French and Indian War
How long did the French and Indian War last?
7 years
Put a tax on any imports to the colonies
Townshend Acts
Colonists dressed as Natives and dumped 45 tons of British tea into the harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Article that argued that only way for America to survive was Independence from Britain
Common Sense
Generally early folks with a commercial background who wanted stronger central government.
Federalists
What is another name for the French and Indian War?
7 years war
Imperial soldiers required to be fed and housed by colonists.
Quartering Act of 1765
The rebellious group formed in response to the Stamp Act to repeal it.
The Sons/Daughters or Liberty
Daniel Shay and 1,000 farmers fro Massachusetts sought to rebel.
Shay's Rebellion
Rural folks who liked states having the power and opposed an increase in the federal governments power.
Anti-Federalists
What was the name of the land that the war was primarily fought over?
The Ohio River Valley
What did the Sugar Act do?
Put a tax on all luxury goods in the colonies
Formal petition to parliament to repeal the Stamp Act because taxation without representation was tyranny
Stamp Act Congress
Established constitution and a form of government
Legislative Branch would be slit into two houses, House of Representatives would be represented by population, in the Senate states would have equal votes
Great Compromise
What is the name of the treaty that ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris of 1763
Series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
The name for groups of colonists organizing against further British Tyranny
Patriots
Turning moment in war when the French aligned themselves with the Americans against the British.
Battle of Saratoga
Enslaved people would be worth 3/5 that of a non-enslaved person in terms of representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
What is the name of the system of government that was proposed for the colonies for a more coordinated defense for the colonies?
Albany Plan of Union
Parliament had the right to pass away the law they wanted to in the colonies
Declaratory Act
The governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule
Continental Congress
Provided a plan for how unformed territories could be occupied and then applied to the Union for statehood.
Northwest Ordinance
Representation by population, favored the big states
Virginia Plan