People
Said, "Remember the ladies..."
Who is Abigail Adams?
Britain's response to colonial argument that there should be no taxation without representation
What is virtual representation?
Pamphlet that convinced lower and middle class colonists to support the Patriot cause
What is Common Sense?
Agreement that gave land west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi to the new nation and required the U.S. to return land to loyalists.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
Term used to describe colonists who wore homemade clothing to support the boycott of British goods.
What is Homespun Virtue?
Continental army officer who became a traitor
Who is Benedict Arnold?
Adam Smith's theory about what guides a free or unregulated economy
What is "an invisible hand?"
Drafted by George Mason for Virginia and whose ideas were added to other state constitutions.
What is the Virginia declaration of rights?
Melded parts of the Virginia Plan and New Jersey plan together to resolve questions of the legislature and representation of the states.
What was the Great Compromise?
The first gov doc which did not give the government an ability to tax, lacked an executive branch and judicial branch, among other weaknesses.
What is the articles of confederation?
People who protested taxes in North Carolina that led to battles with colonial militias
Who were the Regulators?
The term to describe English married women's citizenship rights
What is coverture?
Establishes the purpose of government in the first paragraph
What is the Constitution?
Resolved the conflict regarding the counting of enslaved people for the purposes of determining representation in the House of Representatives
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
Who are Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson?
Primary author the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
The role of women in educating future citizens in the new nation.
What is Republican Motherhood?
Provided a way for western territories to apply for statehood.
This was required in order to get anti-federalists to support ratification of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is property ownership?
Amassed an army and revolted before the Massachusetts state legislature over taxes
Who is Daniel Shays?
The idea that property-owning citizens who work for the public good should represent the government.
What is republicanism?
Announcement that enslaved people in Virginia who fought for the British would be freed after the war.
What was Lord Dunmore's proclamation?
Agreement to pay an annuity to the Native Americans for land in the Ohio Valley in exchange for the land.
What was the Treaty of Greenville?
He wrote Virginia's Bill for establishing Religious Freedom which established separation of church and state.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?