Documents
Which promised addition to the Constitution caused antifederalist states to ratify the Constitution in 1787-1789?
Bill of Rights
Which rebellion occured in response to the excise tax on whiskey?
Whiskey Rebellion
Leader of the Continental Army, 1st President, “Father of his country,” Virginia planter
George Washington
Nine of the thirteen states had to _______________, or approve, the 1787 Constitution for it to become the law of the land.
Ratify
Which branch of government creates laws?
Legislative, Congress
Peace agreement signed in 1783 that officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as a nation.
Treaty of Paris
Constitutional Convention
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence, antifederalist, 3rd President
Thomas Jefferson
Republican mothers were supposed to raise their sons to be good ___________________ who loved their country.
Patriot
The executive branch of government has which important government official?
Document adopted by Congress in 1775 to make a final attempt at peace with Britain.
Olive Branch Petition
When was the Declaration of Independence signed? (month, day, year)
July 4th, 1776
Scientist, popular diplomat to France, author of Poor Richard’s Almanac
Type of government created for and by the people, based on examples in ancient Rome.
republic
The Great Compromise, or the Connecticut Compromise, assigned how many senators to each state regardless of population?
Famous pamphlet that encouraged colonists to seek independence from Britain.
Common Sense
Which rebellion highlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and led to the Constitutional Convention?
Shays's Rebellion
Important delegate at the Second Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 2nd President
John Adams
small groups divided over specific issues (loyalists vs. patriots; federalists vs. antifederalists)
factions
Who is sometimes called the "Father of the Constitution?"
James Madison
Northwest Ordinance
Which Revolutionary War battle made receiving foreign aid possible and revived hope in the American cause?
Battle of Saratoga
Who was a radical, political, Bostonian leader advocating for independence though he did not physically fight in the Revolutionary War himself?
Samuel Adams
to take on the debt of another - Hamilton wanted the national government to take on the states' war debts.
assumption, assume
The Compromise of 1790 decided the national capitol would be built between which two states?
Virginia and Maryland