Causes of American Revolution
Put the following historical events in chronological order:
Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, Committee of Correspondence, Boston Tea Party
What is Stamp Act, Committee of Correspondence, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution and why?
What is the Battle of Saratoga. Because Ben Franklin secured a French alliance.
What was the main problem/weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is the ability to tax
What were the two things George Washington warned against as he was leaving his presidency?
Political Parties and foreign alliances
What was George Washington's stance on foreign policy?
What is Proclamation of Neutrality
Which man’s writings were most influential in inciting the Americans’ revolt against the British?
Who is Thomas Paine
What was the name of one of the French military guys who came over the help train the Continental Army in Valley Forge?
Who is Lafayette or Von Steuben
What was the agreement between large and small states called?
Great Compromise
HOR=large states and Senate=small states
Why did people turn against John Adams for passing the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What is they believed it was an infringement upon their 1st amendment, freedom of speech.
Which two people were a part of Washington's cabinet and had polarizing opinions on how to structure government?
Also write down what these individuals believed in.
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton=federal power, constitution
Jefferson= state power, AOC (not ratification)
By the time of the American Revolution, most patriots had come to believe that, in republican government, sovereignty was located where?
Who is the people
What treaty ended the American Revolution? What were the new boundaries?
What is Treaty of Paris 1783.
Boundary was Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River
What is considered to be the biggest strength of the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Northwest Ordinance, which created states and banned slavery.
What was the group of people called that did not favor ratifying the Constitution? What was the only way in which they would.
Who are Anti-Federalist and if they added Bill of Rights
Describe the 3/5 Compromise.
Compromise over slave representation between the north and the south. Agree that every 5 slaves would count as 3 people of the population.
What is the name of the slogan the colonists adopted after being unfairly taxed without say.
What is taxation without representation.
Why would African Americans join the Loyalist/British side in the American Revolution?
What is because they offered them freedom if they won against the colonist.
What is the term called in which the state and federal government share power? This was seen in the construction of the Constitution.
What is federalism
In which treaty did the U.S. get the British to abandon their forts in the Northwest, which averted a possible war with England
What was it called when the British stopped colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is Proclamation of 1763.
What was the Boston Massacre and why was it seen as a source of propaganda.
What is an attack on a snowy day between colonists and British military. 5 colonists killed. Not necessarily a "massacre" but was used to garner more anti-British support.
Name two Enlightenment philosophers who were influential when writing the Declaration of Independence. What did these men believe in?
Who is John Locke and Thomas Hobbes.
John Locke=Natural Rights
Hobbes= social contract theory
regulation of blood glucose levels
what is a negative feedback loop
What was the name of the event that showed the weakness in the Articles and prompted ratification of the Constitution?
What is Shay's Rebellion
What was conflict called between Native American group and colonists in 1763 that prompted the British to set a boundary line prohibiting westward migration?
Pontiac's Rebellion