Causes of the Revolution
This war from 1754–1763 left Britain deeply in debt, prompting new colonial taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine convinced many colonists to support independence
What is Common Sense?
This first U.S. government created a weak central authority with no power to tax.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This man served as the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Colonists used this slogan to protest being taxed without parliamentary representation.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
The Declaration of Independence drew heavily on the ideas of this Enlightenment thinker.
Who is John Locke?
This rebellion by farmers showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan included creating this national institution.
What is the National Bank? (AKA BUS)
He was known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
This 1765 law required colonists to pay for official paper goods, sparking widespread boycotts.
What is the Stamp Act?
This 1777 battle convinced France to form an alliance with the United States
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a bicameral legislature.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives? / What are the NJ & Virginia Plans?
This 1794 protest over an excise tax tested the new federal government’s authority.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This early political party supported agriculture, states’ rights, and France.
Who were the Democratic-Republican Party?
Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party included closing the port of Boston in this set of acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)?
This treaty ended the American Revolution and recognized U.S. independence
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Federalists supported a strong central government; Anti-Federalists demanded this addition before ratifying.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These laws passed under John Adams restricted speech and targeted immigrants.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This treaty between the U.S. and Spain opened navigation of the Mississippi River.
What is Pinckney’s Treaty?
This 1763 proclamation angered colonists by restricting settlement west of the Appalachians.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
These two groups of Americans did not gain full freedom despite the Revolution’s ideals.
Who are enslaved Africans and women? (honorable mention Native Americans)
This compromise counted enslaved people as partial citizens for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Washington warned against these two dangers in his Farewell Address.
What are political factions and foreign alliances?
The differing visions of Hamilton and Jefferson reflected this larger debate in American politics.
What is the debate over federal vs. state power (or the role of government)? (broad or strict interpretations of the Constitution)