Patriotic women who supported the boycott of British goods in 1768 to 1769
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
100
American men who beheaded and burned an effigy of a Boston stamp-tax collector and destroyed his warehouse.
Who were Sons of Liberty?
100
The location where and when the Stamp Act Congress met
What is New York City October 1765?
100
The measure by which British Prime Minister George Grenville planned to have Americans contribute substantially to the cost of maintaining troops in North America was the __________ Act.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
The acts that made it illegal to publish insults or malicious attacks against Congress or the president.
What was the Alien and Sedition Acts?
200
Pennsylvania Quakers and sectarian Germans who tried to remain neutral because of their pacifist principles were labeled as
Who were the Loyalists?
200
The militia troops raised by Massachusetts towns, such as Concord, were known as.
Who were the Minutemen?
200
The Proclamation of 1763 attempted to bar colonists from moving west of these.
What are the Appalachian mountains?
200
The first words of this document states, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident that all Men are created equal."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
In November 1772, at the urging of Samuel Adams, Bostonians organized a committee of __________________ to maintain and communicate the rights of the colonists.
What was the Committee of Correspondence?
300
In 1776, __________ _______________published a powerful pro-independence pamphlet titled Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
300
stated that the purpose of government is to protect people's natural rights and life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
300
The first shots of what became the War of Independence were fired on April 19, 1775, in the eastern Massachusetts town of
What is Lexington?
300
The document developed at the Philadelphia Convention from May, 1787 to September, 1787.
What is the United States Constitution?
300
The ninth state to ratify the Constitution.
What is New Hampshire?
400
In 1770, ________ _____________, the new British prime minister, repealed all Townshend duties except the tea tax.
Who was Lord North?
400
he led the group that disrupted the trials of debtors in Massachusetts.
Who was Daniel Shays?
400
The location of the Constitutional Convention.
What is Philadelphia, PA?
400
It’s the clause in the Constitution that allows the government to do whatever is “necessary and proper” to run a government.
What is “elastic” clause?
400
The case Marbury v. Madison (1803) was important in American history due to
What is Judicial Review?
500
He is considered the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
500
He earned the title "father" or "master builder of the Constitution."
Who was James Madison?
500
The location of the first presidential inauguration.
What is New York City, NY?
500
The document that regulated foreign affairs, established coinage and weights and measures, and passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
500
In the election of 1800, he supported Jefferson, who was in an electoral-vote tie with Aaron Burr for the presidency.