Important Peeps
The Federalist founding father who died in a duel and created the financial plan to solve the national debt.
Who is Alexander Hamilton.
A piece of British legislation that directly taxed the colonists after the French & Indian War
The Sugar Act (1764)
Stamp Act (1765)
The Townshend Acts (1767-1768)
The war that led to large British debt and increased tensions between Britain and its colonists.
What is the French & Indian War (The Seven Years War)
This principle balances power between the national government and state governments.
What is Federalism
The First Amendment protects... (Answer MUST include 3 out of the core 5 freedoms)
What is: The freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
The slave-owning founding father who was the key writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
The policy that restricted settlement west of the Appalachians and began the power struggle between the colonists and British Parliament.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
This 1783 agreement officially recognized American independence and established new U.S. boundaries.
What is the Treaty of Paris
This Enlightenment thinker argued that people have natural rights that government must protect.
Who is John Locke
The section of the current U.S. Constitution that is intended to protect the rights not specified in the original Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights.
The founding father who wrote a revolutionary best-seller, convincing many colonists to support independence.
Who is Thomas Paine
This 1787 law established a process for territories to become states and prohibited slavery in the most Northwest Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance
The uproar in Massachusetts that exposed the inability of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation to put down civil unrest and prompted for a stronger central government?
What is (Daniel) Shays' Rebellion.
The pamphlet that argued in clear and forceful language that the colonies should become independent states and break all political ties with the British monarchy.
What is Common Sense.
The agreement amongst the Constitutional Convention that divided Congress into two chambers.
What is the Great Compromise (1787) or the Connecticut Compromise
The President who addressed political disunity and avoiding foreign entanglements.
Who is President George Washington
This piece of legislation under the Adams Administration infringed upon or contradicted the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
What is the Sedition Act (1798)
The turning point battle that led France to become an ally.
What is the Battle of Saratoga.
If a government violates these rights, it loses legitimacy, and the people have the right to alter or abolish it.
What are natural rights or unalienable rights
The division of power within the U.S. Constitution that prevents one branch of government from securing a dangerous amount of power.
What is Checks and Balances
The Indian Chief who voiced concerns regarding the encroachment of British colonists onto Native American lands in the west.
Who is Chief Pontiac.
Allowed the United States to navigate the Mississippi River and deposit goods at New Orleans.
What is Pinckney's Treaty
This American victory demonstrated the importance of the French to the American war effort.
What is the Battle of Yorktown (1781)
This form of government has no king and is based on the voice of elected representatives.
What is a Republic
The agreement made within the Constitutional Convention that allowed a certain number of enslaved peoples to count as representation within a state.
What is the 3/5s Compromise