French & Indian War
This 1754 meeting attempted to unite the colonies for defense but failed.
What is the Albany Congress?
This 1765 act required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
This battle convinced France to join the war on the American side.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Under the Articles, the national government lacked this essential power.
Washington issued this in 1793 to avoid involvement in European wars.
This treaty ended the French & Indian War and kicked France out of North America.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This group organized boycotts and sometimes violent resistance to British policies.
What are the Sons of Liberty?
This winter encampment tested the Continental Army but strengthened it through training.
This 1786 rebellion showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This rebellion tested the new Constitution's ability to enforce federal law.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This Native uprising challenged British control in the Great Lakes region after the war.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
This event in 1770 was used as propaganda to unite colonists against Britain.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This compromise created a bicameral legislature with proportional and equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
This scandal involved French officials demanding bribes from American diplomats.
What is the XYZ Affair?
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This set of laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
This pamphlet argued that monarchy was corrupt and independence was necessary.
What is 'Common Sense'?
This compromise counted enslaved people as part of the population for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
These laws targeted immigrants and restricted criticism of the government.
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
This war's massive debt pushed Britain to tax the colonies more heavily.
What is the French & Indian War?
This 1774 meeting coordinated colonial resistance and created a unified response to Britain.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This final major battle forced British surrender in 1781.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These essays argued for ratifying the Constitution?
What are the Federalist Papers?
This event nearly caused war with France during Adams's presidency.
What is the Quasi-War?