Revolution Lore
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
The original constitution of the United States created by the Second Continental Congress.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
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
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?
Which president highlighted that he did not believe the U.S. should intervene in Europe’s wars involving Britain and France.
Who is Washington?
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?
Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention that established proportional representation of the states in the House of Representatives but equal representation in the Senate.
What is The Great Compromise?
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?
Largely ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies is called
Salutary neglect
He wanted to create a national bank.
Who is Hamilton?
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) ?
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?
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
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?
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?
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
Agreement reached upon at the Constitutional Convention that declared how slaves would be addressed in population counts.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
This group sought religious freedom... arrived in New England aboard the Mayflower.
What are the Pilgrims?
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?
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?
HIS pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence
Who is Thomas Paine
Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item
The Bill of Rights
SHE (1591–1643) was an English-born Massachusetts Puritan who organized religious meetings for women and challenged the political authority of the clergy.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
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?
Name of two extrememly controversial acts signed by John Adams as a result of his quasi war with France
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?