British Colonial Policy
Benjamin Franklin proposed which PLAN which would unite the colonies against the French in the French & Indian War
The Albany Plan (1754)
In response to increasing taxation, delegates met to adopt the "Declaration of Rights and Grievances" during which meeting?
The Stamp Act Congress (1765)
The British Government agreed to recognised US Independence in which treaty?
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Where was the Constitution drafted?
At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia 1787
George Washington in his farewell address warned of two possible future dangers. What were they?
The Proclamation of 1763
The British East India Company
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The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plans were combined to create a bi-cameral legislature; this agreement is known as...
The Great Compromise
Which treaty gave the US free navigation rights to the Mississippi River from Spain?
Pinckney's Treaty (1795)
Which "act" gave the British East India Company a monopoly of a certain product that they could see to the colonies?
The Tea Act (1773)
The First Continental Congress (1774) resulted in which agreement between colonial representatives?
Boycott of British goods & agreed to meet for 2nd Continental Congress in 1775
The Articles of Confederation were shown to lack the ability to enforce laws, raise taxes and keep law and order by which incident?
Shays Rebellion
The votes of black people were counted as...
3/5s of every free person
Which Treaty was seen as too weak and concilliatory towards the British resulting in attacks on the Federal Government
Jay's Treaty (1794)
In response to the Boston Tea Party, which law was passed which closed the port of Boston and increased the power of Royal Officials
The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
In 1776 Enlightenment ideas were expressed by Thomas Paine in which book which argued for the declaration of independence?
Common Sense
The Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was successful in...
Organizing the fair distribution of land. Banning of slavery in the North-West
To convince anti-Federalists who were weary of a strong federal government, the constitution was amended to include...
The Bill of Rights
The First Political Party which emerged to challenge the Federalists called on increased states rights, who was it's leader?
Thomas Jefferson (Jeffersonian Republican Party)
The British responded to colonial complaints about "taxations without representation" with which theory of representative democracy?
Virtual Representation
Which Enlightenment thinker inspired the words in the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke (natural rights, social contract)
The Articles of Confederation consisted of how many branches of government?
1 - A Legislative Branch
How did the Framers design the constitution to be adaptable to the changing needs of the government?
The 'Elastic Clause' which gave the federal government the power to make all laws "which shall be necessary and proper..."
The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798-1799) passed by John Adams (Federalist President) resulted in which resolututions which proclaimed the right of states to ignore federal law
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions