Road to Rev
MISC.
People/Groups
Conflicts
Resolutions
100

These were beneficial to colonists because they were paid subsidies for producing ships’ parts and stores, tobacco growers were guaranteed a monopoly of the British market for their crop and colonial trading ships were protected by the Royal Navy.

Navigation Laws

100

This arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government  levied an excise tax on a beloved drink.

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794

100

He wrote the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson


100

This event convinced many Americans of the need for a stronger central government.

Shays' Rebellion

100

This agreement at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for apportioning congressional representation

Great Compromise

200

When Parliament passed this Act, colonists suspected that it was a trick to get them to violate their principle of “No taxation without representation.

Tea Act

200

As President, Washington created the first cabinet, with these three positions.

Sec. of War, Treasury, and State

200

French officer who ultimately secured France’s assistance for the Colonials

Lafayette

200

This event led to a Quasi-War with France

The XYZ Affair

200

This ended the U.S. military alliance with France, ending all U.S. foreign entanglement for the next century

Convention of 1800

300

As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of:

overwhelming national wealth and naval power

300

This was called to revise the Articles of Confederation

Continental Convention

300

A radical group that favored liberty and was influential in staging the Boston Tea Party

Sons of Liberty

300

This conflict known as Pontiac's Rebellion led directly to which British land policy?

The Proclamation of 1763

300

This established a procedure for admitting a new state to the union.

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

400

This initiative by the Continental Congress professed loyalty to the British Crown

Olive Branch Petition

400

The system whereby each branch of the government exercises some control on the others

Checks and Balances


400

Which leader had sympathy for the common people, wanted to pay off the national debt, was pro-French and purported universal education

Thomas Jefferson

400

This Battle, lead by Mad Anthony Wayne, ended Indian warfare in the Old Northwest

Battle of Fallen Timbers

400

In this, the British promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest.

Jay's Treaty

500

This group called for a complete boycott of British goods.

First Continental Congress

500

The1783 Treaty of Paris contained these provisions (at least 3):

the British recognize U.S. independence

the boundaries of the U.S. were from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River between the Great Lakes and Spanish Florida 

that Americans cease persecution of Loyalists

America could have N. Atlantic fishing rights

500

This leader believed in  privileges for the upper classes, a pro-British, potent central government and government support for business

Alexander Hamilton

500

One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it
did not

provide guarantees for individual rights

500

Under this, the United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River

Pickney Treaty

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