Causes of the Revolution
This man’s writing (person & book) were most influential in inciting the American colonists to rebel against the British
Thomas Paine, Common Sense
The first battle(s) of the American Revolution, often called the "shot heard round the world".
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
The major event that illustrated the weakness of the government under the AOC and led to the convening of the Constitutional Convention
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania tested the strength of the new federal government when President Washington personally led troops to suppress it.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
To win support for ratification of the Constitution, Federalists promised that this would be added to protect individual liberties against government power.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The British government believed that the colonists did not need to be directly in the House of Commons because they had this.
What is virtual representation?
The turning point battle of the Revolution, which made France decide to sign the Franco-American Alliance was...
The Battle of Saratoga
A major defect in the Articles of Confederation that most weakened the national government power was that it lacked
What is the ability to tax?
The outcome of the election of 1800 led to the passing of this change to the Constitution.
What is the 12th Amendment?
The political party supported states' rights (weak central government), state banks, pro-French foreign policy, and a strict interpretation of the constitution
Who are the Democratic-Republicans?
This 1754 meeting, called to address threats from France and Native Americans, produced Benjamin Franklin’s plan for colonial defense and unity, which was ultimately rejected by both the colonies and the Crown.
What is the Albany Plan?
These three things contributed most to the American victory in the Revolution.
What are French military and financial assistance, homeland advantage, and will to defeat the British (any order)
Hamilton's financial plan had these three different parts.
What are the implementation of tariffs, a tax on whiskey and assume states' debts with national bank?
Empowered the president to deport "dangerous" foreigners, and persecute anyone who criticized the president or the government
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Laid out the requirements for a territory to become a state-60,000 people had to settle there and forbade slavery in the new western territories?
What is The Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
These 4 law/events would be considered some of the the causes of the American Revolution.
What are any 4 of the following:
Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Townsend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts)
Emerging from Enlightenment ideals, this group was birth as it argued that women could influence the new republic not through voting, but by educating their children in civic virtue.
What is the Republican Motherhood?
This 1787 agreement of the Continental Congress blended two rival plans by creating a bicameral legislature, with one chamber based on population and the other providing equal representation for all states.
What is the Great Compromise?
The British promise to abandon their forts in the Northwest, share the Mississippi River with America, and America would favor trade with British businesses
What is Jay's Treaty?
In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned against these two dangers, both of which became recurring problems in the new republic.
What are political parties (factions) and permanent foreign alliances?
This network of letter-writing groups kept colonies informed of British actions and encouraged unity.
What are committees of correspondence?
These 3 things allowed the colonists to be able to succeed in their war for independence despite England’s superior military, industrialized economy, and larger population.
What are greater familiarity with the land, superior political and military leadership, and a deep ideological commitment?
These are the three slavery provisions in the Constitution
What are the 3/5ths Compromise, a Fugitive Slave Clause, and stopping the IMPORTATION of slaves after 20 years?
During John Adams’ presidency, this 1798 diplomatic scandal with France led to cries of “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!” and an undeclared naval war.
What is the XYZ affair?
This petition, sent by the Second Continental Congress in 1775, professed loyalty to the Crown and asked for peace, but King George III rejected it.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?