Time Period Personalities
Colonial Period
Revolution and Articles
Constitution
Washington and Adams
100
Inventor, Diplomat, Delegate to the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress, Philly's own.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
100
These were required to be affixed to all legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and so forth as a way to raise revenue in the colonies for the protection of a standing British army.
What is stamps.
100
The military and financial support to America from this European nation was what many historians consider to be the key to the defeat of Britain
What is France.
100
This event proved that the Constitution was a more effective government than the Articles of Confederation
What is the Whiskey Revolution
100
When alphabetical members of the French Government demanded a bribe to negotiate the American public got tight. Name the event.
What is XYZ Affair.
200
Lawyer of British Soldiers during Boston Massacre, Massachusetts delegate, defender of independence from Britain at the 2nd Continental Congress
Who is John Adams?
200
The first "luxury good" taxed by the British in 1764. It elicited numerous complaints from American merchants who had taken advantage of smuggling it to and from the French during the period of Salutary Neglect.
What is sugar
200
Turning Point of the War. Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold emerge as national heroes.
What is Battle of Saratoga.
200
Name the three authors of the Federalist Papers
What is John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
200
Name two things did Washington warn against in his Farewell Address
What is Alliances and Political Parties
300
One of the youngest members of the Constitutional Convention, Aide de camp to Washington, native of St. Kitts and Nevis.
MY NAME IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON
300
One of the reasons the colonists were angered by the taxes imposed by the British government is because the colonists up until this point (1763) had been used to this economic practice.
What is Salutary Neglect.
300
Concern over the state of Massachusetts inability to put down an insurrection by this man led many state leaders to believe that the Articles needed to be "revised"
Who is Daniel Shays
300
Hamilton was fond of this power of Congress which allowed them to pass "all necessary and proper laws" for the benefit of the nation, also nicknamed this clause.
What is the Elastic Clause.
300
In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, Jefferson published this which promoted the idea of nullification.
What is Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
400
Ottawa chief who led several raids and attacks against British forts and American colonial outposts in the Western territory after the French and Indian War
What is Pontiac
400
As a warning to the colonial leaders about any "illegal meetings" (such as the Stamp Act Congress), Parliament passed this measure intended to make sure that ALL Parliamentary laws and royal proclamations WERE to be respected in the colonies.
What is Declaratory Act.
400
One of the few "successes" of the Confederated Congress under the Articles; it set the standard for admitting new states (population of 60,000 free men) and set a "dividing line" for free and slave states at the Ohio River.
What is Northwest Ordinance
400
When there is no clear winner of the Electoral College the decision of who becomes President falls to the
What is House of Representatives.
400
This ambassador tries to make Washington abandon his stance of Neutrality.
Who is Genet
500
British Prime Minister, responsible for the defense of the British colonies during the French and Indian War
Who is William Pitt.
500
The Act that made the colonists concerned that the British would impose religious restrictions.
What is the Quebec Act.
500
As a result of Shays's Rebellion and other issues stemming from the "weaknesses" of the Articles, a meeting among leading "conservatives" was called in this city to ask the Confederated Congress for permission to "revise" the Articles.
What is Annapolis, Maryland.
500
The Great Compromise or Connecticut was proposed by this delegate
What is Roger Sherman
500
John Jay did such a terrible job with Jays Treaty, that the Spanish gave the United States access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans in this treaty
What is Pinckey's Treaty
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