Who was forcing men to sail and work on their ships (impressment).
What is the French and British?
100
This type of tax was passed on the making and selling of liquor.
What is excise tax?
100
The Articles of Confederation was created after this war.
What is Revolutionary War?
100
These people were against the federal government gaining more power.
Who are anti-federalists?
100
Money or service that is owed to somebody.
What is debt?
200
This is what the word EXPORT means.
What is to send goods to another country?
200
This region was angered about the new tax on liquor.
What is the western frontier?
200
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the government could not raise money, because they could not do this to the states.
What is tax the states?
200
The idea that all men are created equal and have natural rights came from this man.
Who is John Locke?
200
This word means that all men are created equal and have rights given to them by God.
What is natural rights?
300
What the Embargo act caused for the Americans.
What is depression and unemployment?
300
Who did the upset people tar and feather (or put a hot branding iron on their face) during this rebellion.
Who are tax collectors?
300
This rebellion had to do with farmers who could not pay their debt and their land was being taken away.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
300
The Declaration of Independence elaborates on the idea of Enlightenment with this concept.
What is natural rights?
300
This government has control or ruling over many states.
What is Federal government (or National government)?
400
This was what they called it when America stopped the export of all American food and materials.
What is the Emargo Act?
400
What is an example of what was done to those who went along with what the government wanted (sympathetic to the government)?
Either of the following:
burned homes of tax collectors or
harassed citizens
400
The main reason behind why Shays' Rebellion was so important to American government.
What is it made the people realize they need a stronger federal government?
400
This had to be added to the new Constitution before anti-federalists would ratify it.
What is the Bill Of Rights?
400
A group of people who represented the colonies that got together to discuss liberty.
What is Continental Congress?
500
One of the reasons the war of 1812 started.
Any of these answers are ok: What is the
impressment of American sailors?;
British support of Native American attacks on settlers?; British interference in American trade overseas?
500
What is the main reason the Whiskey Rebellion was such a big deal?
What is .... this rebellion demonstrated the power of the federal government?
500
The reason why the Founding Fathers created multiple branches within the government.
What is to have Separation of Powers?
500
This concept was one of the main sources of conflict between the American colonists and the British.
What is taxation without representation?
500
The compromise between New Jersey's and Virginia's plan about representation in Congress.