, No Power to Tax, or No National Currency?
This principle of the U.S. Constitution ensures that no one branch is more powerful than the next.
What are checks and balances?
A letter written by George Washington at the end of his second term in which he warned against American involvement in foreign affairs and the formation of political parties.
What is the Farewell Address?
Two Answers: These legislative acts allowed the government to arrest, detain, or remove foreigners deemed untrustworthy and severely limited free speech and expression and was used by the Federalist to silence critics
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This treaty formally ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to give up claims of the 13 colonies and acknowledge the independence of the United States.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
This event demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
This principle of the U.S. Constitution established the separation of powers between the federal and state governments.
What is Federalism?
President Washington put down this rebellion in Pennsylvania, which demonstrated the strength of the new U.S. Constitution.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Two Answers: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others saw the Alien and Sedition Acts as abuses of power and produced this response that stated that if a state believed a federal law was unconstitutional, then it did not have to obey it or enforce it. This led to the idea of the doctrine of nullification, which eventually led to the Civil War.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?