Politics
The person who came up with the philosophy of a social contract
Who was John Locke?
These two groups were generally ignored when writing the Constitution - calling into question the phrase "All men are created equal".
What are slaves/Native Americans/Women?
The first battle of the American Revolution, April 18th 1775.
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
A law that set rules for the creation of new states.
What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
The most well-known and influential member of the Federalist party.
Who was Alexander Hamilton
The author of the pamphlet Common Sense
Who was Thomas Paine
Placed in 1765, this act placed a tax on most printed paper in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
With the decrease in British exports in the lead-up to the revolution, this group of people would produce goods like clothes to replace that; which increased their participation in the war effort.
Who are women?
This right was extended to all white men who owned some property
What is voting?
The Federalists/Hamilton wanted to borrow money from this group in order to help fund the new national debt.
Who were wealthy individuals?
The group said the Constitution should require a balanced federal budget as well as arguing against a national bank.
What is the Anti-Federalists/Democratic-Republicans/Republicans?
Secret society known for it’s violent tarring and feathering of tax collectors.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A group of pro-British, mostly wealthy, men and women in the colonies during the war.
Who were the Loyalists/Tories?
This branch of government was not a part of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Executive Branch?
This political party believed in strong state governments and weaker centralized government.
Who were the anti-federalists?
Individual states can consider federal laws void if they view those laws as violating the Constitution.
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions/Doctrine of Nullification and Interposition?
An incident where British troops began firing at American citizens who were harassing British guards?
What was the Boston Massacre?
The colonists’ attempt to achieve peace with England, pledging their loyalty if the king protected the colonists’ rights.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This was one of the few successful acts of the A.O.C., where it set up a system of surveyal of new lands and outlawed slavery in the new states in this act.
What was the Northwest Ordinance/Land Ordinance?
This political party believed in a strong centralized government with more control over individual state governments.
Who were the Federalists?
Women were expected to raise children who were educated citizens, virtuous, and valued republican ideals.
What Republican Motherhood?
Placed in 1767, these acts placed duties on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper, and also allowed for the search of private homes with a writ of assistance.
What were the Townshend Acts?
The final major battle of the war, in 1781.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
A group of rebel farmers stopped the collection of taxes in Massachusetts, this uprising showed the people in the United States that the Articles of Confederation gave the government little power.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
The Federalists believed this about the interpretation of the constitution.
What is a loose interpretation/elastic clause/necessary and proper clause.