Seven Years War
Colonial Tensions
REVOLUTION
Articles of Confederation/ Constitution
Mix 'Em Ups
Washington/Adams
100
The Seven Years War is also known as this
French and Indian War
100
This British political party inspired colonists with its resistance to an increasing power of Parliament and the king.
Whigs
100
The first shots fired in the American Revolution are in these two Massachusetts towns.
Lexington & Concord
100
The framers of the Articles of Confederation sought to make a "more enlightened" version of this ancient republic.
Rome
100
What geographic region of North Carolina do we live in?
Piedmont
100
Washington and Adams belonged to this political party
Federalists
200
There were only two continents not where fighting did not happen during the Seven Years War, name them.
Australia, Antarctica
200
Colonists yearn for a return to this type of relationship between the colonies and Britain.
Salutatory neglect
200
This pamphlet sells quickly in late 1775 and early 1776.
Common Sense
200
One of the few ways the Articles of Confederation government could raise money was by doing this.
Selling land in the Northwest Territory
200
North Carolina is home to two of the world's few carnivorous plants. Name two.
Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plant, Sundew
200
This man arranged an alliance with England as tensions rose in Europe over the French Revolution, a lot of Americans would be mad at him.
John Jay.
300
This British Prime Minister writes a "blank check" for Britain's military spending during the Seven Years War
William Pitt
300
This rebellion breaks out in South Carolina, the rebels are stopped on their way to St. Augustine, Florida.
Stono Rebellion
300
The Continental Congress votes to approve the Declaration of Independence on this day.
July 2, 1776
300
This is the division of power among national and state governments
Federalism
300
Whales share a common ancestor with this large land mammal.
Hippo
300
The French foreign minister's delegates demanded a $250,000 bribe and a $12 million loan, the scandal became known as this.
XYZ Affair
400
This line angered colonists because it cut them off from "new" land that they felt they were entitled to.
Proclamation of 1763 Line
400
This act was the first to punish tax dodgers without a trial by jury.
Sugar Act of 1764
400
Loyalist enclaves are centered around these areas.
Port cities
400
Slave states desired to have their slaves counted towards representation, other states worried that this would give those states an unfair advantage in the House of Representatives. The two sides came to this compromise
Three Fifths Compromise
400
In volcanic rocks, where trapped gas bubbles create hollows in cooling lava, or in sedimentary rocks, where organic matter like a decaying fossil leaves a void. That void is eventually filled with crystals, creating these types of rocks.
Geodes
400
Washington warned of two dangers the US faced as he left office.
Political parties and getting involved in European wars
500
Colonists gather in this city to try and unite on the issue of attacks from Native Americans, they don't unite.
Albany, NY
500
Parliament passes this act after the failure of the Stamp Act, saying they could had the right to tax the colonies.
Declaratory Act
500
This is the first treaty between a Native American group and the United States
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
500
Shay's Rebellion happens in response to these two threats facing MA farmers.
High taxes & Debtor's jails
500
North Carolina has two Senators, name them.
Ted Budd, Thom Tillis
500
This man encouraged Federalists to change their electoral college votes to break the tie of the 1800 presidential election in favor of Thomas Jefferson.
Alexander Hamilton
600
This central North Carolina based group would commit acts of violence against tax collectors and colonial government lawyers who tried to seize property to pay for tax debts that start to pile up after the Seven Years War. They will be defeated by a colonial militia.
Regulators
600
Angry colonists did this to the British flag to show their protest and distress, later Americans will fly the flag upside down for similar reasons.
Fly the flag at half staff.
600
Virginia's Royal Governor started this group of armed freed slaves that would fight on the British side. Unfortunately, they all got smallpox.
Ethiopian Brigade
600
Article III of the Constitution offers scant details on the role of this branch of the Government.
Judicial
600
On which continent would you find gauchos?
South America
600
John Adams attempts to stifle dissent during his presidency with the Alien & Sedition Acts, while they were unconstitutional, judicial review was not something the Supreme Court did yet, that wouldn't be until after the end of his presidency with this case.
Marbury v Madison