Seven Years' War
After the French and Indian War left Britain with heavy war debt, what did it impose on its North American colonies to help pay it off?
Taxes
In 1765, this law taxed printed paper items such as newspapers and legal documents, sparking protests about unfair taxes.
What is the Stamp Act?
The first document created a national government for the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The Constitution divides power among three branches so no one branch becomes too powerful. What is the system called in which each branch limits the others?
What is checks and balances?
This European country helped the Americans win the Revolution the most by sending soldiers and money.
What is France
The war began these 2 countries kept fighting over land in North America, what are the two countries?
France and Britain
What did the First Continental Congress called for the Continental Association to what?
Boycott British goods
What was a problem that the Articles of Confederation helped solve in regards to the West.
How to provide statehood for western territories
5 of the 13 states agreed to accept the Constitution only after they were promised this would be added soon after.
What is the Bill of Rights?
France decided to help the colonies fight for independence mainly because it wanted to do this to its rival, Britain.
What is weaken the British empire?
The Proclamation of 1763 kept colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains to do this.
Prevent conflict with the Native Americans
The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest Britain helping this struggling company.
What is the East India Company?
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had just one house and there was no executive or judicial branch. What kind of legislature was it?
What is a legislature with only one house (unicameral)?
What is "We the People"?
By the time of the Revolution, most patriots believed that in a republican government, power came from this?
What is the people?
This 1763 treaty ended the war, with France giving up most of its land in North America to Britain.
The Treaty of Paris of 1763
Named for the British official who proposed them, these 1767 laws taxed colonial imports such as glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea
What are the Townshend Acts?
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do this.
levy taxes, regulate interstate or foreign commerce, draft soldiers for a national army, or enforce laws and treaties
These essays were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay to persuade states to accept the Constitution.
What is the Federalists Papers?
Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense attacked this ruler and the whole idea of this kind of government.
What is the King of England and the idea of monarchy?
Many Native American nations, such as the Huron and Algonquin, sided with this European country because of fur trade ties.
What is France?
Britain said colonists were represented in Parliament, even though they could not vote for its members. Colonists rejected this idea with the slogan "No taxation without representation."
What is virtual representation?
In 1786-1787, this uprising of farmers in Massachusetts, led by a Revolutionary War veteran, showed how weak the national government was.
Shays Rebellion
What was the main reason people wanted to write the Bill of Rights?
Protect rights that were not listed in the Constitution
During this 1777 winter encampment in Pennsylvania, George Washington’s soldiers faced cold and hunger but received training from Baron von Steuben and came out stronger.
What is Valley Forge?