French and Indian War
American Revolution
Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
Early Years of the Republic
100
This territory was claimed by both the French and the British and conflict here ultimately led to the French and Indian War.
What is the Ohio Valley?
100
These harsh laws, passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party, were called this by the British government.
What are the Coercive Acts?
100
These two branches of government did not exist under the Articles of Confederation.
What are the Judicial and Executive branches?
100
This is where 55 delegates from 12 states met to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What is Philadelphia?
100
This man was the first Secretary of the Treasury and devised a financial program that helped to put the United States on secure financial footing as well as strengthened the ties between states and the central government.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
This man led an expedition into the Ohio Valley to reassert British claims over the region.
Who is George Washington?
200
This act required a tax on all printed items, from college diplomas, court documents, land titles, and contracts to newspapers, almanacs, and playing cards.
What is The Stamp Act?
200
The lack of power to do this, led to a fiscal crisis where the central government was nearly bankrupt by 1780.
What is the power to tax?
200
This plan called for equal representation of all states in a unicameral legislation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
This conflict was in response to Hamilton's excise tax on alcohol.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
300
This plan proposed one general government be formed in America that includes all of the colonies to help the British counter French Expansion. This political cartoon was put in a Newspaper to promote the ideas.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
300
This is the idea that colonists had representation in Parliament because there were transatlantic merchants and West Indian sugar planters as members.
What is virtual representation?
300
This established the principle that territories could become states as their populations grew and met the right criteria
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1784.
300
This plan called for the "supremacy of national authority," and based representation in the lower house of a bicameral legislature on population.
What is the Virginia plan?
300
What precedent did George Washington set for future presidents?
What is formation of a cabinent?
What is 2 terms of service?
400
The French and Indian War is also known as this.
What is the Seven Years War?
400
Small battles at these two towns are often thought of as the beginning of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
400
This prohibited slavery and earmarked funds from land sales for the support of schools. It also set the population requirement to become a state at 60,000.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
400
This was promised to the Antifederalists in order to get the Constitution ratified.
What are the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
400
This man was responsible for getting the Alien and Sedition Acts passed and was the only Federalist president.
Who is John Adams?
500
This granted Britain the following territories: French Canada, all French territory east of the Mississippi River, Spanish Florida and recent conquests in Africa and India.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1763?
500
American victory at this battle led to a military alliance with France.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
500
Two part, Double the points:
This conflict in Massachusetts was about exorbitant tax increases that caused mobs of angry farmers to close the courts to prevent foreclosure on their farms. The outcome then exposed the weakness of what document?
What is Shay's Rebellion?
What is Articles of Confederation?
500
These were a series of essays written in New York advocating for the ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
For 1500 points explain the following:
Why the XYZ affair happened?
What was the XYZ affair and what conflict did it cause?
What is diplomatic crisis over trade and treaty agreements with the British, resulting in French seizing American naval ships. Following the United States refusal to pay a bribe the Quasi War took place from 1798-1800