Constitution
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100

Those, like James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, who wanted the Constitution passed without a Bill of Rights to create a strong federal government.

Who are the Federalists?

100
This British monarch caused the American Revolution with his bad policies and high taxes.

Who is King George III?

100
This war nearly bankrupted Britain, but allowed them to conquer French territory in Canada and along the Mississippi River.

What is the French and Indian War?

100

This general led the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and later became the first president of the United States.

Who is George Washington?

100
This rebellion in Massachusetts showed that the Articles of Confederation could not withstand a major threat.

What was Shay's Rebellion?

200

The name for America's first constitution. It ended in failure.

What were the Article of Confederation?
200
This conflict in Massachusetts was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

200

This act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on selling tea, and led the Boston Tea Party in protest.

What is the Tea Act?

200

This man was known for writing most of the Constitution.

Who is James Madison?

200
The federal government could not do this very important thing, as it did not have the power to tax the states or the people.

What is pay off debts?

300

Name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution

What are the Bill of Rights?

300

This French solider was incredibly important in training George Washington's troops, and establishing the alliance between America and France.

Who was Marquis de La Fayette?

300

These acts from the British government shut down local governments, closed Boston Harbor, and expanded the Quartering Acts.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

300
A scientist, inventor, and America's favorite diplomat, this founding father never actually achieved the presidency.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

300

This plan, proposed by William Patterson, suggested that all states should have equal power in the new legislature established in the Constitution.

What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
This city held the convention where the Constitution was written.

What is Philadelphia?

400

Battle that showed the Americans could effectively fight, and secured French support for the Revolution.

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

400
This meeting of important people like Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry sent the Olive Branch petition to convince George III to ease up on taxation and control in the colonies. George did not listen.
What was the First Continental Congress?
400

This founding father was essential in establishing the laws of the nation, but had his reputation tarnished after the XYZ Affair and the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Who is John Adams?

400
This Native American uprising in Ohio led the British government to pass the Declaration of 1763, forbidding settlers to cross the Appalachian Mountains, in order to keep the peace.

What is Pontiac's Rebellion?

500
These articles written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison tried to convince the American people to adopt the Constitution. 

What are the Federalist Papers?

500

Treaty that ended the American Revolution.

What was the Treaty of Paris?

500

Benjamin Franklin proposed the states should unify soon after the French and Indian War in this plan, though nobody listened at the time.

What is the Albany Plan of Union?

500

This founding father's main achievement was the establishment of a National Bank.

Who is Alexander Hamilton?

500

This pamphleteer wrote "Common Sense," an important document in convincing the colonists that independence was in their best interest.

Who is Thomas Paine?

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