French and Indian War
Who were the two main European powers involved in the French and Indian War?
France and Britain
Tensions increased when Britain began paying more attention to their American colonies and ended salutary ____________.
Neglect
The city in which the Constitutional Convention was held.
Philadelphia
True or False: Washington encouraged foreign alliances.
False
This person started the French and Indian War
George Washington
Region that European powers and their colonists were fighting for control over.
Ohio River Valley
Common Sense led to more colonists warming up to the idea of...
Independence
Name one issue that founders had to find a compromise for:
Representation in Congress
Enslaved population representation
Structure of the executive branch.
States power vs Federal power
Name three parts of Hamilton's financial plan.
Bank of United States
Excise Tax
Funding at Par (creditor nation)
Assumption of States Debts
Tariffs
This person was a Francophile.
Thomas Jefferson
The main motivations colonists had to fight in the French and Indian War
Control of the fur trade
More land for colonists to claim.
Control of the Mississippi River.
Which battle convinced France to aid the Americans?
Battle of Saratoga
How did the Southern states benefit from the Three-Fifths Compromise?
More representation in congress.
The root cause of the disagreement over the Bank of the US between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
Interpretation of the Constitution. (Strict or loose)
This British rebel authored popular reading material at the outbreak of the Revolution
Thomas Paine
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin's idea to have the colonies unite in the face of a common enemy.
Explain the act that caused the Boston Tea Party and explain the acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party.
Cause: Tea Act
Effect: Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
The Great Compromise was in response to what issue?
Representation in Congress, it combined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
What were the two reasons the Sedition Act was passed?
To make it illegal to speak out against the government during war times.
To weaken the Democratic Republicans
This man went to Kings College before joining the Revolution on the side of the Patriots.
Alexander Hamilton
What law did the British pass in response to Pontiac's Rebellion?
Proclamation of 1763
These two Enlightenment ideas were most prevalent in the Declaration of Independence.
Social Contract and Natural Rights
How did the tenth amendment appease antifederalists?
It promises that any powers not given to the federal government belong with the state governments.
The name of the treaty that led to the US and Britain being friends again.
Jay's Treaty
James Madison