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The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.

The French and Indian War/Seven Years War 


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Agreement reached upon at the Constitutional Convention that declared that slaves in the south would count as three-fifths of a person for voting purposes.

What is the Three-Fifths Compromise

100

Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item

The Bill of Rights

100

A formal statement that expressed the colonies’ desire to separate from the British and form their own government. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

100

The original constitution of the United States created by the Second Continental Congress.

What is the Articles of Confederation?

100

a system of government in which power is divided between the central government and the states

What is Federalism?

200

An act passed by the British parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies to pay off French and Indian war debt by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents 

What is the The Stamp Act?

200

Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention that established proportional representation of the states in the House of Representatives but equal representation in the Senate. Solved the dispute over the adoption of the Virginia Plan or the New Jersey Plan.

What is The Great Compromise?

200

Metacomet, the Wampanoag leader called “_____” by the English, led a war against New England settlers who wanted to subject the native New England population to colonial control. 1675

What is King Phillips or Metacom's War? 

200

Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional

What is the Virginia & Kentucky resolutions?

200

Enacted in 1787, established a system for setting up governments in the western territories and a path to statehood on an equal footing with the original 13 states, banning slavery in the territories

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

200

 An event that occurred on March 5, 1970 when British soldiers opened fire on a group of colonists who were protesting  the taxes imposed by the British.

What is the Boston Massacre?

300

Peace settlement in which the British formally recognized American independence and granted them the land west to the Mississippi and fishing rights in Newfoundland.

What is the Treaty of Paris (1783) ? 

300

Washington warned of entangling foreign alliances and political parties in his what?

What is Washington's Farwell Address? 

300

idea that women had a duty to shape the morals of future political leaders 

What is republican motherhood

300

Act that created the Judiciary Branch of the U.S. government. It established a Supreme Court, with five justices and a chief judge, and additional district and circuit courts.

What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?

300

Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support.

What is Saratoga?

300

People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution and rejected the idea of a strong central government.  They were generally in favor of states’ rights and thought a bill of rights was necessary to protect individual freedoms.

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

400

Last ditch effort by the colonists to prevent conflict with the British. The Continental Congress pledged loyalty to the crown while still trying to address the rights of the colonists. It was REJECTED by the British king.

Olive Branch Petition

400

This movement included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state (aka religious freedom). 

What is The Enlightenment

400

This group sought religious freedom... arrived in New England aboard the Mayflower. On November 11, 1620, they signed the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony

What are the Pilgrims, or Separatists. 

400

They hoped to establish a church free from worldly corruption and founded on voluntary agreement among congregants. John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, famously desired these settlements to be this __________ 

What is "A Model of Christian Charity”—a City on a Hill

400

Largely ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies is called

Salutary neglect

400

Benjamin Franklin’s plan to create a centralized government for the Thirteen Colonies. It failed when only 7 colonies sent representatives. However, it did mark the first effort at achieving colonial unity.

What is the Albany Plan?

500

a series of religious revivals that swept through North America in the 1730s and 1740s, characterized by an emphasis on emotional religious experiences and personal piety. It led to new religious movements, increased tolerance, and a shift in how Americans viewed themselves and the world, influencing the values that shaped the founding of the United States

What is The FIRST Great Awakening?

500

HIS pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence 

Who is Thomas Paine

500

SHE  (1591–1643) was an English-born Massachusetts Puritan who organized religious meetings for women and challenged the political authority of the clergy. As a result, she was tried in 1637 for “traducing the ministers” of the church. John Winthrop, the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, served as both prosecutor and judge in her trial. She was declared “a woman not fit for our society” and excommunicated from the church. Banished from Massachusetts, she eventually settled on Long Island and in 1643 she was killed during an Indian raid.

Who is Anne Hutchinson?

500

Native American uprising against the British, who were expanding into the Ohio Territory. They began attacking colonial settlements but were later suppressed by British troops.

What is Pontiac's Rebellion?

500

During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront, urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government, advocated for full citizenship

Who is Abigail Adams?

500

This battle proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender by Cornwallis forecast the end of British rule. 

What is Yorktown? 

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