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The British crown was left in severe debt after partaking in this massive North American conflict.
What was the French and Indian War?
This is the notion that women had a responsibility to teach American virtues to their children.
What was Republican Motherhood?
This work argued that it is not right for a small island such as Britain to rule over a vast land such as America.
What was Common Sense?
These were essays written supporting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
The inclusion of this into the U.S. Constitution eased the worries of Anti-Federalists.
What was the Bill of Rights?
He was voted the second President of the United States.
Who was John Adams?
The early British method of ruling their American colonies, known for its unassertiveness upon them.
What was salutary neglect?
This was a secret organization that intimidated tax collectors and homespun goods to protest British laws in the colonies.
Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
This royal decree barred the migration of American colonists past the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This was the first failed and weak federal government of the United States.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This uprising demonstrated the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
These were the first two official political parties in U.S. History - post-Constitution.
What were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
In this controversy, French agents demanded financial bribes to begin negotiations with the United States.
What was the XYZ Affair?
This Native uprising catalyzed the passage of the Proclamation of 1763.
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
These royal laws closed the Port of Boston and mandated the quartering of British soldiers.
What were the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
This was the last battle of the American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This agreement led to the creation of a bicameral Congress with a Senate and a House of Representatives.
What was the Great Compromise?
The quelling of this uprising by the federal government demonstrated the new power of the U.S. Constitution.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
His engraving of the Boston Massacre served as propaganda in fueling anti-British sentiments.
Who was Paul Revere?
This was the last attempt at reconciliation between the colonies and the British crown.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
These Federalist laws were attacked by obstructing freedom of speech and the press.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Proposed by Ben Franklin, this was a suggested form of government with intercolonial unity and assembly.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
This was the nickname given to the election of Thomas Jefferson.
What was the Revolution of 1800?
He established the precedent of judicial review with his ruling in Marbury v. Madison.
Who was John Marshall?
These royal decrees stipulated that revenue from duties on imported goods would cover the salaries of British officials in the colonies.
What were the Townshend Acts?
This work by John Dickinson argued that Parliament lacks the right to impose taxes on the colonies.
What was Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania?
This set a method for the creation of states in the Northwest Territory while also banning slavery and developing education in the area. (Year?)
What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Washington's issuance of this led to the resignation of Jefferson from his cabinet.
What was the Proclamation of Neutrality?
This agreement allowed Americans to travel using the Mississippi River and the right to deposit at the port of New Orleans.
What was Pinckney's Treaty?
Her poetry connected her experience as a slave to that of the liberty sought by the American Revolution.
Who was Phillis Wheatley?