The New Nation
How our Government was Formed
People, Places, Events.
The Parties!
French and Indian War and the Revolution
100
This person was the first President under the Constitution.
Who is George Washington?
100
Our government is based on this document today. The Federalists supported it.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
100

He favored wealthier Americans.

Who Hamilton?

100
These were the first two political parties in U.S. History.
What are the Federalists and the Anti-federalists?
100

The end of this is one of the primary reasons for the Revolutionary War.

What is salutary neglect?

200
This rebellion caused fear that the U.S. Government could not govern effectively or prevent rebellion.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
200
Under this government document, the National Government could not tax the states.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200
He was the leader of the Democratic-Republicans.
Who is Jefferson?
200

Democratic-Republicans (Jeffersonians) favored these types of citizens. So did the Anti-federalists...

Who are farmers?

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?

300
The United States government under Washington remained neutral during this other country's revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
300
The first ten amendments to the constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
300
The Chief Justice who made more changes to our legal system than anyone else. He was the only Federalist Jefferson did not remove from Supreme Court.
Who is John Marshall?
300

Apolitical party formed in the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

Who are the Democratic Republicans?

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

400

This plan proposed one general government be formed in America that includes all of the colonies to help the British counter French Expansion.

What is the Albany Plan of Union?

400

This agreement at the Constitutional Convention that counted three out of every five enslaved people toward a state's population for determining representation in Congress and taxation

What is 3/5's compormise?

400

Tthe system used to elect the President of the United States, in which each state receives a certain number of electoral votes based on its representation in Congress

What is The Electoral College?

400
They tended to support industrialization over agriculture.
Who are the Federalists?
400

Battles at these two towns are often thought of as the beginning of the American Revolution.

What is Lexington and Concord?

500

The King of Great Britain during the American Revolution who angered American colonists by imposing taxes and enforcing laws that limited their freedoms

Who si King George 3rd?

500

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?

500
This event in U.S. history demonstrated the strength of the U.S. Government under the Constitution. It led to the removal of excise taxes by the Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion.
500
It was the first non-violent change in government U.S. History. It proved democracy could work.
What is the election of Jefferson?
500

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

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