Causes of the Revolution
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 taxing all newspapers and legal or commercial documents
What is the Stamp Act
Colonists who did NOT support the American Revolution were known as:
Loyalists/Tories
Under these, the country did not have an executive branch and Congress did not have the power to tax
What are the Articles of Confederation
What is one example of a precedent set by George Washington as our first president?
choose cabinet
"Mr. President"
Washington warned of entangling foreign alliances and political parties in his what?
What is Washington's Farewell Address
The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.
What is the French and Indian War/7 Years War
Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
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
Under President Adams, many Americans became critical of the French after this event:
What is the XYZ Affair
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
This movement included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, constitutional government, and separation of church and state (aka religious freedom).
What is the Enlightenment
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
Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item
What is the Bill of Rights
This conflict demonstrated the strength of the new federal govt under the Constitution
What is the Whisky Rebellion
the policy of ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies was called:
Salutary Neglect
This pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
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 the Battle of Yorktown
This event showed the founding fathers that the government was WEAK under the AOCs:
What is Shay's Rebellion
newspapers to criticize either the president or Congress
conspire against the government
In an effort to stabilize colonial/native relations, this prohibited colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763
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
In this peace agreement, Britain formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
The Treaty of Paris (1783)
was the set of measures to combine Federal and State debt, buy all bond and have government issue new ones to help with national debt, impose a tariff on imports, and create a National Bank
What is Hamilton's Financial Plan
In this, Spain agreed to open the Mississippi River and New Orleans to American Trade:
Pinckney Treaty 1795
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