Act a fool
This was Parliament's first attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice in 1765.
What was the Stamp Act?
This is the rallying cry that colonists adopted due to their lack of representation in the House of Commons.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
This person wrote "The cause of America is in great measure, the cause of all mankind" in his famous 1776 pamphlet.
Who was Thomas Paine?
This was the first written constitution of the United States .
What were the Articles of Confederation?
These were a series of essays drafted by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
This 1764 legislation aimed to end the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities.
What was the Sugar Act?
This Boston event in 1770 was an escalation of tensions between colonists and British soldiers.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This group drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
What was the Continental Congress?
This 1786-1787 rebellion came about due to the inability of the national government to deal with war debt.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
This was the name for opponents of the ratification of the Constitution.
Who were the anti-federalists?
These were a series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies
What were the Townshend Acts?
This Boston event in 1773 was an attempt by colonists to avoid taxes.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This man was declared commander in chief of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress.
Who was George Washington?
This came about as a result of the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan failing to address the needs of small states and large states in terms of representation.
What was the Great Compromise?
This was the name of the rebellion of backcountry Pennsylvania farmers who sought to block the collection of taxes on distilled spirits.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
These were a series of four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in 1774 in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
This theory of representation argued that each member of Parliament represented the entire British empire and that Americans did not need representation in Parliament.
What is virtual representation?
On October 25, 1774, the First Continental Congress sent a petition to this ruler to inform him that if it had not been for the acts of oppression forced upon the colonies by the British Parliament, the American people would be standing behind British rule.
Who was King George III?
Federalism is the political principle that calls for a division between of this.
What is the division of power?
This resolution by James Madison called on federal courts to protect freedom of speech.
What was the Virginia Resolution?
These post-Revolutionary Acts attempted to silence opponents of Federalism
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This group was a vigilance society dedicated to fighting exorbitant legal fees and the corruption of appointed officials in the frontier counties of North Carolina from the 1760s to the 1770s.
Who were the Regulators?
Adopted by Congress on July 5th, 1775, this petition was to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This compromise was made in regard to the counting of slaves for representation and taxation.
What is the 3/5ths clause?
This resolution by Thomas Jefferson declared that states could nullify laws of Congress that violated the Constitution.
Kentucky Resolution