Wars and Conflicts
This 1754-1763 conflict was the North American theater of the Seven Years' War and left Britain with massive debt.
What was the French and Indian War?
This 1765 law required all paper in the colonies to have a stamp signifying that the required tax had been paid.
What was the Stamp Act?
This Virginian authored the Declaration of Independence and later became the third President.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Led by Alexander Hamilton, this party favored a stronger central government and orderly, efficient administration.
Who were the Federalists?
This meeting took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This 18-month conflict led by Chief Pontiac resulted in the Proclamation of 1763.
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine used Enlightenment philosophy to argue against British rule.
What was Common Sense?
This Massachusetts Patriot led the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and penned the Massachusetts Circular Letter.
Who was Samuel Adams?
This 18th-century philosophical movement prized reason and challenged traditional obedience to Church and monarchy.
What was the Enlightenment?
This plan favored larger states and called for representation in both legislative houses based solely on population.
What was the Virginia Plan?
This March 5, 1770 incident saw British guards fire on a crowd, killing five and wounding six protesters.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This first constitution of the U.S. strongly favored states' rights and forbid Congress from levying taxes.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Known as the "Father of the Constitution," this Virginian co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party.
Who was James Madison?
This British philosopher's theory of natural rights asserted that sovereignty was derived from the will of those governed.
Who was John Locke?
Also known as the Great Compromise, this proposal created our current bicameral legislature structure.
What was the Connecticut Compromise?
This 1777 battle, won by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold, led to French aid and reshaped the entire war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
These laws increased residency requirements for citizenship and criminalized criticism of the president or Congress.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This war chief of the Miami Confederacy informed Americans that his people considered the Ohio River the northwestern boundary of the United States.
Who was Little Turtle?
Also called Jeffersonian Republicans, this party championed states' rights and the viewpoint of the common man.
Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
This infamous compromise held that each enslaved person in the South was counted as three-fifths of a person for representation purposes.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
At this battle, Little Turtle's troops killed over a thousand U.S. officers and soldiers in the largest American Indian victory in history.
What was St. Clair's Defeat?
This 1795 treaty saw 12 American Indian tribes cede vast areas of the Old Northwest for $20,000 initial payment and $9,000 annually.
What was the Treaty of Greenville?
This Connecticut Founding Father proposed the compromise that provided the basis for the structure of the legislative branch.
Who was Roger Sherman?
This French philosopher advocated the concept of separation of powers in his 1748 work "The Spirit of the Laws."
Who was Montesquieu?
This Virginia Founding Father was one of only three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution due to its lack of a Bill of Rights.
Who was George Mason?