Road to Revolution
This 1765 law required colonists to pay taxes on printed documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine urged independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
The first shots of the Revolution were fired in these two towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
The first U.S. government was established under this document.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Washington established these regular meetings of advisors, including Jefferson and Hamilton.
What is the Cabinet?
This 1797 diplomatic scandal with France angered Americans.
What is the XYZ Affair?
He led the Constitutional Convention and became the first U.S. president.
Who is George Washington?
This event in 1770 led to the death of five colonists and increased anti-British sentiment.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This document, adopted July 4, 1776, declared independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Washington famously crossed this river on Christmas night, 1776.
What is the Delaware River?
This 1786 rebellion by farmers showed the weaknesses of the Articles.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This 1794 uprising over a federal tax tested Washington’s authority.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This undeclared naval conflict occurred between the U.S. and France from 1798–1800.
What is the Quasi-War?
He authored the financial plan that included a national bank and assumption of state debts.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
In 1773, colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest this act.
What is the Tea Act?
According to Jefferson, governments derive their power from this source.
What is the consent of the governed?
The 1777 American victory here persuaded France to ally with the colonies.
What is Saratoga?
This 1787 meeting created a new U.S. Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Washington declared neutrality in the war between these two nations.
Who are Britain and France?
These controversial 1798 laws limited free speech and targeted immigrants.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Parliament punished Boston with this series of laws after the Tea Party.
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
This Enlightenment thinker influenced the Declaration with his ideas on natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
This winter encampment tested the Continental Army’s endurance but improved training.
What is Valley Forge?
This compromise created a bicameral legislature with both proportional and equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise?
This treaty with Britain settled lingering disputes but angered many Americans.
What is Jay’s Treaty?
Jefferson and Madison responded to the Acts with these resolutions asserting state power.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
He was known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
This 1774 meeting of delegates from 12 colonies coordinated resistance to British policies.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Abigail Adams famously asked her husband to “remember” this group in drafting laws.
Who are women?
The 1781 British surrender took place here, ending major fighting.
What is Yorktown?
This compromise counted enslaved persons as part of the population for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
In his Farewell Address, Washington warned against these two dangers.
What are political parties and foreign alliances?
Adams’ decision to pursue peace with France in 1800 split this political party.
What is the Federalist Party?
This group opposed ratifying the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
FINAL JEOPARDY Category
FAREWELL ADDRESSES
In his Farewell Address (1796), George Washington warned the nation about two major dangers. Name both.
What are political parties (factionalism) and permanent foreign alliances?