British Policies
THIS was a tax that colonists had to pay on all paper goods. It inspired fierce resistance from colonists and the popular catch phrase "no taxation without representation".
What was the STAMP ACT?
The Boston Tea Party was an organized colonial resistance to THIS British policy.
What is the TEA ACT?
THIS was an armed rebellion of former veterans and farmers that showed the Americans that the current form of government wasn't strong enough.
What is SHAY'S REBELLION?
These documents were written to encourage Americans to approve/ratify the new U.S. Constitution. Alexander Hamilton wrote the majority of them.
Washington proclaimed U.S. neutrality in April 1793 as a response to THIS EVENT?
What was the FRENCH REVOLUTION?
THIS event spurred Great Britain to start taxing colonists.
What was the SEVEN YEARS WAR?
American independence was a direct result of THIS: (choose from list)
- economic concerns of colonists
- tensions with Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley
- Impact of the religious revivals and evangelical ideas
What was ECONOMIC CONCERNS OF COLONISTS?
Great Britain abandoned THIS TWO-WORD policy and started constraining colonial rights. This led to more colonial resistance.
What is SALUTARY NEGLECT?
Southern Federalists such as Madison and Jefferson focused on an economy based on THIS.
What is AGRICULTURE?
THIS political party formed as a response to Hamilton's economic policies, Washington's assault on the whiskey rebels, and Jay's Treaty. They were led by Jefferson.
Who were the DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS?
THIS act restricted the supply of money in the North American colonies.
What is the CURRENCY ACT?
THIS governmental body declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
What was the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS?
THIS level of government was predominant throughout the Revolutionary War. This would lead to issues of enforcing laws.
Benjamin Rush advocated for the formal education of women in 1787 for THIS reason?
To engage in more intelligent conversation with their husbands.
Democratic-Republicans portrayed Federalists as THIS during the Election of 1800.
What is a TYRANT?
After THIS event, Samuel Adams and other Sons of Liberty recognized the incredible potential for anti-British propaganda. Adams organized a mass funeral for those killed and thousands watched caskets being paraded through the streets.
What was the BOSTON MASSACRE?
The late 1700s saw a rise in political activism by THIS group (choose from the following):
- Native Americans and Indentured servants
- Slaves and anti-slavery activists
- Laborers, artisans, and women
Who are LABORERS, ARTISANS, AND WOMEN?
THIS 1787 act of the confederation congress DID provide for the survey, sale and division of newly acquired territories, but it did NOT resolve the status of American Indian group's land claims.
What was the NORTHWEST ORDINANCE?
All of the following were principles in the Constitution EXCEPT THIS:
- freedom of religion
- Enlightenment thinking
- hereditary privilege
- natural rights
What is HEREDITARY PRIVILEGE?
Alexander Hamilton focused on establishing THIS when he served as secretary of the treasury.
What is establish the nation's credit (through National Bank)?
"...therefore, That the General Assembly of this colony have the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony....." - Patrick Henry
This excerpt is from five resolutions that were passed known as THIS, denouncing taxation without representation.
What are the VIRGINIA RESOLVES".
New England colonies held a widespread belief in the superiority of THIS type of government (HINT: it is a little more specific than just "democratic")
After the American Revolution, THIS state established the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to promote American literature and science.
THIS plan (during the Constitutional Convention of 1787) called for a unilateral legislature with equal representation for each state.
What was the NEW JERSEY plan?
THIS 1798 act was passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress and it raised the residency requirement for citizenship from five to fourteen years. It was an example of political partisanship that Washington warned against.
What was the NATURALIZATION ACT?