Seven Years War & Taxation without Representation
Required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies
This bloody 1770 event was used by the patriots as a rallying cry against British oppression
Boston Massacre
This rebellion happened in 1786 Massachusetts as the leader led other farmers in an uprising against high state taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of paper money. This event symbolized the fragility of the new nation.
Shay's Rebellion - eventually stopped by the state militia of Massachusetts
Agreed that an enslaved individual would count as a fraction of a person, for the sake of a state's tax and representation
Three-Fifth's Compromise
This was a warning about not getting involved in European affairs, not making "permanent alliances", not to form political parties, and to not fall into sectionalism.
Washington's Farewell Address
These duties were collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper.
Townshend Acts (1767)
This petition was sent to King George III in 1775, to pledge the loyalty of the colonists and protect colonial rights
Olive Branch Petition
This unicameral (one-house) legislature was the original government of the United States
Articles of Confederation - congress did not have the power to regulate commerce (collect taxes), but did have the power to wage war and create diplomatic treaties
The way in which the government ensures that no one branch is more powerful than the others.
Checks and balances/ Separation of powers
This principal that influenced states to stop using taxes for religious support
Separation of Church and State
Coercive Acts
1. Port Act
2. Mass. Government Act
3. Administration of Justice Act
4. Quartering Act
This future president defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial.
John Adams
This ordinance established a policy for creating new states. This granted self-government to the developing territory and prohibited slavery in the region
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
(Connecticut Plan) Great Compromise
This early political party argued for states-rights and were popular with southern states and western frontier voters.
Democrat-Republican
This powerful native alliance traded with the both British and the French, but sided with the British during the Seven Years War?
The Iroquois Confederacy
The American victory at battle persuaded France to join the war effort against England
Battle of Saratoga
This concept argued that government was created through the consent of the people to be ruled by the majority
Social Contract
The Anti Federalists
This Pennsylvania rebellion was due to a federal excise tax placed on distilled spirits. The suppression of this violent revolt helped solidify federal authority in the early Republic.
Whiskey Rebellion
This group was formed as a secret society to intimidate tax agents, as they didn't believe in taxation without representation
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
This treaty recognized the existence of the US as an independent nation, the Mississippi River would be the western boundary, Americans would have fishing rights off the Coast of Canada, and Americans would pay debts owed to British merchants and honor Loyalist claims for property confiscated during the war
Treaty of Paris (1783)
A new view, known as this, called for educating women so that in the home, they could teach their children values of the new republic and their roles as citizens.
Republican Motherhood
This future 4th president of the United States is considered the "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
The formation of the first political parties largely grew out of the debate surrounding what controversial financial proposal?
The National Bank and Hamilton's financial plan