British Rule
Act where many foods or consumables were to be taxed in order to further profit off of the colonists.
What was the Sugar Act?
Widely distributed publication arguing against British colonial rule.
What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
The name of the colonies' first attempt at a united government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The treaty in which Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
The Treaty of Paris
The Seneca Movement addressed which movement?
Female rights and suffrage
A tax imposed by the British in order to pay off their war debt relating to the spread of information.
What is the Stamp Act?
An announcement to the British and colonists American colonies were openly revolting.
What is the Declaration of Independance
Two groups of different opinions on the involvement of a national government.
What are Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
The two party system was created under which president?
Thomas Jefferson
Washington warned of creating political parties and foreign alliances.
What was Washington Farewell Adress.
A large natural border that colonists were not allowed to cross.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
A congregation of colonies to discuss the relationship America have with the British and steps forward.
What was the First Continental Congress?
The system that solved a dispute between the power of large and small states in an election.
What is the Electoral College?
A system for setting up new states on equal footing with the original 13 colonies.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The idea of a country and society where citizens govern themselves and look out for the common good of the whole society
What is Republicanism
The resolution of this conflict caused tensions to rise within the Colonies.
What is the French and Indian War? (7 years war)
Widely recognized as the turning point in the American Revolution.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
Proposition in which a State's voting power was based on it's population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
Raised taxes on imported manufactures to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing.
Tariff of 1828
A philosophical/social movement popular in the early 1800s predicated on understanding the world around through nature and analyzing reality.
Transcendentalism
Revenues by this act were used to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges. This was a tactic used to sway the colonists to support the crown.
What are the Townshend Acts?
A battle decisively fought by Cornwallis and his troops that showed the inevitable British loss.
What was the battle of Yorktown?
Proposition in which a state's power in the federal government was equal, regardless of population.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
Last attempt at creating a diplomatic solution within the colonies instead of a revolution.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
A radical organization for independence formed after the Stamp Act.
What were The Sons of Liberty?