The Enlightenment
The person who came up with the philosophy of a social contract
Who was John Locke?
Placed in 1765, this act required the colonists to provide food and shelter for British soldiers in the colonies
What is the Quartering Act?
The first battle of the American Revolution, April 18th 1775.
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
A law that set rules for the creation of new states.
What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
The most well-known and influential member of the Federalist party.
Who was Alexander Hamilton
The author of the pamphlet Common Sense
Who was Thomas Paine
Placed in 1765, this act placed a tax on most printed paper in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This famous document was signed on July 2, and adopted on July 4, 1776.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This right was extended to all white men who owned some property
What is voting?
The most well-known and influential member of the Anti-Federalist party.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The concept of an agreement among people to form a government that promotes liberty and equality
What is a social contract?
Secret society known for it’s violent tarring and feathering of tax collectors.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A group of pro-British, mostly wealthy, men and women in the colonies during the war.
Who were the Loyalists/Tories?
This branch of government was not a part of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Executive Branch?
This political party believed in strong state governments and weaker centralized government.
Who were the anti-federalists?
The growth in trust of human reason to understand the world around them
What is rationalism?
An incident where British troops began firing at American citizens who were harassing British guards?
What was the Boston Massacre?
The colonists’ attempt to achieve peace with England, pledging their loyalty if the king protected the colonists’ rights.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
The group of people that authored the Articles of Confederation.
What was the Second Continental Congress?
This political party believed in a strong centralized government with more control over individual state governments.
Who were the Federalists?
The belief in God, but in one who created the universe but does not interact in human’s lives.
What is Deism?
Placed in 1767, these acts placed duties on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper, and also allowed for the search of private homes with a writ of assistance.
What were the Townshend Acts?
The final major battle of the war, in 1781.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
A group of rebel farmers stopped the collection of taxes in Massachusetts, this uprising showed the people in the United States that the Articles of Confederation gave the government little power.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
Who was Aaron Burr?