Guns and Ships
A war fought primarily between the British and the French, largely over the Ohio River Valley area
What was the French and Indian War?
What was the Seven Years War?
A document adopted in 1776 to express the colonies' reasons for revolting against British rule
What was the Declaration of Independence?
An event in which colonists raided a British ship and threw hundreds of crates of tea into the Atlantic
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The orignial governing documents of the United States which gave little power to the central government
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the first president of the United States
Who was George Washington?
A war fought in France which the United States declined to involve themselves in, as stated in the 1793 Proclamation of Neutrality
What was the French Revolution?
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine regarding the illogical nature of British rule over the colonies
What was Common Sense?
An event in which 5 unarmed colonists were killed by British troops
What was the Boston Massacre?
A piece of legislation passed to create government and ban slavery for the Northwest Territory
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
A devout anti-federalist and the third president of the United States
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
A conflict in which Native Americans resisted western expansion by colonists, shortly following the Seven Years War
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
The belief that actions should be taken based on human reason and knowledge
What is rationalism?
The first battles of the Revolutionary War
What were Lexington and Concord?
A series of 85 essays arguing the need to revise the Articles of Confederation
What were the Federalist Papers?
A federalist founding father who served as treasurer and proposed a plan for the first national bank
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
A war in which the British attempted to take Quebec from the French, but failed
What was King William's War?
An agreement among a group of people to form a government
What is Social Contract?
A group of revolutionaries that advocated for colonists' rights and organized the Committees of Correspondence
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A series of Amendments to the Constitution intended to protect individuals' freedoms
What is the Bill of Rights?
A revolutionary and advocate for colonists' rights, and also a leader of the Sons of Liberty
Who was Samuel Adams?
A proxy war fought between France and the British colonies due to the seizure of merchant ships in the Atlantic
What were the XYZ Affairs?
The belief that God will not intervene in the universe
What is Deism?
A battle in which the colonies won the support of the French, turning the tides of the war
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
A piece of legislation passed to regulate interactions with Native Americans, but that was largely ignored by colonists
What was the Indian Intercourse Act?
A formerly enslaved man who was among those killed in the Boston Massacre (traditionally regarded as the first one killed)
Who was Crispus Attucks?