Acts and Taxes
Battles and Moments
Important People
Articles of Confederation
Potpourri
100

This treaty ended the French & Indian War

Treaty of Paris, 1763

100

This was the first victory for the Continental Army in the Revolution

Battle of Trenton

100

This person was given command of the Continental Army during the 1st Continental Congress

George Washington

100

How many branches of government were established under the AoC?

One (legislative)

100

This compromise saw only a certain percentage of a states enslaved population counted towards that states total population.

Three-Fifths Compromise

200

The first act, passed in 1765, the British implemented to try to reduce the war debt

Stamp Act

200

The Shot Heard 'Round the World, that effectively started the Revolutionary War in 1775

Lexington & Concord

200

This person, as part of the Committee of Five, was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

200

Passed under the AoC, this act allowed for the dividing of western lands into smaller parcels, that could then be sold

Land Ordinance (1785)

200

These two branches of government were added under the constitution

Executive and Judicial

300

This set the boundary that British subjects were not to move west of.

Proclamation Line

300

This battle, a victory for the Americans, proved that we had a chance to win, and led to the French officially joining the war.

Battle of Saratoga

300

This French noble served under Washington, and commanded American troops in the war.

Lafayette

300

This act, passed under the AoC, set the precedent that 5,000 people in a territory could form their own legislature, and 60,000 would allow them to apply for statehood.

Northwest Ordinance

300

This future President traveled abroad with Franklin to try go gain international support for the US during the war.

John Adams

400

The Boston Tea Party was in direct response to this act

Tea Act

400

This was the last battle of the Revolutionary War

Battle of Yorktown

400

After getting trapped in Virginia, this British General surrendered to Washington, effectively ending the American Revolution

General Cornwallis

400

How many states needed to agree to pass a law under the AoC?

9

400

This group refused to ratify the Constitution unless a Bill of Rights was added.

Anti-Federalists

500

This group was formed in response to the Stamp Act

Sons of Liberty

500

This city was the meeting site for both the first and second Continental Congress

Philadelphia

500

This Prussian was hired by Benjamin Franklin, and was instrumental in training the Continental Army at Valley Forge

Baron von Steuben

500

This incident proved to the founding fathers that the AoC, simply put, did not work.

Shays' Rebellion

500

The idea that the federal government shares power with the state governments is known as what?

Federalism

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