French & Indian "Funding"
This 1754 meeting called by Ben Franklin was an early (failed) attempt at colonial unity.
The Albany Congress / Albany Plan of Union
This 1773 protest prompted Parliament to pass the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts.
Boston Tea Party
This 1786–87 uprising exposed the Articles' weakness in suppressing internal rebellion.
Shay's Rebellion
This compromise created a bicameral legislature, splitting the difference between the big states (Virginia) and the small (New Jersey) states.
The Great (Connecticut) Compromise
ORDER! This act established the Supreme Court, changing our government forever.
Judiciary Act
This 1763 treaty ended the conflict, but Britain's war debt led directly to new colonial taxation.
The Treaty of Paris (1763)
This 1765 gathering in New York was the first organized intercolonial response to British taxation.
Stamp Act Congress
How could you forget that? The Articles forgot to create this position, known as POTUS to some.
President
Equality for who? This provision counted enslaved people disproportionately compared to whites for representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
These laws, passed under John Adams, restricted speech and targeted immigrants, sparking the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.
Alien & Sedition Acts
British postwar policy enforced mercantile trade laws and taxed the colonies... which directly marked the end of this long-standing approach.
Salutary Neglect
Ouch! This gentleman wrote a pamphlet that said independence was common sense and monarchy was corrupt.
Thomas Paine / Common Sense
The Articles were unable to regulate travelling and trading from state to state, more formally known as:
Interstate Commerce
Anti-Federalists demanded these additions before ratifying, fearing centralized power.
Bill of Rights
What two political parties emerged from disagreements over the scope of federal power in the 1790s?
The Federalists & Democratic-Republicans
Colonists used this phrase to argue the internal taxes violated their rights because they had no delegates in Parliament.
"No taxation without representation"
Which Enlightenment thinker argued that people possess natural rights, including life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
Lucky lucky! This many states had to approve an amendment to the Articles of Confederation?
13
This constitutional principle divides authority between national and state governments... or the Federalists' answer to Anti-Federalist fears.
Federalism
What diplomatic event in 1797–1798 involved French agents demanding bribes from American diplomats?
XYZ Affair
This general was in for a rude awakening when he lost 2,000 troops near Fort Duquense in 1755... some say it was a "blunder".
Edward Braddock
This principle holds that legitimate government derives its authority from the consent of the governed.
Popular Sovereignty
What type of government did the Articles create: a strong state government or a weak central government?
Weak central government
Federalists like Hamilton and Madison wrote these essays to persuade ratification.
Federalist Papers
Hamilton's financial plan included this assumption of state debts and the creation of this...
national bank