Places?
Small state proposal put forth during the Philadelphia convention proposing equal representation by state, regardless of population in a unicameral legislature.
What is The New Jersey Plan
This compromise resolved the issue of slavery as it pertains to representation
The 3/5th Compromise
This law required that a stamp be placed on all paper goods in the colonies, beginning the calls for taxation without representation.
The Stamp Act
Largely ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies is called
Salutary neglect
Leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
This movement included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
The Enlightenment
Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item
The Bill of Rights
The Great Compromise came out of a dispute between these two groups over this specific issue
large states and small states; representation
This conflict demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and prompted the Constitutional Convention
What is Shays' Rebellion
The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.
The French and Indian War
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Created to convince representatives from each state to agree to ratifying the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
This 1787 law provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and prohibited slavery within those states.
The Northwest Ordinance
This group supported a stronger national government and ratifying the Constitution
The Federalists
This small uprising showed the power of the new government, under the Constitution, when the uprising was ended quickly.
Whiskey Rebellion
France lost Canadian colonies and claims to land east of the Mississippi River as a result of the signing of this
The Treaty of Paris of 1763
The "father of the constitution"
James Madison
This warned of political alliances and to stay away from permanent alliances with foreign affairs
Washington's Farewell Address
With the Proclamation Line of 1763, the British forbid American colonists from settling west of which natural barrier?
Appalachian Mountains
Required Britain to cede all territory to the U.S. east of the Mississippi River
What is the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
Taxes imposed in 1767 on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass & tea.
Townshend Acts
Restricted colonial trade, manufacturing, and shipping to other countries, but not enforced during the era of Salutory Neglect.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This woman is known for reminding colonists (and her husband) to "Remember the Ladies".
Who is Abigail Adams?
This pamphlet was influential in convincing many Americans that the colonies should declare their independence from Britain
Common Sense
The Sugar Act was intended to eliminate smuggling between these colonies and the English colonies in the Americas
What are the Dutch and French colonies in the West Indies/Caribbean?
Created by the Philadelphia convention to ensure that the national chief magistrate (president) would not be beholden to any one region and/or combination of states.
The Electoral College
This was by no means what the title insinuates, but it was one trigger of the American Revolution when British soldiers opened fire on a group of colonists who formed a mob.
What is the Boston Massacre?
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
Names given to colonists living in British North America according to their alignment (or lack thereof) with Britain.
What are Loyalists & Patriots?
sentiment that revered women as homemakers, the cultivators of good civic values in young citizens
What is Republican motherhood